King Academics - A Personal Message from the Director

Dear Student, Parent and Educator,

Finding the right private tutor in New York City can indeed be a daunting task. There is an immense range from which to choose and it's hard to know just the right one for a particular student? Of course a word of mouth recommendation is always useful but that is not always possible and a tutor who is good with one student might not be quite as good with another. In some ways choosing a tutor is a bit like a "Lucky Dip". My own experience of working with individual students is vast. I find individualized instruction to be immensely rewarding and this is a direct result of having watched so many students realize that they have become much more confident and are now reaping the rewards of academic success. While no one can absolutely guarantee that a student will be successful after a few lessons, what I can guarantee is that the students with whom I work will begin to recognize the fact that they understand much more quickly and effectively. What have previously been baffling concepts become comfortably within the student's intellectual grasp. The following points are particularly worthy of note:

To you, the Student:

• As a student enrolled at King Academics you will be given a very special opportunity: that is, you will have a tutor whose experience in teaching secondary age students in a one-on-one situation is unparalleled.
• You will be able to forge a student-tutor partnership that will enable you to really enjoy increasing confidence and success.
• You will have access to a master tutor who actually knows how to teach even the most baffling of mathematical concepts.
• You will have fun learning math – hard to believe? Believe me, it’s true!
• If you are preparing for the SAT, the ACT, AP Calculus or one of the many other standardized tests then you will be able to reach new levels of achievement by systematically learning a comprehensive range of techniques for each question type.
• You will gain an appreciation for life-long learning – this transportable gift is absolutely priceless!

To you, the Parent:

• As a parent whose child is enrolled at King Academics, you have given your child a wonderful opportunity. You can rest assured that Gary King will give your child, and you, his best attention and the benefit of his more than twenty years experience as a secondary mathematics educator, tutor, consultant and administrator.
• Enrolling your child at King Academics involves you making a substantial investment in your child’s future – and this is something you are already doing! Many parents prefer to make an initial appointment to meet me, the Director, prior to enrolling their child. I would want do the same, so please call us in order to set up a meeting at your home. There is absolutely no charge for this initial consultation.
• As your child’s tutor I shall be working regularly through a one-on-one custom-designed academic program specifically geared towards enhancing your child’s strengths, addressing your child’s weaknesses and increasing your child’s confidence. I shall be available at any mutually convenient time in order to provide you with meaningful feedback on your child’s progress.
• Fundamentally, my philosophy is that I, your child and you, the parent, are a team engaged in a common pursuit – your child’s academic success achieved by the most efficient and comfortable means possible.

To all of you who have kindly taken the time to read these pages:

• Just the very mention of the word “Mathematics” often strikes fear into the hearts and minds of so many people, young and old alike. Why is this? Well, I don’t think there is one simple answer. It could be the result of a bad experience in a math class, an unsympathetic math teacher at some point in a child’s schooling or maybe it could be that a child has never been given the opportunity to be taught by someone who not only loves math for its own sake, but who also wants to be able to share that love with others.
• What I am offering is a chance for every student to put any negative experience that they might have had with math behind them and take this chance to learn an aspect of the subject with someone who really wants them to have the opportunity to enjoy success.
• No matter what a student’s level is: middle-school pre-algebra, high-school geometry or AP Calculus, let us show you how to think and present your ideas logically so that you too can begin to learn in the most efficient and effective way possible.
• King Academics offers expert tuition in all middle and high school mathematics courses. Gary King has taught all of these courses during his career and has many contacts within the independent schools of New York City and beyond.
• King Academics is not just a math tutoring service. It is an educational organization that offers tuition in critical reading, creative writing, college application preparation and college and university entrance essay planning and production.
• No matter what your learning style or what you perceive to be your degree of difficulty, I am here to do whatever it takes to help you to achieve success.
• What I promise you is a commitment to your learning, a commitment to your being able feel more confident about mathematics and test preparation and also a commitment to helping you lose any anxiety that you now have.