Established in 2001 on the initiative of the municipality of Valdivienne the homework support service of college students is recognized as a single operation.
This free service to the college of the town was launched in 2001 on a Roland Laurendeau initiative Valdivienne mayor at the time, Andrée and his wife. By their profession, assistant principal for Roland Laurendeau College and professor of physics for Andrée, they imagined and shaped the profiles of this activity. Today the former mayor (honorary mayor of the town) and his wife have retired to enjoy their retirement. The activity is now led by the new municipal team. The animation is placed in a working time during which the schoolboy can do homework and learn his lessons, supervised by a dozen volunteers volunteers: teachers in service or retired and youth bac under contract. Every night of the school week, under the responsibility of Martine Cremades, volunteer college students find themselves in the media house. Besides using the supervisors they have used college textbooks, photocopier, dictionaries, computers and other digital tablets. “The homework also works with our partners (*). Finally, this activity has little weight on spending of the municipal budget “, said Mayor Michael Bigeau.
There are some days, supervisors and middle school students were visited Nadine Mackowiak, main College Gerard Philipe-Vincent Baudet and his deputy. They agree to emphasize that this experience “is unique in the department, and it is a pity that it is not widespread. This is a chance for these young people can prepare their duties in such conditions. We encourage students, especially those in difficulty, to participate. This activity is bearing fruit in terms of results. “
Results
Note that since a few months the young people can work their English through the Investment Brian and Joan Williams, two volunteers of British origin and residents of the town.
In total, during these 15 years, nearly 270 college students who attended this activity. And all stress they have had the chance to have participated or participate in the image of Theo, a pupil of 3 th . “It gives me a lot especially in history and French and it gives me more freedom in the evening when I get home” . Same for Lola Grade 3 work that benefits the materials she Dislikes …
(*) CIF € 5,214 and € 1,800 County Council
Corr. Robert Benoist
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