Whiz Kids is a faith-based, one-on-one volunteer tutoring/mentoring program focusing on first through eighth grade students who live in areas which have some of the highest drop-out rates and lowest socioeconomic levels in Oklahoma City. Whiz Kids is proactive and preventative in nature, targeting inner-city schools and students who are reading below grade level and who could benefit most from a one-on-one relationship with a caring adult.

"Whiz Kids is one of those programs that will help save the next generation. Kids who have little positives in their lives are being given hope fur success as adults and positive role models to pattern themselves after. It is the best program of its kind I have seen."

»Lee Roland, Area Administrator, OKC Public Schools

Whiz Kids sites are churches in each school's community that donate their facility, provide tutors and an on-site coordinator. These urban churches are partnered with suburban churches to provide additional tutors and resources. The tutoring sessions become a means for building bridges between suburban and urban churches. Whiz Kids also partners with the Oklahoma City Public School District. A teacher from the local school where the students attend facilitates each of our Whiz Kids sites. This teacher is an excellent resource for our volunteer tutors and serves as school liaison

• For the 2006-2007 school year, Whiz Kids in 4th grade outperformed a matched group of students by 58 points on the Oklahoma State tests, and Whiz Kids in 5th grade outperformed their matched group by 59 points! Whiz Kids performed well above the states “satisfactory” level while the non-tutored children  performed well below. Whiz Kids makes a difference! Click here for a link to the graph!
• During the 2000-2001 Whiz Kids session, our first graders improved their National Percentile Ranking in reading by 115%.
• During the same session, our second graders improved their NPR by 35%.
• One of our suburban churches donated $10,000 to finish the renovation of their partner inner-city church.
• Children who have never attended a worship service are regularly attending church services with their tutors.
• Middle school students enrolled in Whiz Kids had an average percentile gain of 8.3 points. The students who were not enrolled in Whiz Kids had a gain of only 2.3 points

Story Board

If you are a Whiz Kid tutor, mentor, teacher, student, or volunteer...we want to share with others your story of inspiration, hope, success, achievement and faith. Please email anna@whizkidsok.org with your experiences to be posted on our Story Board.