November 25, 2012

Buffalo Grove H.S. students tutor peers in new Literacy Lab

by Melissa Silverberg, The Daily Herald, originally published on 10/16/12

Student tutors at Buffalo Grove High School are helping their peers improve their writing skills outside the traditional English curriculum, focusing on literacy across all subjects through a new program launched this year. The Literacy Lab, started by teachers Heidi Haen and Kate Glass, is a classroom in the library where students can come for help with writing projects ranging from menu descriptions for a foods class to a lab report for science.

“The idea is to give students strategies they can use across the curriculum,” Haen said.

Tutors help give students the tools they need for understanding word problems in math, taking notes in humanities classes and everything in between. Glass said many high schools have writing labs, but Buffalo Grove’s lab is different because it focuses on the connection between reading and writing.

“We’re trying to get them to think about what good writing looks like,” she said.

The teachers hope the lab shows students that they will need writing no matter what career path they choose.

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