• Emails for all Urbana High School Staff are available from the high school home page. Click HERE for the complete list. Contacting the teacher is a good first step in getting help or insights concerning what a student needs.
  
  
• After School Tutoring is available as part of the Teen REACH grant. Teachers provide free tutoring services on in the mornings and after school on Monday through Thursday.
  

• Get tutored by one of UHS’ own students. National Honor Society tutors are available for almost every subject offered at UHS. If you need help, fill out their form and return it to your counselor. Tutoring is one-to-one with the tutor and the student needing help working out the specific times they will meet. This tutoring is free. Once the commitment is made to meet, please be respectful of your tutor’s time by letting that person know if you cannot meet with them on one of the pre-arranged meeting times. Click HERE to download the NHS Peer Tutor Form (pdf).
  
  
• The Urbana High School Minority Enrichment Program (MEP) gives free supplemental academic services to high achieving minority students to encourage academic success. Though focused on the minority population, the program serves any student needing tutoring help. Tutoring services are provided by student volunteers from the University of Illinois. The MEP Study Center is in UHS room 3107. Contact: Kellie Blandon at (217) 384-3505 or email at kblandon@usd116.org
  
  
• Tutor.com, an online tutoring resource, is a wonderful resources provided FREE for all students in the Urbana schools. This is live homework help for students in grades 4 - 12. Tutors are available for Math, Science, English, and Social Studies. To use Tutor.com, simply go to the Urbana Free Library (UFL) web site and click on the "tutor.com" button. You will then need to enter your 14-digit Urbana Free Library barcode, then enter your grade level and subject and wait for a tutor to help you. If you don't have a library card, there is a special barcode number that can be used by any Urbana student; ask a counselor or the UFL reference desk (217-367-4058) for that number.Tutor.com is safe and anonymous. This service is available from 4 - 10 PM every day. (Students must enter the tutor.com site through the Urbana Free Library site.)

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Last updated: Fri, October 30, 2009

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