Grade A Plus Incorporated
Show Them, Guide Them, Support Them
2024: At A Glance
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88% of participants maintained or improved their academic performance
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We launched the Family Development Program
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Added part-time social workers to work with families and their children to offer more in-depth support
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Emphasis on providing more parent/caregiver education and support
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We implemented the iXL Assessment tool
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Used to determine students' strengths and weaknesses in Language Arts and Math
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Allows us to development interventions tailored to each student's unique needs and development
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We were awarded $150,000 in new grants from Boone County
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First-time Children's Fund Award
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The Boone County Grassroots Funding Opportunity provides additional funding for our pilot Family Development Program
Impact
Grade A Plus deeply impacts the lives of children attending the program. Our tutoring helps students improve both academic performance and confidence.
70% of students increase confidence in problem solving
We provide up to 60 additional hours of 1:1 instructional support beyond what k-12 students receive in the school setting
81% increase in motivation for learning
GAP is intentionally designed to be a learning community for youth of all ages
95% of our college student volunteers indicate an increase in understanding the ways in which families made vulnerable by generational poverty adn systemic racism engage with their education
88% maintain or improve academic performance
Q: How does tutoring help you with learning math or reading?
"By reading with me, reading more, and learning to read faster... it gives me new ways to solve problems and answer questions."
Q: What do you like about working with college students?
"The tutors help me understand the math better. They really explain the question and help me to go through it step by step."
Q: What did you like about enrichment?
"I learned to be a leader, to be kind and bold!"
Our Tutors
32 Hours
Tutors worked between 15 and 125 hours in 2024, with an average of 32 hours. To maintain ratios of no more than 1:2 and to respect student hours, volunteers serve approximately twice a week for 10 weeks a term.
30-50 Tutors
Tutors fulfilled field experience and service-learning requirements for their own educational programs. GAP is fortunate to have an average of 31 tutors, which is between 30 and 50 volunteer tutors per Fall and Spring term. In 2024, GAP had over 50 student tutors.
100% Very Good to Excellent
All tutors earned an overall evaluation of very good to excellent based on their tutoring Grade A Plus students. Family leaders report good communication between tutors and students. Presently, the communications have begun to include the teachers of the students in the program.
Award Winning Service to the Community
2020
Kindness to Youth Award
Missouri Business Alerts & Children's Grove
Progress in Education Award
Columbia Missourian Progress Awards Committee
2021
Columbia's Best Tutoring Service
Inside Magazine
Debin Benish Outstanding Businesswomen of the Year Award
Columbia Chamber of Commerce
2022
Exemplary Program of Excellence
American Mathematical Society
Columbia's Best Tutoring Service
Inside Magazine
2023-2025 Goals
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Organizational Goal
Increase the capacity of the organization to facilitate more community engagement from a diverse population of community members.
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Program Goal
Increase the number of tutors and increase the number of sessions available for academic and enrichment support.
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Financial Goal
Increase community participation in the MO Tax Credit program, develop a capital funding campaign to secure a facility for increased operations, and expand staffing to accommodate the demand for services and expansion.