Tutoring is usually a teacher helping a student with their specific struggles in the class, often before or after school. However, the French class is giving traditional tutoring a spin as French National Honor Society members are tutoring the students instead of the teacher.

“[My tutoring] is similar and different [than traditional tutoring],” French teacher Melody Mozely said. “The similar reason is that I am always available for tutoring by appointment for my students. I [have] taken on a role as cheer coach this year, which has made me less available if we have games scheduled, and every morning we practice. So I’m always busy in the morning and I am never available for tutoring, so I tried to really think of a way to work around that problem and one of the ways that French Honor Society students can offer service to their students here at the high school is to offer tutoring, for free.”

French National Honor Society members are the top students in the French class, with a lot of experience to pass down to the students they tutor.

“It’s a normal thing when you’re in French Honor Society that you offer tutoring, especially for the lower levels,” Mozley said. “French Honor Society is an organization which you are inducted into by merit. These are the very elite students of mine who speak and understand French very well. This type of tutoring gives the students in my class a chance to practice speaking French. My goal is [they can have] one on one practice, which is so important in learning a language. There’s not a lot of French speakers around the area, so this gives my students a chance to practice.”

Many of the FNHS enjoy the experience of being a teacher for a little while, and the benefits that come with volunteering their hours.

“I do enjoy tutoring other kids because it helps them out and gives me service hours for NHS,”  junior Collin Trank said.

The students appreciate the experience in the class that the Honor Society students provide for them.

“I really liked being tutoring by the French National Honor Society [students] because it helped me gain a deeper understanding of French and the pronunciation,” freshman Emily Belk said. “It was different than the teacher tutoring [me] because it allowed [me] to talk with people that have actually taken the class that I’m taking.”

Although it’s a little different for them, the students still feel that this type of tutoring is beneficial even though their teacher is not tutoring them.

“I believe I learn just as much as if the teacher were tutoring,” freshman Kelsieann Trank said. “The student tutors definitely know what they’re doing and what they’re talking about. They’re very helpful and it’s more laid back with them tutoring.”