WITS organizational values are the highest values that guide our organization’s actions. WITS Value Statements Community Empowerment Consistency
Student & Mentor Spotlight: Giovanni and Mark
February is an entire month dedicated to love and hearts galore. At WITS, there’s no one we love more than our students and their mentors. In the Student/Mentor Spotlight, we … Read More
How to Be Trauma-Informed
Jacob Dancer III is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Program Manager at UCAN. Jacob led a WITS Talks on being trauma- informed for WITS volunteers and community members on … Read More
Maria Seimenis, Deloitte Volunteer, Explains the Importance of WITS
Through the Workplace Mentoring program, students meet after-school with caring volunteers from corporate offices to practice reading aloud and receive homework help. Maria Seimenis, lead-volunteer from Deloitte, reflected on her experience as … Read More
Volunteering as a Group with WITS
Giving back by volunteering as a group is easy with WITS. By delivering and matching students with volunteers, WITS provides structure that focuses program time on building relationships and sharing … Read More
WITS History
Working in the Schools (WITS) began in a single classroom in 1991 when two civic leaders, Joanne Alter and Marion Stone, visited a friend who taught at Byrd Academy. When … Read More
Workplace Mentoring with Holden Elementary at BP America
A New Atmosphere WITS hosts two after-school programs with Holden Elementary with BP America. Thirty eager students board the bus and take a field trip downtown every Tuesday to work … Read More