In her seven years at Cluster Tutoring, high school senior Taliya has grown from a young student who didn’t like to read into a young woman who loves to write poetry. Taliya is a senior at Oak Park and River Forest High School. She and her tutor, Jackie Eckholm, have worked together since Taliya was… Read More

High school senior Kaleb and his tutor, David Wilson have had to juggle Cluster Tutoring with Kaleb’s busy schedule on three sports teams and at a part-time job. But even though they sometimes had to meet on weekends, they always managed to make a tutoring connection. And now Kaleb has been accepted at five colleges… Read More

A shared love of sports guided a tutor to help his student, a high school football player, to master the basics of math. When recent high school graduate Jaylin started working with tutor Han Schiet in Jaylin’s sophomore year, it was apparent to both tutor and student that Jaylin had a lot of catching up… Read More

Ever since high school senior Antonio first rode on a plane, he has wanted to be a pilot. With help from his tutor, Stan Birnbaum, he’s mastered enough math to fulfill that dream in the fall when he starts learning to fly. “I was 8 years old when I took my first flight,” said Antonio,… Read More

The end of the school year isn’t working out as expected for graduating senior Aliyah. But she’s determined to start her studies in the fall to become a police officer. Just like high school seniors all over the country, she’s missing all of the usual end-of-school milestones because of the lockdown from the COVID-19 pandemic…. Read More