Business Update
- I'm very excited to welcome Ernie Foote, a fantastic and experienced math, Spanish and SAT tutor, to the PEC team! He's been an educator for years, including teaching in Los Angeles high schools and tutoring for the Princeton Review.
- IMPORTANT: Cancellation Policy Change
- I understand that kids get sick and families don't always know 24 hours in advance that their son or daughter needs to get to bed! At the same time, because our client sessions are limited to after-school hours and Saturdays, last-minute cancellations make it challenging, in general, to accommodate client scheduling requests. Also, because students are at school all day and therefore unreachable, (and quite busy), a last-minute cancellation generally cannot be re-booked. Hitherto, we've charged a full hourly fee for no-shows and same-day cancellations. In order to be more understanding of our clients' needs, we're now launching a trial compromise solution: a flat $45 fee instead of the full hour. Keep in mind also that if a child is up to it, I'm happy to do a session over the phone or through Dim Dim, an virtual meeting venue.
Resources
Taking or planning to take AP Literature?
From what I found, this book has received more positive reviews than the others.
Are you taking Biology?
Are you planning to take the Biology SAT II Subject test? If so, you must decide whether you'd like to take the E version or the M version.
- Take Biology E if you feel more comfortable answering questions pertaining to biological communities, populations, and energy flow.
- Take Biology M if you feel more comfortable answering questions pertaining to biochemistry, cellular structure and processes, such as respiration and photosynthesis.
Tips & Strategies
Don't Fall Victim to Spring Break!
Every year I see kids begin to unravel the weeks or months of hard work they've done. Stay focused, stay committed, stay honest. If you're feeling overwhelmed, consider me your "organization sponsor" - call me, email me if you feel yourself slipping or feel overwhelmed.
News & Research
"The color red can make people’s work more accurate, and blue can make people more creative. . . . Researchers at the University of British Columbia conducted tests with 600 people to determine whether cognitive performance varied when people saw red or blue. . . . Red groups did better on tests of recall and attention to detail, like remembering words or checking spelling and punctuation. Blue groups did better on tests requiring imagination, like inventing creative uses for a brick or creating toys from shapes." It's an article from last year, but so, so interesting.
"A panel of educators convened by the nation’s governors and state school superintendents proposed a uniform set of academic standards on Wednesday, laying out their vision for what all the nation’s public school children should learn in math and English, year by year, from kindergarten to high school graduation."
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