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Troy High School students tutor classmates who are struggling from COVID classroom changes

TROY — During this pandemic so many students across the Miami Valley and the country are struggling with remote learning.

Troy High School’s Key Club is offering help to try and prevent fellow classmates from potentially falling behind or staying behind in their progress.

The Key Club consists of about 100 students that find ways to give back to the community.

With so much being different because of the pandemic students found a new way to help out.

Matt Wibbeler is a business teacher and the Key Club advisor, he says he’s seen more students with failing grades and falling behind more than in years past.

Troy students use a learning management system called Canvas. The Key Club is using this platform to provide tutoring help and more to K-12 students of the district.

Part of the idea for this stemmed from Wibbeler asking his students how they could be more successful amid the challenges of distance learning.

“Motivation, or I can’t ask questions, I can’t get help,” Wibbeler said. “I need the structure of getting that help in real time whether it’s 11 o’clock at night or 8 in the morning.”

Grant Klopfenstein is a senior in the Key Club and says he sees some of the challenges first hand. Klopfenstein says students will post their question on Canvas and in a matter of minutes usually several of the 100 members will post responses.

“Not being here, whether it be in quarantine or being sick it’s hard when class is still going on and you’re not there to sit through the class and learn everything,” Klopfenstein said.

“That’s a disadvantage, it’s not always you’re fault that you’re missing school and then you’re punished because you’re not able to get your assignments in on time.”

Troy is back with in person learning after an extended time of being hybrid.

“It feels good to be able to do something for those people,” Klopfenstein said.

James Rider

James Rider

I was born in Virginia and have moved several times in my life as a member of an Air Force family. I've lived in Virginia, California, Germany, England, and Ohio. I graduated from Centerville High School and then went on to attend Ball State University where I graduated with a bachelor's degree.

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