Written by Kaelin Cooley When you’re a child, play is what centers our learning. We learn to share, we learn shapes, colors, numbers and how our own hands and feet…
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Offering Ourselves Compassion
Written by Jess Thomas When a friend comes to us hurting or upset, it’s usually easy to offer them care and comfort. In fact, it can be much easier to…
The Senior Year Race: Starting Strong and Maintaining Momentum
Written by Breneya Johnson The first half of senior year can be very overwhelming and stressful. Trying to balance your home life, school, sports, work, and college applications is a…
Enhanced Prep Turned My Reach Into Reality
Written by Michael Hankins For many high school students, classes and standardized tests can seem overwhelming or challenging in general, but there is always help somewhere. When I began participating…
Know These Comma Rules
Written by Keith Brown Most students think that the SAT Writing and Language section is all about grammar. In fact, approximately 50% of the questions on this section concern grammar…
Keeping a Track Record of Your Successes
Written by Paul Carey Jr. You may think it’s a little early, but the time to start keeping a track record of your successes is NOW! As your journey through…
Exercises For Summer Literacy Gains
Written By Olga Shkolnikov Summer comes with a beautiful energy of restoration and joy–one that we need now more than ever. With most attempting to compensate for 2020 this summer,…
Why La Dolce Vita Is Dominating Right Now
Written By Brenna Norris Italy is often thought of as primarily a tourist destination, a place so steeped in history that it can often be difficult to remember there’s more…
The Secret To Talking About Yourself
Written by Mereat Askander We all get stuck when we’re hit with this question, whether it’s for an interview, a college application, or an introduction to a potential mentor. Here’s…
3 Ways to Get Our Brains Excited About Academics
Written by Maria Cassidy Ask most people and they’ll say learning is pretty fun! Or, at least it was when they were younger. After a packed semester of school, cramming…
The Hype of Charter Schools
Written by Jean Hsu Public charter schools are now a very real option for students and parents looking at schools that will prepare them best for the rigor of college…
So What Do College Admissions Look Like Now?
Written By Kate McGunagle The 2020-2021 college admissions cycle looked a little different than it has historically — both the Common Application and Coalition added an optional essay question about…
3 Steps To Picking Yourself Up
Written by Paul Carey Jr. Many times, things don’t go as planned–you didn’t pass that driving test, for example, or earn a competitive grade in your favorite class. Perhaps you…
How COVID Has Affected My Students
Written by Candace Furman Education has profoundly changed over the last year and half, in ways that many of us are still discovering. We have one student who normally earns…
Form Good Habits Sooner Rather than Later
Written by Charles Zito While getting accepted into college and completing high school may feel like the “end,” it is truly just the beginning of your serious academic career and…
Promoting Your Child’s Success
Written by Mereat Askander Parents, we think back to our days as high school students or even college students and remember the stress that accompanied those important times in our…
Does taking a test make you want to vomit and cry at the same time? Let me help guide you!
Written by Kaelin Cooley Testing Anxiety: Many students feel nervous taking a test, even if it is for a subject they love. Other people, like me, make themselves sick even…
Want to Play College Sports? What's Your Responsibility as a Student-Athlete?
Written by Anthony R. It’s you that benefits the most and you are the one who should be expected to do the most of the work in the process. Here…
76 Seconds to Real Stress Relief
Written by Olga Shkolnikov In moments of stress or anger, we’re often told to simply breathe. Breathe in….breathe out…calm down. Deep breathing typically does help soothe the nerves–even if the…
5 Tutoring Principles to Reverse Covid-Related Learning Loss
Written by Keith Brown Recently, I wrote an article about the Covid Slide, the pandemic’s magnification of what we’ve traditionally called the Summer Slide–those three months between a school year’s…