Sylvan of Carterville Teams Up with Local Schools

Throughout North America, schools are facing budget cuts that could increase classroom sizes and eliminate popular school programs, such as individualized college counseling. Thus, leaving parents to foot the bill. Families today are, on average, spending more than $1,000 on college preparatory books, materials and academic services for each student applying to college. Sylvan Learning is helping to soften the financial blow to parents – and school districts - through their ongoing national effort to partner with schools to provide SAT/ACT practice tests and free improvement sessions.

In conjunction with National Teacher Appreciation Week in May Sylvan Learning is teaming up with area high school teachers and principals to implement “Reduce the Stress: Ace the Test” SAT/ACT practice test events that also serve as fundraisers for participating schools.

In addition, Sylvan Learning is offering free, parent seminars to help parents navigate the college preparation process. Sylvan’s “Reduce the Stress: Ace the Test” program aims to help students, schools and families understand how to better prepare amid dramatically increased competition in college applications. There is also no requirement for a student to be a Sylvan client in order to receive their personalized analysis.