Just got report card...and you won't believe it!

""Meghan just received her third quarter report card and you won't believe it....100% on her Reading and Language Arts Curriculum Tests (Reading Comprehension/Word Study and English)!! Also, on her Math Curriculum Tests she received a 98% (Fractions 100%; Numeration 100%; Addition/Subtraction 100%; Multiplication 100%; and problem solving she missed one problem). We are pumped! Thank you, Terri and Sylvan staff for your dedication to Meghan. We'll be back soon.""

- Kathy (mom of 2nd grader)

Advanced Reading Skills Course Just What I Needed

"Your speed reading course is just what I needed to get through the long reading passages on the ACT! My speed more than doubled with just 12 hours of instruction in your Advanced Reading Skills course. Thank you, Sylvan!"

- Ericka (headed to college this year)

Increased ACT Score

"I can't believe my ACT score increase! I went from a 27 to a 30 in three weeks. I would definitely recommend you guys!"

- David (a senior in high school)

Better for coming to Sylvan

"Our daughters LOVED coming to Sylvan - we never heard a complaint! Now that they have graduated from their programs, we are excited to see them take off on their own with school and homework. They are more confident and independent this year. Thank you! The girls and my husband and I have benefited from your successful plan. Our girls are better for coming to Sylvan. We plan to return in the summer so they continue to move ahead."

- Proud Parents

Glad for Sylvan

"My son attended for math two years ago because he wanted to be able to go into the advanced math track at school. Thanks to Sylvan, he made it! This year, he is a little concerned at the pace in pre-algebra and said, "Mom, I think I should go back to Sylvan for awhile." I'm so glad that Sylvan is there when we need you!"

- Mom of a 7th grader

Note from Sylvan Mom

"Thanks so much for your note! So far the kids are having a fabulous year!! Our 2nd grade daughter is doing great and from what I hear from her teacher no concerns and if anything, she is performing way above (we credit her time at Sylvan for that). Our son, in 4th grade, so far is meeting the demands and doing very well at school. We think about you all and appreciate what we've gotten out of Sylvan."

- A Sylvan Mom

Two-point increase in ACT score worth $37,500

"SPRINGBORO — For Gary Kurtz, the reward was much greater than the risk.
When his daughter, Marissa, 17, a senior at Springboro High School, scored a 29 on the ACT college entrance exam, she earned a one-year tuition scholarship to attend Lee University, a small Christian school in Cleveland, Tenn.
Later, the Kurtz family learned if Marissa scored a 31 of possible 36, she'd earn a four-year scholarship, valued at $50,000.
"A 31," Gary Kurtz said, "gets you a lot."
So Marissa studied on her own, retook the test, figuring she'd score higher.
Instead she scored a 27.
"I was disappointed," she said.
It was time for a gamble.
Gary Kurtz, a CPA, Realtor, certified financial planner and all-around number cruncher, enrolled Marissa in a six-week, Sylvan Learning course that cost $650.
"We decided to roll the dice," Kurtz said. "If I was going to bet $650 for a chance to win $50,000, and Marissa was my horse, it was worth the wager."
His horse ran like Secretariat.
Marissa took the test for a third time, and scored a 31, earning a four-year scholarship.
What was her reaction to the two-point increase worth an additional $37,500?
"She jumped up and started crying," her father said."

- By Rick McCrabb Columnist – Middletown Journal Sunday, March 29, 2009

Excellent Grades!

"Becky S. called - she was almost in tears - said that her daughter (a Sylvan Study Skills Student) has grades that we wouldn't believe: 101% in one class, 120% in another, and High A's in all the rest. Last year was SUCH a long year for them; and even last Spring there was resistance to change. Her daughter continued with the Sylvan Study Skills program all summer and applied strategies to her summer reading. Becky just looked at the interim grades for the new school year. Now her daughter is not fussing about her homework, she is feeling good about school, and about her abilities! She is doing great! Becky said they could not be more thrilled!"

- Becky S.

Dear Sylvan Teachers

"Dear Sylvan Teacher,

Thanks for everything. You helped me a lot, and my midterms were awesome with 4 B's and 3 A's. I 'm loving 5th grade, my teacher is awesome and she is fun to work with. I am so lucky to have come to Sylvan, all my friends are talking about it. My old 4th grade teacher is very proud too. Thanks again."

- Lauren

All those A's & B's

"I had to send Lauren's midterm report because we are all so excited. Look at all those A's and B's. Her teachers have all commented on her great new attitude and work ethic. We couldn't have done it without you. Thanks Everyone"

- Cindy

Algebra

"“I dreaded going to algebra class. I tried to get out of answering questions, I did whatever I could. Now, because of Sylvan, I just understand it. Everything came together and I know algebra really well now. It feels like I have had a big weight lifted off my back.”
- Sean, Sylvan Student"

Important foundational skills

"“My children weren't doing badly in school at all. They were doing great in school. But with Sylvan, that gives them that extra background, that foundation. I think that's important.”
- Shafiq S., Sylvan Parent"