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Greetings!
Summer is almost here...
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Summer Tutoring
We are fully operating in the summer. Our
tutors have wide open schedules during the day as well as evenings
and weekends. Schedules will be flexible to accommodate family vacations
and summer camps.
Benefits of Summer tutoring: Summer tutoring can be a leg up for the
struggling
student. Scientific studies have shown that over a period of a few
months
students will retain only about 20% of what they learned in school.
This percentage can increase significantly with repetition. Even if
the student reviews instead of gaining new knowledge there will be an
improvement in their performance once school begins. Their confidence
level improves as well.
Tutor's Comment on Summer Tutoring - By Carolyn Tytler "When I retired after
35 years teaching, I missed contact with the children. Don't
misunderstand,
I didn't want a whole room full, all day, every day, anymore, but
I missed the special moments, the one-on-one interaction, when you could
actually see learning taking place in one little mind.
I began tutoring
during the school year. Soon I was receiving requests for lessons during
the summer. My first inclination was to refuse. The poor little tykes
had worked their hearts out all year. They deserved a break, didn't
they? Then I started remembering the unhappy scenes in the classroom
every September. Not only were the children dejected about being cooped
up inside again, many were anxious and frustrated because they had
forgotten
much of last year's work.
Are summer tutoring sessions helpful?
Yes, I believe they are. For the good and average students they will
keep the knowledge and skills of the previous grade fresh and sharp
and provide a head start on next year's work. For a struggling student,
they can be a life raft, saving him from sinking into a morass of new
work for which he is not prepared."
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