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"This course is giving me a sense of calm
and preparedness."
—GRE
Prep course participant
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“Ms. Ledwith, Thanks, thanks, thanks. Your
workshop was very enlightening for our
Teens."
— Lady Anna Kirksey, Top Teens of America |
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"The
way you position your sentence can give you
more room in your essay and make your essay
look more presentable. "
— Student at Scholar Ready's Essay Writing Workshop |
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Scholar
Ready is an educational services firm whose
instructors work with teenagers and adults.
Since 2004, the firm has been providing
services to clients in the following areas:
math tutoring, writing workshops, and test
preparation. |
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Scholar Ready
is certified as a State of Texas HUB and
City of Houston Minority and Women owned
enterprise. |
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Our
Approach |
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Our firm works
with clients to determine the needs of the
students whom they serve. We believe in
designing a plan to help students reach
their educational goals. Scholar Ready
accomplishes this through individual
tutoring and small (less than 10 students)
and medium-sized (11 to 20 students) group
instruction. |
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Expertise |
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MATH
TUTORING: Scholar Ready provides math
instruction in the following subjects:
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Arithmetic
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Pre-Algebra
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Algebra I
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Geometry
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Algebra II
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Algebra III
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Trigonometry |
Pre-Calculus |
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Math
Modeling |
College
Algebra |
Math of
Money |
Calculus
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WRITING
WORKSHOPS:
Our writing instructors seek to help
students improve their communication skills.
Based on student needs, a workshop could
teach one or more of the following skills:
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Self-editing
compositions
- Choosing
a topic
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Organizing and structuring ideas
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Responding to an essay topic
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Elaborating
- Varying
sentence structure
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Understanding word choice
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TEST
PREPARATION: Is there a secret to
performing well on standardized tests? Our
instructors teach the subject matter and
short cuts vital for students who want to
boost their test scores. We have expertise
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TAAS (Texas
Assessment of Academic Skills)
- TAKS
(Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills)
- THEA
(Texas Higher Education Assessment)
- GRE
(Graduate Record Exam)
- PSAT
(Pre-SAT)
- SAT
- ACT
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Key
Personnel |
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Jennifer Ledwith, Director, owns Scholar
Ready. She graduated from the University of
Oklahoma with a Bachelor of Business
Administration Degree in Finance and
Economics. Since 2002, Jennifer has tutored
individuals and lectured small groups. In
addition to her work with Scholar Ready
clients, she has tutored students at Houston
Community College, San Jacinto College, and
the University of Oklahoma. |
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Houston Housing Authority, University of
Houston-Clear Lake, Booker T. Washington
High School, Top Teens of America, Jack and
Jill of America, First Metropolitan Church —
these groups have received Jennifer’s
instruction about study skills, test-taking
skills, math, and writing. |
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