Test time – Linda Gauvreau, left, a fourth-grader at Schenectady's Van Corlaer Elementary School,
reviews some homework with junior Leslie Guggenheim, director of the after school homework program
on Tuesday at the Kenney Community Center.
Gauvreau and her classmates this week are taking the state's fourth-grade achievement tests.
“We've found the best preparation for the test has been the dialogue (the Union tutors) have with the
children,” Guggenheim said. “We talk about a lot of current events (which is part of the statewide exam),
and we see a real difference in their general interest.” Nearly 30 V.C. students, grades 3 through 5, meet
Mondays through Thursdays with tutors from Gamma Phi Beta sorority and Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity.