TUTOR TEAM HIGHLIGHT: HOMEWORK HELP AT EAST LAS VEGAS LIBRARY

The Las Vegas-Clark County Library District has 25 individual branches with 675,000 library cardholders! Andson offers free after school homework help and tutoring at 8 LV-CCLD locations. In August 2019 we began our first year of programming at Las Vegas’s newest library on 2851 E. Bonanza Rd. The East Las Vegas Library is equipped with a plethora of services, amenities, and workshops. There is a cafe, a used bookstore, study rooms, a career center, a tech lab, a toy lending program, an art gallery, and a homework help center, which is where Andson tutors offer free homework help every Monday-Thursday from 4:00-6:00 p.m.

We want you to meet Rhonda, John, and Ruben, our all star tutors heading up our brand new Clark County Library District location at East Las Vegas Library! 

Ruben has been tutoring with Andson for six years and works as a Special Education Instructional Facilitator for the Clark County School District. His favorite part of being a tutoring is helping kids and their families. He likes the new and modern design of the East Las Vegas Library and says the staff is always friendly and accommodating. When he’s not tutoring he likes to bet on sports games! His advice to students is to, “Come to tutoring with homework. Attitude is everything. We love helping you, but you have to want to receive the help.”

Rhonda has also been tutoring with Andson for six years and teaches third grade at Sunrise Acres Elementary School. She’s been a teacher for 16 years! Her favorite part of the new library is the special Homework Help Room that is designated for tutoring. It’s equipped with laptops, whiteboards, and other supplies to help students with their homework. Her advice to students is, “Just try your best. If you at least make an attempt, then we can show you the correct pathway to success.” When she’s not tutoring her and her husband love to hop around different casinos and try out the themed slot machines with cute characters and bonus rounds. 

This is John’s first year with Andson. He is an Education major at UNLV and likes that he gets teaching experience while working as a tutor in the libraries. When he’s not tutoring he loves going out with his friends and trying all of the diverse foods Las Vegas has to offer like Hawaiian, Asain, Mexican, and buffets! His advice to students is to, “Put effort into learning what is happening during tutoring and take that knowledge home.” His favorite thing about the new library is that this location serves an under-served part of the community since many Latinx and Spanish speaking families come to the East Las Vegas Library. He thinks it’s great that they get to help bridge the gap for students with the support of the library staff.

Come down to the East Las Vegas Library and get A+ help from this awesome team of tutors!

Academics Spotlight: Angela Kabiling

Twice a year, we issue a survey to the students and parents we serve at libraries with our Academics free tutoring program. This time around, student responses to the question “What is your favorite thing about coming to tutoring?” at Rainbow Library had a common theme.

“Miss Angela, my favorite tutor, is especially a good tutor and me, along with many others, love her ways and she is incredibly helpful.”

“Coming to see Miss Angela because she always helps me. Last year she brought my grades up from D's to A's, B's, and C's.”

“Coming in to see Miss Angela because she helps me understand what I didn't [before].”

With those only being a handful of shining reviews for Ms. Angela Kabiling,  we not only took notice but decided to sit down with her and ask her a few questions. Her charisma and obvious love for what she does made it clear why she is so beloved by students.

Angela was born in Olongapo City, Philippines as the 2nd of her parents’ 3 daughters, but has been in Las Vegas for 17 years now. She has obtained two Bachelor’s in Accounting and Economics from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and has been working for Andson for 3 years and 7 months.

Angela has no children of her own, but is very close to her students at Rainbow Library (“Shout out to JAAAMK!”). She is “passionate about motivating kids to improve on their math knowledge and challenge them intellectually. Mentorship is important for the youth, and [she] plans to be a better role model for them. We should love nature, each other, and most importantly, ourselves.”

Part of what makes Angela such an effective tutor is her ability to relate to students, which she does through references to memes and social media. “[She loves] making connections to social media with mathematical problems. It makes homework more relevant and [creates] entertaining situations. Seeing the light bulb above their heads and watching their gears work makes [her] proud that they’re utilizing their critical thinking skills.” But more important to Angela is the trust the children have in both her and themselves.

“I want my students to trust in not only me, but in themselves as well. I love to build their confidence in themselves. This applies in their schoolwork and in their choices they make in their life. Building that trust with my kids also strengthens our relationship, and I believe that is what makes a great tutor.”

When she’s not tutoring for Andson or working in our Piggy Banks, she enjoys gardening, playing video games, improving her culinary skills, spending time with her friends, and traveling whenever she can. Lately, she has been planning road trips to all of the country’s National Parks. Most recently, she visited Cathedral Rock and Great Basin National Park.

She also has an impressive menagerie of pets, with 7 chickens (Beignet, Brioche, Baguette, Biscotti, Tiramisu, Sesame, and Pistachio), 2 rats (Ratnor and Ribbon) and a salamander (Lucio).

Finally, if there is one piece of advice Angela wants to leave her students with, it is: “Let’s get this bread, so believe in yourself more often!”