Obies Help Elementary-School Students Get a Jump on Coming School Year By Sue Kropp
			JULY 10, 2000--Summertime isn't always about fun and games--for some students, it's a time to catch up on skills they didn't master during the school year. This summer, several students from Oberlin's Center for Service and Learning (CSL) are tutoring students at Prospect Elementary School in reading and math. The reading portion of the program, Reading One-on-One, is funded by an OhioReads grant and is designed to raise the students' reading-proficiency scores. College students also volunteer at the city's recreational program, which runs Monday through Thurday from 12 until 3 P.M. giving students (and tutors) a break from their studies.
			James Anderson, a sophomore from New Haven, Connecticut, and a Bonner Scholar, tutors a group of third and fifth graders in reading. "Tutoring is challenging and rewarding," says Anderson, "but you have to be very committed to the students and have a lot of patience."
			Alana Bailey, a junior from Fustis, Florida, tutors a group of soon-to-be-sixth-graders in math. Bailey also tutors students in the summer reading program, and has worked as a teacher's assistant in Florida.
			Jody Epstein, a sophomore from Center Barnstead, New Hampshire, tutors soon-to-be-sixth-graders in math and reading. Here, she helps a student complete a math problem. "There's a lot to do with the kids every day," Epstein says.
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