NIN Scholars Free Online SAT Tutoring Program to Begin 3rd Cycle Following the notable success of the first two iterations, NIN Scholars, an online SAT prep program, is scheduled to begin its third tutoring cycle on August 1, 2015. NIN Scholars combines live online tutoring sessions via webinars and corresponding online content. The pilot program launched in January 2015. Since its inception, NIN Scholars has provided more than 200 high school students with free best-in-class online SAT prep. Interested students can save their seat now at http://signup.freesatprep.org/ NIN Scholars collaborated with Pittsburgh Prep, one of the foremost test prep companies in the state, to construct the innovative SAT prep program. Master Tutor Hoon Kim, a former Kaplan instructor and graduate of the Harvard School of Education, will lead the instructional sessions. Under his tutelage, Pittsburgh Prep has successfully helped more than 300 students raise their SAT scores by an average of 270 points. The curriculum employs the contemporary form of teaching known as the flip model. Students view prerecorded video lectures that introduce the fundamentals of each lesson and then participate in live webinars that apply the learned knowledge through problem solving and question and answer segments. The corresponding content and video lessons are delivered to students through the popular learning management system, Schoology. The ultimate goals of the program are to help students increase their chances of acceptance into their ideal college and to improve their odds of receiving financial aid, regardless of financial or socioeconomic factors. “I established the program after observing firsthand, Hoon’s teaching style and the impressive effects his course had on my own children’s education. I decided that all students, regardless of their family’s financial standing, deserved access to his level of expertise in improving their SAT scores,” said Tom Dickson, founder of Neighbors in Need. “I realized that a program like this would allow for more students to have greater educational advancements. By using the Internet, we are able to make Hoon Kim’s expertise available to the masses.” The third NIN Scholars tutoring cycle is available free of charge to all students regardless of financial standing. Students or schools that are interested in participating in the NIN Scholars program should visit http://signup.freesatprep.org/ for more information and to apply. About Neighbors in Need Tom Dickson and Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation Executive Director Rick Swartz founded Neighbors in Need in 2011 with the goal of helping those living closest to them. The organization strives to provide services and financial assistance to people in their community who have nowhere else to turn. Neighbors in Need is fiscally sponsored by the Bloomfield Garfield Corporation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Media Contact: Cassandra Quinn, Project Manager c_quinn@ninscholars.org (412) 403-6530 www.ninscholars.org ###