All Volunteer Academy is a community-service organization headquartered in Houston, Texas, but we serve the world!
Founded by Phillips Exeter Academy (PEA) senior Ava at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic with help from a dedicated team of volunteers from across the nation, AVA’s mission is to provide high-quality, stress-free yet free tutoring services to K-8 students. We can help needy students understand concepts better, help them with difficult homework, or help them learn an instrument or chess.
Even though the COVID-19 pandemic has become less of an issue, we’re here to stay. We will continue to lend a hand and an ear to students who need help with academics or activities. Our motto is, Non sibi, sed omnibus.
Our Volunteer Tutors
Ava Y.
Ava is a senior at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, NH, and founder of All Volunteer Academy. She is passionate about creative writing and humanities, and has won multiple Gold Keys and a Silver Medal in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards competition for her poetry and short stories. A published author, she is also a staff writer of The Exonian, the student-run weekly newspaper at PEA. In addition to actively writing herself, Ava has been helping needy children with writing and editing skills. She has been playing the piano for 10 years; a winner in the 2019 American Protégé Piano and Strings Competition, she was invited to perform at Carnegie Hall. She also has experience teaching piano lessons to young kids. In her free time, Ava enjoys poetry, tennis, drawing, and socializing.
Margaret H.
Margaret is a senior at the Emery/Weiner School in Houston, TX. One of her favorite subjects is math. She is also enthusiastic about linguistics, with eleven years’ experience of learning Chinese; during this time, Margaret received awards for writing short stories in Chinese. In addition, she has been studying Hebrew for 4 years. Margaret enjoys playing basketball and music in her spare time. She is able to help with math (Kindergarten through Algebra 1) and Chinese. In her junior year, her service with AVA helped her win the Community Service Award at her school!
Emily N.
Emily, a 12th grader at St. Agnes Academy in Houston, TX, enjoys reading, playing the piano, tennis, listening to music, and being with kids. She has participated in the JV basketball and tennis teams and has learned to play the drums, bass, and guitar since 6th grade. She’s had experience with the piano since 4 years old. She’s also been learning Vietnamese since 6 years old and has learned Spanish and Hebrew throughout her middle school years. Emily is thankful for the opportunity to be able to tutor younger students and hopes she will make an impact in their academic career!
Amber
Amber is a junior at the Phillips Exeter Academy. She is AVA’s violin teacher and enjoys working with kids of all grades.
Jane J.
A junior at the Emery Weiner School, Jane is a participant in the robotics team, tikkun olam club, poker club, and music production club. She’s also an active athlete, focusing on such sports as swimming, cross country and tennis. Jane has over four-and-a-half years of experience on the piano and can also teach basic drumming, guitar and bass. For entertainment, she likes to play sports, perform and listen to music, read up on history, write stories and memoirs, sketch pictures, and play games.
Bryan W.
Bryan, a junior at St. John’s School in Houston, TX, has a passion for math, chess and golf. He’s a member of St. John’s math club and golf team, and looks forward to sharing his passion for math and chess with younger students.
Beverly R.
Beverly is an 11th grader at Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, CT. She especially wants to share her passion for reading and writing with her students.
Charlie C.
Charlie is a junior in the IB program at Bellaire High School in Houston, TX. In 8th grade, he achieved a perfect score in the math section on the PSAT 8/9 as well as 9’s (highest tier) in both math sections on the ISEE. He enjoys teaching younger students math, science and coding. He strives to mix his sense of humor with his serious passion for helping younger kids do better in academics.
Sophie Y.
A 9th grader at the Phillips Exeter Academy, Sophie is an energetic student who enjoys writing poetry, playing tennis, dancing, performing on the piano, and making fun videos on TikTok. She is also passionate about teaching English to K-6 kids.
Derek
Derek is an 8th grader at the St. John’s School who loves coding and cooking. He enjoys teaching English and math to kids and helping them understand difficult concepts.
More tutors coming soon. Contact us if you’re interested in becoming an AVA-affiliated high-school volunteer tutor.