July 31, 2014

FLIP tutor ‘exemplifies the very best in volunteer service’

By Robin Johnson, FiftyForward RSVP, The Tennessean, originally published 7/10/14

Franklin resident Patty Young spends two hours a week during the school year assisting students at Liberty Elementary School in the Franklin Special School District. Young is a volunteer with FiftyForward RSVP’s Friends Learning in Pairs (FLIP) program, an intergenerational tutoring program that matches adults ages 55 and older with students in kindergarten through fourth grade who need extra attention in either reading or math. Young learned about the FLIP program while reading an article in The Tennessean many years ago. At the time, she was still teaching, but she knew the program would be a great fit for her once she retired. Young taught second grade, kindergarten and preschool in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and, finally, here in Tennessee for many years.

Over the past eight years, Young has served as a FLIP tutor at Trinity and Liberty elementary schools in Williamson County. She is one of approximately 75 FLIP tutors serving in 11 schools in the Williamson County and Franklin Special school districts.

“As the former reading coach at Walnut Grove Elementary, I appreciate what a valuable program FLIP is to our schools,” said Kathy Banks. “The FLIP volunteers at my school encouraged students in such a way that we saw students grow in their confidence in reading and become more proficient in specific reading skills. The students loved having their one-on-one learning time and were excited to spend time with their tutors. The students looked forward to their ‘reading day,’ and they couldn’t wait for their turn to see their ‘special teacher.’ ”

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