Student Tutors

Grind Out Sports and Education tutors offer peer group help to conquer the fear of intimidating academic subjects like Algebra 1 and 2. Our goal is to make sure our students are successful in academics.

Additionally, students and players are able to take a practice SAT, ACT, or ASVAB.

There was an additional incentive during Summer Grind for those who completed these assessments. The students who took the practice exams were able to get their scores and discuss the careers for which they qualify.

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JETT Director

Roberta Langley is the Director of The Jobs Employability Teen Training through the Boys and Girls Club of Kershaw County. She began working with Teen Employment in 2007 through the JEEP Program sponsored by SCDJJ and later became the Director of the Job Readiness for Teens program. She is also the Founder of the National Award Winning Kershaw County Diamonds Step Team. The team won awards in Chicago, Memphis, and Orlando just to name a few. The Diamonds Organization has seen 90% of its members go on to (and graduate) colleges all over the state of South Carolina.

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JETT Program

The Jobs and Employability Training for Teens (JETT) program is designed to prepare high-risk high school students for the workplace through soft skills development and paid, mentored internships with local business and government entities.  

The program serves 15-20 students per school semester. Students need to apply to the program and are required to sign (along with their parents/guardians) a formal agreement to meet program requirements.  Included in these requirements are school grades of “C” or above, no school discipline referrals, regular and punctual school attendance, and no involvement with law enforcement and the justice system.

Program activities outside of the paid internship take place at the Boys and Girls Clubs Jackson Teen Center during after school hours.

Interview with Noah Miller

Watch this interview as Jackson Teen Center sits down with Noah Miller.

Noah is the grandson of Paul Napper, who retired from Alpha Center. He is an 18-year-old student tutor that has been helping our program since 2020. Noah has currently received a full academic scholarship to the Citadel Military School in Charleston, SC to study political science. Noah Miller has tutored middle school students to prepare them academically and help them overcome the fear of Algebra.

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Grind Out students at a table doing homework and studying
Photo of Grind Out student tutor Noah Miller helping a young male student with Algebra
Female Grind out student tutor helping a young male student study
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