HOPE Tutoring Center, Inc.

Since its founding in 1996, HOPE Tutoring has delivered free, one-on-one tutoring to thousands of Arlington students in grades 2 through 8. Our main objective is to improve student achievement in academics, but we also seek to provide positive impacts in other ways. Teachers and parents have noted that students tutored by HOPE also benefit from interacting with our fantastic volunteers who provide positive role models and build a sense of community for these children. 

At HOPE, our focus is on "Helping Our Pupils Excel." To that end, we partner with area churches, Arlington libraries, and Arlington ISD to bring individualized tutoring services to children in the high-poverty neighborhoods of East and Central Arlington. We also offer virtual tutoring to children. We aim for at least 75% of our students to see improved report card grades. Last year 88% of our students saw improvements in their grades.

Students from lower-income neighborhoods are in greatest need of tutoring and experience the greatest challenge in obtaining it. HOPE Tutoring also partners with Arlington ISD to bring tutoring directly to students within their classrooms during the school day. This program has seen dramatic improvements in the tutored students' confidence, classroom participation, and academic skills.

In addition to school-year tutoring, HOPE partners with UT Arlington to bring academic summer camps to Arlington children. Last year we held a STEM camp for junior high students and a reading and math camp for elementary school students. All of our students showed improvements in academic skills during our camps.

Our Needs

HOPE Tutoring has need for funding to cover on-campus and other in-person tutoring site management. Children come eager to learn and we want to equip them for success, but we need funds for improved technology such as laptops and tablets for each session. Your donations also enable us to employ passionate site managers to care for our students and mentors. Donations will allow us to provide snacks to fill the students' bellies and resources to fill the students' minds. We are also asking for donations to help keep our summer camps available to local kids. We will also put your money toward administrative overhead, which helps streamline technical processes and allows our full staff to focus on the children.