An over welling majority of students in California wind up taking Spanish for a foreign language requirement or some other reason. And not surprisingly a large portion of these students taking Spanish in our middle and high schools struggle to master the language almost 44% of the Los Angeles speaks Spanish as either their first […]
AP English – Second Semester Push!
Upon entering high school, many students fail to realize the value of AP and honors classes and the impact they can have on their future college careers. For those who do see the benefit, AP English is a popular choice, as it seems far less intimidating than AP Physics or an advanced placement foreign language. […]
Finals Pitfalls: Diet and External Distractions
The week of finals for a number of local schools is finally upon us and many students are scrambling, studying and stressing to make that last ditch effort to either improve their grades or make sure to keep them up. With all of this last minute studying and cramming for tests students will often time […]
One-on-one Subject Tutoring!!
It’s mid January, which means all of our students have shaken off the long winter break – and it’s all-encompassing mental freeze- and are gearing up for their finals. Here at Study Hut, we’ve extended our hours and expanded our tutoring capacity to help our students tackle their logarithmic functions, combustion reactions, and preterit tenses […]
Finals Tutoring at Peninsula High
Finals week is a stressful time for every student, I help them prepare and ease the stress of a final exam. As they approach the end of every semester in high school and college students will need to summarize and review all the information that they have learned in the previous months. The AVID program […]
New Year, New Attitude
The year of 2011 has been great for year for all us at The Study Hut and we hope to make 2012 even better! The students and tutors both had our 2 week break for the holidays to relax and recharge our batteries, but starting today everyone is back to the grindstone to work hard […]
Tutoring Math in the Age of Homework
Today we live in the now generation and we expect to accomplish things to match this fast paced lifestyle. Often students apply this same principle to their school work and expect to master topics right away. We try to get by with minimal effort and complete the assignment as soon as possible. This strategy rarely […]
Never too Early to think Ahead
Figuring out what you want to do with your whole life is one of the hardest and most thought of decision a person will every make. Yet, normally students and young adults do not begin thinking about their future life goals until they begin college or even later in life. While it is perfectly fine […]
Peninsula High School AVID
There are many benefits of doing the Avid program at Peninsula High School. On average, Avid can benefit as many as 60 students daily. Students come to Avid with two study questions on the subjects they mainly struggle with. They receive assistance from other Avid students that are familiar with the material or are going […]
Learning and Loving History
Personally I have always loved learning about history, since I started watching TV one of the first channels I used to check was The History Channel(before shows like Pawn Stars and Ice Road Truckers), and I was always happy to go into any one of my history courses all through my scholastic career. But for […]