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SAVE 46 % OFFTHE NEWSSTAND RATE SUBSCRIBE ONLINE: thestar.com/2daysave OR CALL: 416-367-4500 and quote code 2DAYSAVE for weekend home delivery for 12 months Cut out paying more Your only destination for more coupons, more flyers, more savings. #SavingWithSave Save $1.00 on any Nature's Bounty product save.ca/coupons Scan to get coupons A former Canadian Foot- ball League (CFL) player is now rushing to help chil- dren improve their skills in science, mathematics and more. Andy Fantuz, who played for the Saskatche- wan Roughriders, the Chi- cago Bears and the Hamil- ton Tiger-Cats, and was named the CFL's Most Out- standing Canadian Player for 2010 is now the owner of the Scholars Education cen- tre, which is located at 1915 Ironoak Way, Unit 3 (Farm Boy Plaza) in Oakville. The facility opened its doors on Dec. 1, 2020, and has been offering personal- ized tutoring for all subjects from the kindergarten to Grade 12 curriculum ever since. "Throughout my football career, I had the privilege to mentor and coach a lot of youth in the cities I resided in, both in athletics and in life skills, nutrition and ed- ucation," said Fantuz. "This is something I have been passionate about throughout my career and I have been able to take that role a step further and focus on it full time, post football." Currently, the facility's staff of nearly 10 teachers is providing tutoring services to 20 students. Fantuz, who is also an Oakville resident, says the Joshua Creek location has the capability to service around 100 students and noted additional teachers will be brought in to help when the number of stu- dents increases. The former CFL player said now more than ever it is important to have tutor- ing services available to help students who may be falling behind. "Unfortunately, the on- line learning and every- thing with COVID-19 put a lot of stress on students and their families to keep up with their grades at home," said Fantuz. "Some students have been successful online, but the majority of them are finding it hard to keep up and maintain where they want to be academically. We certainly help with that and a lot of the students we do have find it very valuable to have that extra help and at- tention." The facility has teachers who can teach a variety of subjects and grades as well as specialty teachers for high school French and STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathemat- ics) students. "We have a proprietary Canadian-based curricu- lum that is put together by a board of advisers with PhDs in education. We direct the students through a compre- hensive assessment, which identifies any skill gaps a student may have in a spe- cific subject," said Fantuz. "The assessment then creates a prescription that is customized and individu- alized for the student that they can work through at their own pace." Fantuz said Scholars al- so has small student-to- teacher ratios, with the maximum ratio for grade school being three to one and the maximum ratio for high school being two to one. "It's a very intimate set- ting where they are work- ing hands on with the teach- er, but they still learn those independent skills and group learning that they'll need in their classroom in real life," said Fantuz. Like all other education- al facilities, Scholars had to cease in-person learning due to COVID-19 in mid- January, but has since re- opened. The facility has an on- line classroom, however, which continued to operate throughout the lockdown. FORMER CFL STAR HELPING KIDS FLEX THEIR ACADEMIC MUSCLES DAVID LEA dlea@metroland.com BUSINESS SCHOLARS EDUCATION A tutoring service that helps students with a variety of subject. Hours: Monday to Thursday: 1 p.m. to 8 p.m., Friday: closed, Saturday: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sunday: Closed Contact: 905-337-0381, scholarsed.com or OakvilleJoshuaCreek@ Scholars.com Former CFLer Andy Fantuz is the owner of Scholars Education, which offers tutoring services. Graham Paine/Metroland