Establishing the foundations for academic excellency

Here for each stage of your young scholar’s academic journey

The breadth and depth of high school course offerings today is ever-growing. With our network of skilled and experienced tutors, we have the expertise you are looking for, offering services across virtually all subject areas. Whether you need help catching up in a particularly challenging class or need assistance managing all of your courses, we have the resources and educators to help you enhance your fundamentals, solidify your study skills, and receive the grade you deserve.

In addition to teaching class-specific content, our tutors are experienced in identifying particular opportunity areas for improvement involving study skills and motivation. We never just regurgitate content, but rather seek to become helpful new members of a child’s learning network, spreading awareness of the unique challenges faced by the student and serving as representatives and intermediators striving to fundamentally empower our students.

Getting a head start on standardized test preparation

While success on the SAT or ACT requires only a foundational level of academic proficiency, that foundation must be both solid and readily accessible within the network of a student’s thoughts. We provide the necessary training and fundamental fluency in reading/writing, mathematics, and science that makes the difference between a test preparation experience marked by a feeling of constantly “catching up” and one that moves without a hitch.

Our Early Starter program is designed to place middle school students ahead of the curve for college admissions testing and/or to best position them for SSAT/ISEE/HPST testing for private and boarding school admissions. Contemporary high school entrance exams are distinct in style and content from the college admissions tests, and come with their own set of principles and strategies. We have helped many of our middle school students gain entrance to some of the most elite boarding schools in the country through sharpening key academic skills and teaching innovative test strategies. Always ready to assist, we are the ultimate resource for your child whether for immediate testing or in anticipation of the SAT/ACT just a few years down the line.

Advanced Tutoring for Students in AP, IB, and AICE Classes

All of our tutors have passed through Ivy League and top tech schools, and, having themselves taken on rigorous course loads filled with AP and IB classes, are especially qualified to support high-achieving students enrolled in advanced classes. AP and IB exams are unique in their strict adherence to a curriculum developed outside the confines of local high schools, and success on these examinations often depends on devoting assiduous attention to test-specific prep materials.

We possess the depth of expertise in both subject-area tutoring and SAT/ACT prep that makes it worthwhile to pick our brains even for students already achieving 4.0+ GPAs and near-perfect scores on standardized tests. In addition to helping to boost your grades, we are here to coach, support, and inspire as you climb toward ever-higher heights of academic and personal excellence.

The Socratic Methodology

Inspired by ancient Socratic methods, our classes are based on a synergistic learning method of dialogue—we want your student to “discover” their way toward an understanding of a mathematical concept, rather than to memorize a set of steps. Our job is to take the seeds of knowledge in our students, and to help them develop into robust ideas or strategies they can employ both in the classroom and when taking standardized tests. 

We bring an awareness of the unique intelligences of our students and an ability to customize our teaching methods and course material to the needs of each student. And with mentorship and coaching services that are built into the fabric of our learning modules, expect your child to connect with a tutor who will not only be invaluable in advancing your their academic goals, but also a confidante who can inspire and will make the experience both fun and memorable. 

Turning Learning Challenges into Opportunities

We are big believers in the limitless potential of each child we encounter. Learning diagnostics is a part of each student’s learning plan where we identify student strengths and opportunity areas, setting up a game plan for arriving at a student’s highest level of academic success. For a student facing a unique learning obstacle, however, our diagnostic services can be just the thing that can put an end to patterns of frustration and reorient the learning trajectory toward excellence and self-confidence.

From the beginning of every tutoring partnership, we invest full attention to understanding a student’s unique learning profile and how an obstacle fits in. Re-presenting the challenge to the student as an opportunity for growth, we develop an action plan for turning academic weakness into strength, and the transformation process begins. We are committed to providing full support for our students and often extend our role to acting as a communicator and intermediary between all actors in a student’s academic support network, including parents, teachers and school officials. Lastly, for cases where outside-of-school factors play in, we also are able to work in conjunction with the best educational and youth-oriented psychologists in the area to make sure that we can help any student that comes our way to grow into their full academic potential.

About Online Learning

All of our academic services can be supplemented through the convenience of online tutoring, in addition to our classic in-person experience. Employing the most innovative technological tools, you will be able to access your tutor whether you are traveling with your family, or during a free period between classes. When combined with our flexible, customizable curriculum, the online tutoring and test prep experience is infinitely adaptable to the demands of your schedule, as well as your strengths and weaknesses. We will give your young scholar the foundation they need to thrive academically, whether it be in standardized testing, the rigors of high school, or in advanced AP- and IB-level coursework/gaining admission to top boarding schools.