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PLEASE READ THIS THANK YOU LETTER TO ONE OF OUR TUTORS...
Hi Matthew –
What a help you have been to R., and us, these past 6 months.
When we came to Momentum in early January, we were in a panic. In 8th grade, R. had been a “High Honor Roll Student” . He really hadn’t had to study. And now he was getting some Cs on a progress report in 9th grade. He’d never gotten a C on anything… ever.
We knew there would be some adjustments going into High School but somehow we didn’t think it would include low grades. Perhaps we weren’t as “on top of it” as we should have been. We figured R. would speak up if he was having any trouble.
Turns out he KNEW what his grades were, but being a fairly responsible kid-- was trying to just “handle it all” himself. Along with getting used to a MUCH larger school, larger class size, having to make new friends, figure out teachers’ grading technologies, and taking 3 honors-level classes. We were blind-sided, a little angry, and disappointed… and didn’t quite know what to do. The end of the semester was looming, and he did want to improve. But we don’t know the subject matter and are too close to the situation; we couldn’t help him by ourselves.
Then we found Momentum Tutoring, got assigned to you, and it started to get better… seemingly overnight.
It quickly became clear you were exactly the right choice for R. An honors student, with a “well over 4.0” GPA, with a great attitude, at the same school… and having had several of the same teachers. You not only were able to help R. in EVERY subject as needed (not just Math, or just English), but you also became a role model for him; an overall mentor he could relate to, and who could help him (and us!) navigate this thing called High School circa 2014.
He finished the first semester with a 3.33 GPA and we were so happy. The C’s he had have turned into B’s or better. And just today -- his “KENYA DIG IT?” presentation and essay for Honors Geography earned a score of 195 / 200. He worked hard on that, and your guidance was invaluable.
You were flexible with the scheduling once baseball (obviously a big part of the T'Sfamily’s life) hit like a TYPHOON. You saw R. whenever we could get him in there, and communicated with a smile and never-wavering positive attitude. The skills you’ve taught him have (hopefully!) helped lay the structure for continued academic success at West Hills.
You have helped him so much and we just wanted to acknowledge that officially. We hope that it’s OK we are encouraging R. to keep in touch with you. You are an impressive, smart young man who is no doubt going to be successful at whatever you do.
We will miss you, we thank you, and wish you the best!
E, D. and R.
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