Visit, call, or write

41 Walnut Street, Suite 2, on the second floor. The entrance is the glass door to the left of the shopfront, and the stairs are just inside. There is parking behind the building and on the street after 4:00 PM.

Call during program hours and someone who teaches here answers. Outside them, write and you will have a reply the next working day.

41 Walnut Street
Suite 2
Newton, MA 02460

(617) 555-0164

Closed · opens Monday at 3:30 PM

Monday
3:30 PM–7:30 PM
Tuesday
3:30 PM–7:30 PM
Wednesday
3:30 PM–7:30 PM
Thursday
3:30 PM–7:30 PM
Saturday
9:00 AM–1:00 PM

Sessions run after school Monday to Thursday and on Saturday mornings. Someone who teaches here answers the phone from 1:00 PM on weekdays.

Common questions

How do we get started?

Book a free assessment. Seventy-five minutes with your child, then a conversation with you about what we found and what we would suggest, whether or not that turns out to be us.

Which grades do you teach?

Grades 3 to 12. Reading and writing runs to grade 8, mathematics goes through pre-calculus, and study skills and test prep is for grades 8 and up.

How big are the groups?

Six students, never seven. Most groups settle at four or five, and one-to-one is there for a student a group is the wrong shape for.

How long is a session, and how often?

Seventy-five minutes, once a week to start. A student who is a year or more behind usually moves to two sessions a week, which is what the Accelerate plan is.

How will we know it is working?

We agree at the start of the term what progress should look like, write a review in week six and another at the end. You hear from us during the term, not only at the end of it.

Do you help with homework?

Not as the main work. A group that turns into a homework club stops closing the gap that brought the student here, though we will always look at something that is due tomorrow.

What if my child does not want to come?

Tell us at the assessment; it is the most useful thing you can tell us. Usually it is a child who has been told for years that they are bad at something, and it changes inside a term - or it is a sign we are working on the wrong thing.