Contact Information
| New Students: | (866) 228-4027 |
| Current Families: | (608) 356-1780 |
| Fax: | (608) 356-1766 |
| Monday: | 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
| Tuesday: | 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
| Wednesday: | 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
| Thursday: | 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
| Friday: | By Appointment |
| Saturday: | 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM |
| Sunday: | Closed |
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Meet the Tutors
Our Sylvan trained and certified tutors are dedicated to your child’s success. Working together with you, we will:
- Pinpoint your child’s learning needs using the Sylvan Skills Assessment®
- Develop a personalized learning plan based on your child’s goals
- Offer unique insights about what will work for your child
- Teach each lesson the way your child learns best
- Build a relationship with your child to provide learning that’s fun, engaging and rewarding
Larry Polster
Director of Education, Instructor
Larry started teaching in 1972 at Westfield High School. He retired in 1995 after 33 years of teaching math and computer programming. The Baraboo Sylvan Learning Center was started in 1995 and Larry has been a teacher as well as the Director of Education since the start. He is a big gardener and winemaker and enjoys working outside as well as being a grandfather.
Carrie Polster
Center Director
Carrie has been with Sylvan since 2003. She enjoys working with students and seeing them gain confidence. She has worked at the Sylvan in Madison before opening the Baraboo Sylvan in 2005. Carrie has a B.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. When she is not at Sylvan, she enjoys gardening, hiking, working outdoors and spending time with her family.
Diane Poe
Lead Instructor
I received a B.S. in Education from the University of Tennessee in 1970, and have never been far away from teaching in those forty years. I taught English to grades 7-10 in Memphis for 9 years, and upon moving to Wisconsin, continued teaching as a substitute. I joined the Sylvan Center in Baraboo in 2006. I enjoy the intimacy of the Sylvan method, where teacher and student face each other over a teaching table. I see our students leave the teaching floor with confident, happy smiles, and I know we’ve done our job.