Description: The Dick Hillier Tutoring Program helps kindergarten through fifth grade students that are below grade level in reading. This unique and very successful program is a project of the Rio Rancho Rotary Club.
The Dick Hillier Tutoring Program targets kindergarten through fifth grade students that are below grade level in reading. This unique and very successful program is a project of the Rio Rancho Rotary Club.
The program’s success is attributable to its uniqueness. It allows the student's own teacher to spend extra time and provide individual attention to the underperforming student. Tutoring takes place in the student's own classroom, with their own printed material and their own teacher. This relaxed atmosphere allows the teacher to provide individual attention to each student.
The Rotary Club of Rio Rancho has been involved with the tutoring of students since 2010. It began with first through third grades and now grades kindergarten through fifth grades are included. Dick Hillier, a 30-year Rotarian, was the principal driver of this program and was responsible for growing the program from one school to four Rio Rancho elementary schools. Dick passed away in 2015 and because of his passion for the program, the Rotary Club named the tutoring program in his honor.