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Tutoring, Annual Report, 2016
Ken Pogue
The Port Royal Educational Program (PREP) is an academic enrichment and mentoring initiative
created, sponsored and supported primarily by St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, its parishioners,
and members of our extended spiritual family which includes local leaders, residents and
business owners in Port Royal, Bowling Green, King George and Essex County, Virginia. All of
the aforementioned contributors selflessly volunteer their time and boundless energy to
promote and participate in the development and service delivery of PREP programming for our
students.
The goal of PREP is to foster and support the academic growth and enrichment of the students
and adult learners that reside in town of Port Royal, Virginia and its surrounding communities.
At this time, the program’s principle educational activities include, but are not limited to the
following:
Math/English SAT/ACT/PSAT Preparation;
GED Preparation;
Remedial Instruction and Tutoring Across Core Subject Areas; and
Career Mentoring and Encouragement.
In CY 2016, its second year, the program focused its efforts on SAT/ACT Math review and test
preparation with the launch of its 2016 Summer Program. It was anticipated that a summer
program would allow for a better learning experience because it would not compete with the
often arduous study schedule that students face during the academic year.
Prior to CY 2016, PREP was supported and sustained through the heartfelt donations of time
and money from the local residents of Port Royal. Part of the success of the 2016 Summer
Program and the PREP at large was manifested by the recognition and financial contribution
that it received from the Port Royal Chapter of the Ruritan; a community-based, philanthropic
volunteer organization. Their contribution in recognition of our efforts helped PREP meet its
operational cost and expenses this past summer. Most importantly, the publicity fostered by
PREP’s collaboration with and endorsement by the Ruritan helped to reintroduce PREP as a
viable educational/academic resource for parents, families and educators within Port Royal and
the surrounding area.
While the program continues to be a work in progress, its notoriety and contributions have
been credited with helping two local students increase their ACT scores which contributed to
their acceptance and enrollment into Virginia Tech and Christopher Newport in CY 2015. In CY
2016, two of PREP’s 2016 Summer Program graduates have already received a nominal number
of early acceptance offers from area colleges. After all final offers are received/evaluated, and
they have made their final declarations, PREP will update this report with those dispositions. In