In a Year of Loss, SDRT Made Gains

Not many of us can say we have made gains during 2020- a year of loss, disappointment and setbacks. But, Hussein did. We hope you will consider supporting SDRT with a year-end gift so that SDRT can continue to help students like Hussein to make gains, even during this unpredictable time. Hussein is a fourth…

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The socks were sorted, all comfy and neat…

Despite masks and social distancing, TEAM SDRT pulled off a holiday event! ‘Twas the hour before noon, when all through the playground,Every volunteer busy with holiday tunes making a sound. The socks were all sorted, comfy and neat,In hopes that they would keep warm all the little feet. The books were displayed in the most…

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A Big THANK YOU to Dr. Curtis Chan & His Team!

SDRT would like to express their immense gratitude to Dr. Curtis Chan DDS and his team of specialists for their pro bono dental services given to one of our very own high school students! Dr. Chan was the dental provider for this student all year long, even through the financial and logistical challenges of COVID.…

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The Perfect Girls’ Night

This past week, SDRT hosted its very first Girls’ Night edition of Fun Friday! With the end of 2020 approaching, we wanted to check in with our middle and high school girls to hear about what has been frustrating, exciting, or difficult about this year and what brings hope in the year to come. We…

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Keeping the Tradition Alive!

SDRT’s Thanksgiving Feast is arguably one of the BEST events of the year because it actualizes one of SDRT’s core values: community. Imagine families of volunteers and students alike sharing a traditional Thanksgiving meal together in Ibarra’s multipurpose room; mountains of mashed potatoes and carved turkeys and chickens resting in Crock Pot jacuzzis connected to…

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Ride Along with TEAM SDRT

Ride along with TEAM SDRT as we venture into the neighborhood to meet needs and get kids online and LEARNING. As we roll down the alley littered with scraps of plastic, discarded take-out and recent graffiti, we note the encampment one man experiencing homelessness has created just steps from their door. Which is also next…

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The Learning Curve of Online Learning

Our students are back in school, although it is online learning at home. We had a chance to share with our students at our Back to School Event that this round, things would be different. There will be much more instruction that is live, more work and mandatory attendance/assignments! Let’s suffice it to say it…

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Difference as an Opportunity

Difference can be uncomfortable because it can spawn anxiety and fear of the unknown. One tutor named Maria was nervous about tutoring with SDRT because of the vast differences in language, culture, and experience that she had with our students. After tutoring, however, she learned that the differences were opportunities to be creative and that…

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Action Needed: New and Returning Tutors

We start virtual tutoring on Sept. 29th. We have work we need you to do before then! Calling ALL of our faithful returning SDRT tutors! We begin our 12th year tutoring at the end of September. We don’t know what this year holds, but we know one thing: we need YOU to come tutor our…

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An Artist in the Making

Alexa Lawrence has been volunteering with SDRT for over 5 years. She has made a beautiful connection with the very first students she tutored at SDRT ever–three Karen sisters. In her story below, Alexa recalls a moment at tutoring when she realized that the eldest of the three sisters was an artist, writer, and aesthete.…

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