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Education Spotlight: Understanding School Report Cards
In the last several years, many states have changed the way elementary schools keep parents informed of their children's progress. Instead of receiving traditional report cards with letter grades A-F, elementary students might bring home (or receive digitally) a standards-based report card with numerical marks 1-4 for ...
Oct 13, 2023
Education Spotlight: How to Build Children's Confidence as Students
Georgetown, TX | 8/30/2023 - School success requires many skills, but there's something else that matters just as much: confidence. Students with self-confidence believe in themselves and their ability to learn and achieve. As a result, they are better able to persevere through challenging subjects and remain resilient...
Sep 01, 2023
Education Spotlight: Is Your Student Ready to Go Back to School?
The following is brought to you by the Georgetown Huntington Learning Center.Georgetown, TX | 07/19/2023- Your child is still enjoying a relaxing summer break, which is exactly what they should be doing. But in a few weeks, it's time to start getting ready for back to school. Ajith Varghese of the Georgetown Huntington...
Jul 19, 2023
How to Help Your Child With Spelling Problems
The following is brought to you by Huntington Learning Center of Georgetown. Learn more at . Early elementary students spend a lot of time learning the building blocks of reading and writing, but how about spelling? Ajith Varghese of the Georgetown Huntington Learning Center explains that nowadays, students use autocor...
Jun 27, 2023
Education Spotlight: Three Reasons Why Academic Support This Summer Can Help Your Struggling Student
While summer is a welcome and much-needed break from school for many children, it's also the best time to provide academic support for your child, who may have faced learning difficulties this school year. Children learn in different ways and at different paces. What might be easy for one child might be more difficult ...
May 11, 2023
Education Spotlight: Six Signs Your Child Needs Additional Support in Math
Math is a challenging subject for many students. Because it is cumulative in nature-meaning, concepts build on one another-students can quickly fall behind when they encounter a difficult unit in class. When your child doesn't grasp basic foundational concepts, it is hard to understand more advanced ones.
Mar 20, 2023
Education Spotlight: Activities to Increase Your Child's Attention Span at Home
Do you often notice your child losing focus during homework time? Are tasks like reading difficult for your child to do without getting distracted or zoning out? Does it sometimes seem like your child is listening when you tell them something, but then they immediately forget what you said?
Feb 21, 2023
Education Spotlight: How Does Screen Time Affect Your Child's Learning?
Technology is an integral part of life, dominating the way we communicate, learn, work and more. Today's children spend a lot of time on smartphones and computers, leaving many parents to wonder about the impact of all that screen time. So how exactly does screen time affect your child's learning and development? The P...
Feb 06, 2023
Education Spotlight: Challenges Confronting Today's Students and How Parents Can Help
While the problems that today's students are facing might feel different or even bigger than the problems parents faced growing up, the good news is that there is help available.
Dec 16, 2022
Education Spotlight: Five Study Skills Middle Schoolers Need to Acquire and Refine
In middle school, it becomes more important than ever for students to know how to study. The foundation for this is laid in elementary school, but in middle school, expectations are higher, and teachers want students to be independent learners who take responsibility for their own learning.
Nov 18, 2022
Education Spotlight: How Parents Can Prepare for a Parent-Teacher Conference
"The parent-teacher conference is intended to be a productive, positive conversation about your child's progress this school year, strengths and weaknesses," says Mr. Varghese. "You'll make the most of this important conversation by preparing ahead of time."
Oct 21, 2022
Education Spotlight: Confronting Lingering Learning Issues - What to Do to Help Your Child
School is a journey, and sometimes that journey will take your child off course or down an unintended path. Even the best of students will find some subjects or concepts difficult, but when an academic issue becomes bigger or seems to be affecting your child for an extended period of time, it's best not to ignore it. H...
Sep 09, 2022
Education Spotlight: What is an IEP vs. a 504 Plan?
If you have a student with unique learning needs or a learning disability, you've probably heard of the Individualized Education Plan, better known as the IEP, and the Section 504 plan. Both plans offer accommodations for students from kindergarten through twelfth grade and allow students with learning difficulties to ...
Jun 14, 2022
Education Spotlight: Tips to Raise an Independent Learner
One of the best things you can help your child work toward as a student is becoming an independent learner. In school, independence is a sign of maturity and confidence. Students who are independent seek to learn for the sake of learning and understand that learning requires discipline and diligence.
May 19, 2022
Education Spotlight: Why Mastery of Skills is Important for Elementary and Middle School Students
School is a journey that is different for each student. All parents understand that it's important for their children to keep up in the classroom, but it's also important that students each learn at their own pace. Why? Students who are given the time and support to fully understand concepts as they move throughout a s...
Mar 17, 2022
Education Spotlight: Helping Your Child Develop a Game Plan to Raise Their Grades Before the End of the School Year
By February, the end of the school year is in sight-and for many students, that means a stark reality check about their grades. Ajith Varghese, Director of the Georgetown Huntington Learning Center says that if your child isn't where they should be by now, it's time to develop a game plan to raise their grades before t...
Feb 14, 2022
Education Spotlight: Tips for Parents on Navigating Homework Time with Their Child
As students move throughout elementary school and toward middle school, the role of the parent evolves- especially when it comes to homework. As Ajith Varghese of the Georgetown Huntington Learning Center says, it's critical that parents limit their involvement in homework but don't back away completely. "One of t...
Nov 17, 2021
Education Spotlight: Setting Your Middle School Student on the Right High School Academic Track
Registering for classes in high school might sound simple, but choosing the right classes is essential. According to Ajith Varghese of the Georgetown Huntington Learning Center, strength of curriculum is an important consideration for students with college aspirations. "One of the top several factors of importance...
Oct 12, 2021
Education Spotlight: How to Motivate Your Child Whose Grades Have Dropped
The pandemic took a toll on many students and the current reality is many who have fallen behind and lost motivation. Falling grades are problematic, but an even bigger issue is when your child seems uninterested in turning things around. What can you do to help your child who seems apathetic about school and whose As ...
Sep 21, 2021
Education Spotlight: After the 2020-2021 School Year, How Can You Help Children Love to Learn Again?
We all know how hard last school year was, but it's time for a new chapter and a fresh start. How can you help your child enjoy learning once again and minimize any back-to-school dread that might already be creeping into their minds? Here are several tips: Ask them what they like learning about. We've all been in surv...
Aug 19, 2021
Education Spotlight: Five Tips to Help Your Child Stay on Top of Learning Over Summer Break
It's the end of a long, strange school year, and for many students, an especially welcome break. And while summer break is a good time for students to relax, Ajith Varghese, Director of the Georgetown Huntington Learning Center reminds parents that it is important to use summer as a chance to catch up and avoid the &qu...
Jun 07, 2021
Education Spotlight: What Parents of Younger Students Should Do About COVID-19 Learning Loss
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a tremendous impact on children, both in school and otherwise. And as Mr. Varghese, Director of the Georgetown Huntington Learning Center says, now that children are winding down their second school year that has been affected, the evidence is clear: learning loss is occurring. "Stand...
May 03, 2021
Education Spotlight: Close Any Skill Gaps Before the End of the School Year
School challenges getting your student down? With the end of the school year in sight, many are looking toward summer break with excitement-but it's important that you make sure your student finishes the school year strong. And that means closing any skill gaps. Here are signs that students need help sooner than later:...
Apr 07, 2021
