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By LOU HATTER
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Penny Grant remembers, when she was a student, a tutor who volunteered her time to help the young girl.
Ms. Grant has graduated, but she still returns to school. Only this time the tables have turned, and Ms. Grant is tutoring students at Rappahannock County High School.
Her reason is simple. Ms. Grant remembers her tutor’s encouragement and the contribution it made to her education, and she’d like to return the favor to some of today’s students.
Ms. Grant is one of a number of county residents who volunteer their time to tutor students at the county’s two schools. But more tutors are still needed, according to volunteer coordinator April Heddleston.
The program, Mrs. Heddleston explained, began this year as a response to the Virginia General Assembly’s
mandate that students who score in the bottom onequarter on grade-level standardized tests receive special assistance and instruction.
With Rappahannock’s limited budget, the logical place to appeal for help was to the county’s residents, she said. And the response has been gratifying.
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