Favorite Teacher Party Success!

Sylvan North Dallas would like to thank all the families and favorite teachers that came to celebrate with us at our February Open House! Everyone walked away with great door prizes. Two lucky teachers, Mrs. Moorehead (with student Paola Kovich) and Mrs. Golden (with student Jerica Taborn), were awarded $150 of school supplies of their choice. Favorite Teachers were also able to fill out a WISH LIST, so keep an eye out for the Sylvan Fairy making her way to your school!

Look for Sylvan in Park Cities News!

The first week of each month, Sylvan North Dallas will be bringing you great tips and articles to prepare your family for Summer 2010!

We Moved!

Come see us at your new location at the corner of Meadow and Highway 75!

FREE TAKS, SAT, and ACT practice tests and consultation!

Did you know...Sylvan North Dallas offers FREE SAT, ACT and TAKS practice tests!! Included in this offer is a FREE consultation and tips to improve your child's score. Call us to make an appointment.

TAKS Boot Camp

Sylvan North Dallas is now accepting reservations for our TAKS Boot Camp. Starting dates to be announced. To reserve a spot please call us at
(214)-342-3305.

TAKS Tips for Parents

1. Have your student go to bed early the night before the test. Everyone's brain works better when it is rested.
2. Have your student eat a healthy breakfast the morning of the test.
3. Coach your student to take his/her time. Most students have the tendency to rush through the test and make careless errors.
4. Encourage your student to take mental breaks during the test. They can close their eyes and think about something else for a minute or two. This will help relieve some of the stress they may be feeling!

As the TAKS test approaches, keep checking this section because we will add a few tips every month!!

Sylvan College Prep

More students will graduate high school and apply for college through 2010 than any other time in history. The competition for college acceptance and scholarship continues to put pressure on high school students to stand out. To meet your student's changing needs and prepare him/her to be ahead of the rest, Sylvan Learning has created an entire line of college prep courses that can be custom designed to fit your student's needs. You will find the College Prep Courses outlined below:

ACT/SAT Practice Test:
Practice Makes Perfect! Taking a practice test will help prepare your student for the actual day of the test. Following the practice test, you will receive a detailed score report that highlights your students strengths and areas of opportunity.

ACT/SAT Prep:
A critical piece to your student's acceptance to college is the entrance exam, otherwise know as the SAT or ACT. Our prep provides strategies in math, verbal reasoning, and crititcal thinking skills for taking the SAT/ACT exam. Our program focuses on effective test taking strategies and content review.

Getting Into College:
This course is designed to specifically address the writing needs of your student as they move through the application process and strive to get into the school of their dreams. During the course of this program your student will be given the tools he/she needs to prepare an effective and complete application.

English 101:
"I learned more about writing than I have in all my schooling!" This comment is from a Sylvan student who had completed just one day of English 101! This course is designed to give your student a jump on the writing demands he/she will face in college and on standarized tests. The 24 hour program is modeled to sharpen the writing, research, and analysis skills that your student will find makes them a stronger and more effective writer.

Speed Reading Classes for Middle and High School Students, College Students, and Adults

Speed reading is VITAL to doing well in everyday life! Qualified students 6th grade and above (even adults) may take this amazing class. It is a short program designed to teach eye exercises and comprehension techniques that will speed up the reading process and allow for a higher comprehension rate! This program is a must have for college success and efficiency in the professional environment! Call us today for more details!

10 Reading Tips for Parents

1. Let your child see you reading for pleasure
2. Listen to your child read to you or to relatives.
3. Reward your child for reading using praise, new books, a success chart, etc.
4. Develop your child's experiential background. This will allow them to relate reading activities to everyday life!
5. Build vocabulary activities through games and practice! Try word bingo or a word game together.
6. Use Bookadventure.com to help build comprehension skills.
7. Take your child to the library regularly.
8. Let your child get excited about books of his/her choice.
9. Turn off the TV and READ! Read the books that correspond to the upcoming Movie Blockbuster hit!
10. Make it fun! Act out a book together, take turns reading a paragraph, have it relate to everyday life. The more often they read, the more they will enjoy it later in life!

Ask about our new math program - SylvanMathPrep.com

This is an online system that helps students in different areas of mathematics. We offer this program FREE to select students.

Win Big, Share Bigger! Take Sylvan's School Success Challenge!

Parents and students, test your knowledge and win some great prizes in Sylvan's School Success Challenge contest!

From February 15 - March 31, enter for your chance to win:

• Grand prize: A Carnival^® family cruise for 4, $10,000 to donate to the school of your choice, and a SylvanMathPrep.com subscription
• First prize: Apple MacBook^® laptop, iPod^® , North Face^® backpack, TI-83 graphing calculator, and a SylvanMathPrep.com subscription
• Plus, daily instant win prizes - Kindle^® book readers, Nintendo^® DS game systems, Amazon.com^® gift cards & more!