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Learn more about the Music & Middle school offering
Learn more about the Performance Plus offering
Music Enhances the Learning: Getting Ready for Middle School It has been shown that there are positive links between learning musical skills and increased academic achievement. Students who receive a musical education are more likely to have better tests scores in reading and math, they have generally higher grade-point averages, and they do better on standardized tests. Perhaps the organizational skills and learning strategies which are generally and naturally present in challenging music programs are the ingredients that contribute to better academic performance.
What the studies generally don’t emphasize is that students gain a great deal of enjoyment from their music studies. Music brings enthusiasm, creativity, and group participation into the classroom. Music is foundational to the goal of producing well-rounded and balanced young adults. Private Instruction (Pi) Plus Tutors (“PiPlus”) specializes in teaching and tutoring. Amanda Yeadon, Program Director, is an enthusiastic believer in the benefits of incorporating music into a student’s school experience. “We are excited about our ability to help kids achieve success in connecting music and academics,” says Ms. Yeadon.
Beginning Middle School students have the opportunity to experience music as part of a middle school preparatory course offered this summer by PiPlus. Open to students ages ten to twelve, “Connect: Music & Middle School!” will be offered in three sessions. Each session gives students the opportunity to prepare for Middle School by
- Building foundational math skills
- Participating in engaging science investigations
- Learning what it takes to be a great writer
- Meeting other children and making friends before the school year starts
Ms. Yeadon says, "One of our goals in these sessions is to use music, particularly rhythms, to show kids the connections between music and math. We will also make natural connections between music and language arts as well. It's fascinating..." The goal for each camp is to ensure that each student starts off the school year prepared for the challenges of Middle School, while simultaneously giving them a head start socially.
These moderately priced four-day sessions will be held at Roy’s Place Studio & Recital Hall, 4926 196th St. SW, Lynnwood, WA 98036. Ages: 10-12
Price: $99 per session
Dates: Choose from one of three sessions, each lasting four days. You can choose either a morning period or afternoon period to best meet the needs of your summer schedule:
Session 1, July 12-15: Monday through Thursday, 11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. and 4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Session 2, August 2-5: held Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. and 3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Session 3, August 9-12: held Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. and 3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
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Pi-Plus College Board Prep Course: Essential, Affordable, Convenient – and Effective
Every parent feels the pressure. Slots in the college of your child’s choice are limited, and everything seems to hang on that college board score. Is your student ready to take these all-important tests?
It’s true that most college prep work is done in the classroom. If your student has been keeping up with school work over the course of his or her high school career, your student has laid the groundwork for a good PSAT, SAT, ACT, or AP score. However, studies show that high school students who take test prep courses often score significantly higher than those who don’t, and that students who take the PSAT score an average of 150 points higher on the SAT than those who take only the SAT.
There are many options when searching for help to prepare your student for the college board tests. The library has dozens of books, there are many prep courses available online, and there are companies that offer hands-on test preparation. Considerations include price, convenience, and effectiveness. Often the deciding factor is your student’s style of learning. Sometimes the deciding factor is price: the Princeton Review website charges $1400 for its small group PSAT review per student!
Private Instruction (Pi) Plus Tutors (“PiPlus”) specializes in teaching and tutoring. Ellen Forster, founder of Pi-Plus, believes that small group settings, individualized attention, and extra help outside the school day are critical to academic success, whether in a general high school setting, or for the focused curriculum of a college board prep course.
This summer, Pi-Plus is offering test prep courses that cover all the bases. These courses will provide tutoring in any subject and will familiarize your student with test taking procedure: math, vocabulary, and question structure. There will be plenty of practice in different subject areas and plenty of time to ask questions.
Each session will:
• Provide 16.5 hours of small group and individual tutoring
• Build your student’s confidence in test taking skills
• Identify your student’s strengths and weaknesses
• Develop an individualized improvement plan for your student
• Offer a structured yet flexible curriculum that covers all test subjects
• Provide highly qualified and skilled educators
• Provide two Princeton Review practice tests and scoring
To insure a low tutor to student ratio, each course limited to an enrollment of 20 students.
Price: The charge for each Pi-Plus session is $480 plus a $25 registration fee (which is waived for existing Pi Plus or Kennelly Keys Music clients.)
Location: Roy’s Place Studio & Recital Hall, 4926 196th St. SW, Lynnwood, WA 98036
Time: Monday through Thursday, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Dates: Choose from three 2-week sessions:
Session 1: July 12-15, 19-22
Session 2: Aug 2-5, 9-13
Session 3: Aug 23-26, Aug 30-Sept 2
Guarantee: Pi Plus guarantees a prorated tuition refund if you’re not satisfied at the end of the first week.
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Kennelly Keys Music
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