STAIR Tutoring is a 10-week long, semester-based afterschool program that offers free reading tutoring for 2nd and 3rd graders in New Orleans.

STAIR offers both In-Person Tutoring and Virtual Tutoring Mondays through Thursdays at either 4:30-5:30 or 5:30-6:30 p.m. Tutoring lasts 1 hour.

*In-person students must be enrolled at the in-person school site. At this time our in-person sites include:

• • Audubon Charter - Gentilly (Thursday 4:00-5:15pm)

  • Audubon Charter - Uptown (Thursday 4:00-5:15pm)

  • Morris Jeff Community School - Mid-City (Thursday 3:45-5:00pm)

  • YACS Lawrence D. Crocker - Uptown (Wednesday 3:15-4:15pm)

  • Martin Berhman Elementary - Westbank (Tuesday 4:00-5:00pm)

During the program, STAIR students will receive:

• One-on-one, 60 minute virtual or in-person tutoring sessions once a week

• 10 books to help build your child’s home library

• A creative writing journal with weekly assignments 

To be considered for STAIR’s Fall 2026 Program, a child must meet the following requirements:

• Enrolled in 2nd or 3rd grade in a public school for the 2026-2027 school year

• Complete an online application form

• Testing below benchmark on DIBELS or standardized test scores. Please submit most recent student scores to program@stairnola.org upon completing application.

• For virtual tutoring, student will need access to the internet and a desktop computer, laptop, iPad, or tablet with a camera, and must live within the greater New Orleans area to participate.

• For in-person tutoring, student needs to be attending one of the schools listed above. If student does not attend any, please apply for virtual tutoring only.

  STAIR provides all materials and all books required to participate.

Please call or text us on our Office Cell at 504.202.8187!