The tutor club is known for its famous one man club photo,  Alex Helman during the 2014-15 school year. Things have changed. With brand new officers and a growth in attendance, these tutors deserve more credit; they deserve the honor cords they don’t receive.

Honor cords are strands of intertwined rope that hang down the robes of graduating seniors if they’ve participated he of community service or club hours they accomplished while in high school. The cords are a public token that recognizes the significant service where students have volunteered.

On average a service club requires 36+ hours of service to earn a cord. Tutor club meets and exceeds this standard. Hours add up from their usual weekly meetings, extra help around finals, and ‘text-help communication’ puts them above and beyond the standard of hours.

Examples of clubs who receive honor cords include DECA, Key Club, FCCLA and Art Honor Society. All of these clubs are well known whereas tutor club is lesser known adding to the reasons why they are not receiving the honor cords. Other reasons are vague to the president Erika Tonning and vice president Ian Good.

“It’s relatively new and the staff has been just a few people up until this year,” Tonning said. The growth of tutor club this year is sure to catch the eyes of students as there is a tutor for every subject and then some. Not only has the number of tutors increased, but also the attendance to the club meetings every Wednesday after school.

Tonning is proud that the club membership has grown so quickly and is even more proud of the tutors. “In general I love that our tutors are willing to give up their time to help students without the benefit of an honor cord right now,” she said. Good agrees with Tonning and feels the club should be outwardly recognized for their service. “Historically we have been a smaller club but this year we are ramping it up and it would make sense to receive recognition,” he said.