Framingham Homework Center Open To Help Middle and High Students

Originally posted on Sept. 9 2014.

For the third year, the Framingham Public Library Homework Center will provide tutoring, homework and school project help to all high school and middle school students, who live in Framingham.

The Homework Center, run by Director Judy Gatlin, operates Mondays through Thursdays from 2:30 to 5 p.m. at the main Framingham Library on Lexington Street. The Center also sends teams of tutors to each the three public middle schools and to Framingham High one afternoon a week.

The Homework Center is funded by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Students or parents can make appointments to be matched with a tutor by contacting Gatlin at jgatlin@minlib.net

Students, who request help, range from honors students working to excel to those students struggling in a subject.

Students also are encouraged to drop by for academic support any day, without an appointment. Students may also use the homework center’s computers and printers for homework and projects.

A Student Advisory Board, with representatives from each of the schools served by the Homework Center, helps Gatlin in running the Center.

The Board also plans and facilitates events, that raise awareness of both the Center and academics in Framingham.

The Board organized and ran Town-Wide Middle School Spelling Bee and its first-ever Town-Wide Middle School Geography Bee.

The board also has organized curriculum-based scavenger hunt, warm clothing and book drives; and last year held a fund-raising fashion show to benefit the new McAuliffe Library branch fund.

For their efforts, TD Bank recognized the Homework Center and its board and invited all 18 students to attend a Boston Celtics game in January 2014. The teens got to sit court-side during practice and after the game - despite the loss to the 76ers - they shot free throws on the court.

Middle school and high school students interested in serving on the Board should contact Gatlin.