Early Engagement
Equipping students with organization and time management skills in middle school is essential to preparing them for the rigors of high school when the demands of challenging courses, sports commitments, and community service requirements ramp up dramatically. We give your student the skills to navigate this challenging time with more focus and less stress.
Services
Academic Success and Extracurricular Counseling Services
Organization & time management skills improvement
Work/study habits improvement
Determining and implementing community service projects
Vocabulary expansion
Identifying appropriate contests, scholarships, extracurricular, and summer activities
Navigating ways to obtain help in academic subjects
Academic tutoring*
Writing Coaching
Writing instruction across the curriculum including brainstorming, prewriting, editing and writing narrative and expository pieces
Secondary School Admission Services
Prepare list of secondary schools
Schedule visits and interviews
Review standardized test options and strategies
Practice admission interviews
Assist in the application process including essays
Contact secondary schools to advocate for the student
Review acceptances and possible financial aid in order to determine the best fit for the student
* We partner with excellent outside resources who provide this service.
Reviews
Interview Preparation
“We are extremely impressed by Ellen’s exceptional coaching and counseling sessions with our children. She prepared them extensively for their high school interviews. Her counsel gave them a clearer picture of what to expect. It was an awesome experience for our children. We will not hesitate to recommend Ellen for her professionalism and competence.”
— Uche, Nigeria
Interview Preparation
"Ellen has been providing interview prep for two of our 8th grade Hartford students to prepare them for interviews at many top private high schools. Since working with our students, we have noticed a significant positive change - they are more outgoing, better conversationalists, and have improved self-esteem and confidence. We have received such positive feedback from Admissions teams who have been extremely impressed with our students' interview skills. Ellen really connects with each student. She not only provides students with practice responding effectively to both typical and challenging interview questions, but also teaches them important lessons such as how to behave while visiting schools, time management, how to deal with stress, and relaxation techniques to calm nerves."
— Emily, Academic Director, Capitol Squash, Hartford, CT
Organization and Study Skills
"My youngest daughter has consistently applied the organizational skills Ellen taught her into effective time managed blocks of preparation, study, and reflective work towards her advancing goals. Her personalized care and consideration to the individual's needs are spot on. Thank you, Ellen, for all you do!"
- Laura, Farmington, CT