A new tutoring center is holding Grand Opening Saturday, April 8.

Tonya Buffalo is a certified special education teacher and owner of S.T.R.E.A.M. The Grand Opening is from 10:00am to 12:00pm at the center at 207 East Walnut Street in Goldsboro.

From Ms. Buffalo’s announcement of the event:

This organization is a vision come true for me dating back to the late 1980’s. I am an Elementary Education teacher, and have been for 25 years,–mostly in Title I schools in both North Carolina and Georgia. My experience is with the upper elementary grade levels, but I am also certified to work with students K- 8. I am very passionate about teaching and tutoring as a means to help our students reach their full potential by fostering a passion for learning. In my experience, I find that face-to-face
and virtual tutoring programs are needed in the 21st Century to ensure our students’
achieve the life-long success we educators desire.

Mission Statement:
The mission of At S.T.R.E.A.M (4A’s )is to serve as a support system for the economically disadvantaged youth from first to sixth grades in elementary and middle schools. The organization’s focus is to challenge the learner, academically, while working to identify and meet their needs holistically through the following objectives:
● By the end of the projected period, 80% of the student will show at least a year’s of academic growth in reading and math.
● Based on the AT-S.T.R.E.A.M Performance Based Rubric, 80% of the students will excel in the designated areas.
● The students will demonstrate 21st Century Learning skills as evidence by planning and creating 95% of the final project.
● The Organization will implement the AT- S.T.R.E.A.M educational program to educate and encourage 95% of the learners to the career pathway of Science, Technology, Recreational movement, Engineering, Arts, and Math.