What a wonderful year it was for the West Torrance High School Finals Cram Session in the library this year. Tension and angst run higher than usual amongst West Torrance High School students this week, predictably of course. The stress of Finals week finds a way to creep into almost every high school campus in California, and Torrance Unified School District students are not immune to the phenomenon. That is why Study Hut once again partnered with West Torrance High School over the weekend and sponsored a massive, two-day, Finals cram session. The event was a huge success, attracting over 200 students and more than 20 Study Hut tutors over the course of the two-day event. According to one Study Hut geometry tutor, JP Birk, “This was the most successful Finals cram session event that we have held at West to date. I have never seen such an eager group of students; these young men and women were prepared in advance with notes, previous tests and quizzes, and study guides.”
Finals tutoring at the West Torrance High School Finals Cram session is nothing new for Study Hut. We have sponsored and supported the event for over five years, providing study support twice each year as students gear up for their most heavily-weighted, comprehensive exams. Although tutoring is provided in all subject areas, the most popular, in-need subject areas are typically geometry, chemistry, biology, algebra, and Spanish.
This year, the biology tutoring table had the best energy, by far. Students were eagerly taking notes and asking questions about ecosystems, parts of the cell, and other foundational components of the study of life. Although biology is always a tough class, and students have always sought a tutor for the subject, the demand for biology tutoring has still been on the rise this year, so the idea that West Torrance students are mirroring that trend is no surprise. Regardless of the surge in biology tutoring interest, the Finals cram session still went off without a hitch, and many students got a huge advantage on this week’s exams.
