Y3K Tutor In Your Home

Online Tutoring

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Everyone must become part of the national effort to slow the coronavirus spread using social distancing. In the case of Y3K Tutor In Your Home, we continue to educate our students. Although during the coronavirus shutdown we are no longer to able to personally teach inside your home, we are still seeing all of our students with online tutoring. In many cases we are the ONLY educators left in that child or young adult’s life. The work of our staff is essential to those we serve. Our Y3K Tutor In Your Home tutors continue to tutor all students using FaceTime, Skype, Zoom, WhatsApp and more! Lessons are as if we are in your home sitting right next to you.

During this time of coronavirus (COVID-19) it is heartening to know that Y3K Tutor In Your Home never stops – never sleeps – and is always educating those students in our care.

16th Annual Buddy Dog Humane Society Collection Drive Complete List

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Y3K Tutor In Your Home 16th Annual Buddy Dog Humane Society Collection Drive Complete List

Here is the complete list of items collected for the Y3K Tutor In Your Home 16th Annual Buddy Dog Humane Society Collection Drive.  There are three convenient drop-off locations.  Pick-ups are the first Saturday of each month.  Our collection drive is from November 1st to January 10th.  Call now!

Most Needed Items:

  • Martingale collars of all sizes

  • Bleach

  • Non-clumping, clay cat litter

  • Laundry detergent

  • Canned dog food (any brand or variety)

  • Plastic storage bins in medium and large sizes with lids!

  • Instinct Brand Rabbit Formula (Wet and Dry) Cat food

For the Cats and Kittens:

  • Canned cat food (any brand, but not the shredded variety)

  • Towels

  • Fishing pole toys

  • Small, rubber-bottom bath mats for cats who shred their newspaper (New or gently used)

  • Non-clumping, clay cat litter

For the Dogs and Puppies:

  • Special Diets:

    • ​Natural Balance Limited Ingredient Venison dog food

    • Hill’s K/D

    • Low-fat, low-calorie, or high-fiber

    • Hills Science Diet ID canned dog food and kibble!

  • Sturdy leashes, 6-foot and 8-foot

  • Toys (with no choking hazards such as beads)

  • Bully sticks, DentaStix, Greenies (no rawhides please)

  • Blankets, towels, sheets

  • Pill Pockets

  • Soft, chewy treats (soft Milkbones, BilJacs, Buddy Biscuits, etc.)

  • Canned dog food (any brand or variety)

For the Staff:

  • Office supplies: pens, duct tape, etc…especially wet erase markers!

  • Paper towels and tissues

  • First-aid items: band-aids, antibiotic ointment

  • Dish sponges, dish soap

  • Paw Safe ice melt (in the fall and winter)

  • Bug Spray (seasonal)

Gift Cards:

We can always use gift certificates from the following stores to purchase shelter supplies.

  • Staples, Target, Walmart

  • Ocean State Job Lot

  • Home Depot, Lowe’s

  • B.J’S Wholesale Club

  • Pet Edge

  • Petco

  • Amazon

High School Cancels Kids Movie. Too Offensive??

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Wayland High School in Wayland, MA recently finished mid-year exams. Traditionally after the exams are finished, they run Winter Week in which students engage in enrichment. For the last two years, Winter Week has included a movie watched as an entire school by all of the students.  The movie each year is chosen by Wayland High School Student Council for the purpose of bringing the school together with a positive message.  

This year Wayland High School Student Council chose the feel-good, PG rated, 1993 Disney comedy Cool Runnings, about the 1988 Jamaican Bobsled Team. The story is about one of the most famous Olympic underdog stories ever as people from a hot climate country without snow, prepare for a winter bobsled event.

Hours after the movie was announced to the high school students and one day before the movie was to be viewed, the principal sent out an email saying the movie was cancelled!

 

Following the recent announcement that Cool Runnings would be the movie shown this year, I received concerns from members of our community that raised my awareness about elements of the movie that could be viewed as culturally and racially insensitive.  After researching these concerns further, I felt that Cool Runnings no longer fit the purpose, values, and scheduling format for an all-school event.  I decided to cancel today’s showing. While disappointing for students, I want to emphasize that this experience has inspired productive, honest conversation about stereotypes in the media, the nature of narrative, and subtle, racially insensitive messages as compared to overt racism.   

We have become aware of criticism related to racially insensitive portrayals of characters in the movie. The nature of these concerns is important to validate and certainly does not reflect our mission as a school. More than anything, this event has demonstrated that active and engaged citizenship at WHS is alive and well.  I am proud of the students who have listened carefully, challenged respectfully, and reflected deeply during this experience. 

Allyson Mizoguchi

Wayland High School Principal

 

Over 150 angry students sent the principal a reply to her email disagreeing with the decision to ban this children’s movie. The email firestorm caused the principal to schedule an emergency forum with students the next morning. The Wayland High School student newspaper later conducted a poll surveying 115 students. 113 students thought the rated PG kids movie should be shown while only 2 students agreed with the principal’s decision.

Should this children’s movie be banned from Wayland High School or is this a case of political correctness out of control?

Keep the Promise Auction – Family Promise Metrowest

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We are happy to announce that we again this year are donating Y3K Tutor In Your Home tutoring and test preparation to the Family Promise Metrowest Keep the Promise Auction.  The money raised will go towards supporting their programs and services including case management, day care, transportation and job development for families.

Theresa Mackiewicz Endorses Y3K Tutor In Your Home

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Famous author Theresa Mackiewicz took time out of her North American book tour to tell her fans about Y3K Tutor In Your Home tutoring and test preparation services. We are grateful for the endorsement and support from this successful children’s author and educational expert. In this picture Theresa Mackiewicz proudly displays our Y3K Tutor In Your Home flyer to the crowd of hundreds of families that came out to get an autographed copy of her new book Scribbles at Barnes & Noble in Framingham, MA.

 

Theresa Mackiewicz

Author Theresa Mackiewicz shows a Y3K Tutor In Your Home flyer to her fans that purchased autographed copies of her new book Scribbles.

PREVENT THE SUMMER SLIDE #15: SUMMER TUTORING

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Now is the time to prevent the summer slide and catch up on difficult subjects from the previous school year.  Sessions are filling up fast.  Don’t be shut out.  Call Y3K Tutor In Your Home today!

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