ASKS | FROM PAGE 7 Page 8 Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons. Q: How many students do you get during a tutoring session this year? A: On Wednesdays, we can get 10 to 12 kids. We have THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FriDAy, FEbrUAry 7, 2025 enough tutors right now to do 10 to 20 kids. The most we ever got was 15. If we get more kids, I would want to get them registered. And we may need more tutors. Q: How many hours a week do you devote to this project? A: Five actual tutoring hours Dr. Rosemonde Paulo DNP, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC Mindset Psychiatric & Wellness LLC 26 Ferry St., Everett, MA 02149 Phone: (781) 242-5401 Fax: (781) 205-1973 Email: Info@mindsetpsychiatricwellness.com He’s Back...and Better Than Ever! John A. Fitzpatrick (Fitzy) Sales & Lease Consultant Direct: 617.410.1030 Main: 617.381.9000 Cell: 617.279.9962 jfitzpatrick@mcgovernauto.com jfitzpatrick McGovern Automotive Group 100 Broadway, Rte. 99, Everett Gerry D’Ambrosio Attorney-at-Law Is Your Estate in Order? Do you have an update Will, Health Care Proxy or Power of Attorney? If Not, Please Call for a Free Consultation. 14 Proctor Avenue, Revere (781) 284-5657 TEEN TUTORS: Left to right: Maria-Eduarda Silva, 17, a junior; Lukeman Nouri, 17, a senior; and Aidan Tum, a junior, 16, are three of the seven students from the Pioneer Charter School of Science II, in Saugus, who have been tutoring students for free at the Saugus Public Library this year. Other student tutors not pictured are Ethan Sydavong, a junior; Tammy Nguyen, a senior; Liza Ivanova, a senior; and Ayomide Osineye, a junior. All of the students get community service credits for their volunteer hours as students. (Saugus Advocate photo by Mark E. Vogler) for me; collectively, it’s about 10 hours a week, and that includes contacting tutors and making sure they are available. Q: What’s your biggest challenge? A: Embracing the knowledge that every kid learns diff erently. It’s a test of patience. It’s insightful for our tutors and me. I learn how to work with people and communicate in general. It works out to be fruitful in the end. Q: What’s the biggest reward for you? A: It’s kind of like returning the favor. It’s not only helping people, but seeing the look on their faces after they realize that it’s not as challenging as they perceived the diffi culty of their schoolwork to be, and that they are capable of doing the work and what they want to accomplish. Q: Where are these students from who seek tutoring help? A: About 80 percent are from Saugus Public Schools. A few come from the Pioneer Charter School of Science II as well as from Lynn and other schools in the area. Q: What’s the best feedback you get from the kids who receive the tutoring? A: We don’t get a lot of verbal feedback, but the kids do express their appreciation. It’s just diff erent from the way older people do: It comes across in the way they relate to me. They wave to me when they come in. They might show their test results or come back ASKS | SEE PAGE 9 Law Offices of JOSEPH D. CATALDO, P.C. “ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW” • ESTATE/MEDICAID PLANNING • WILLS/TRUSTS/ESTATES • INCOME TAX PREPARATION • WEALTH MANAGEMENT • RETIREMENT PLANNING • ELDER LAW 369 Broadway Everett, MA 02149 (617)381-9600 JOSEPH D. CATALDO, CPA, CFP, MST, ESQUIRE. AICPA Personal Financial Specialist Designee
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