Math

 If your child needs Tutoring, the most efficient way to address his or her needs will be private lessons - this way the teacher will be able to work exactly at what the student needs in order to improve his or her performance in school, not dividing his attention and lesson time between two or
three students who might be in the same grade, but most likely have different problems. Sometimes, if a student missed some topic earlier, it may bring all of his future grades down (e.g. a student who didn't master addition, will have problems with subtraction and multiplication; similar situation at any grade level.)

Majority of our math students take Enrichment math. We are trying to expand the areas that are usually under-addressed in public and many private day schools, such as logic, word problems and applying familiar algorithms to new situations. We'd never expect an athletically inclined child to become an advanced soccer player because he's "Naturally good" without spending hours on a soccer field! The brain has to be trained, as well. The same way, as computation skills must be trained, logical thinking also can and has to be trained, and this is the core of our enrichment program. If students' levels, grades and abilities are compatible, these lessons are very efficient in semi-private (2-3 students) and small groups, 4-5 students, setting. However we discourage parents from group and even semi-private placement (for monetary, social, timing, car-pool etc. reasons) if - on teacher's discretion - this placement will not provide the best learning environment.

Olympiad math is a kind of Enrichment math; for placement in Olympiad group the prospective teacher's recommendation is required. It is true that some children reach top scores in Olympiads (like Kangaroo) without any training, however if not properly prepared, the student's achievements stagnate since natural abilities may not be developed. For Kangaroo math, students get a lot of "Olympiad-like" problems and learn to apply their knowledge to untypical situations at the lessons, but parents register for the Kangaroo Math Olympiad independently. For MOEMS (Math Olympiads for Elementary and Middle Schools) we register our students as a team, and they receive their individual scores. In MOEMS 2018-2022 years, many of our students got into the range of top 10%-2%, no one below top 25%

We expect average 1.5 hour homework each week; the level of parents' involvement varies significantly.