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Upcoming Events

The Path to College: Standing out and Getting In:

  • Strategic course selection
  • Analysis of standardized testing options
  • Fostering and enhancing valuable extra-curricular experiences
  • Evaluation of teacher selection for recommendations
  • Tools for managing stress and anxiety
  • Planning for Early Decision, Early Action and Regular Decision
  • Understanding the application process and the importance of college essays

Location: Singapore American Club

Date:  27 February, 2017

Time: Session 1 12:00 – 1:30pm

          Session 2  6:00 – 7:30pm

           

Past Workshops for Students

Study Skills & Test Taking for Middle School Students (Grades 6-8)

Get off to a great school year with techniques to improve time management, study strategies, organization, note taking and study plans.

Study Skills & Test Taking for High School Students (Grades 9 – 10)

Study Skills are critical to academic success. This workshop will help find and fill any gaps in relationship to time management, organization, note taking and general test preparation.

Study Skills & Test Taking: An Exam Plan (Grades 9 – 12)

Specific study skills, study plans and test taking techniques for exam preparation

Past Lectures for Parents

The Path to College: Standing out and Getting In:

This seminar is for parents who are navigating the path to college with their children. Topics will include:

  • Strategic course selection
  • Analysis of standardized testing options
  • Fostering and enhancing valuable extra-curricular experiences
  • Evaluation of teacher selection for recommendations
  • Tools for managing stress and anxiety
  • Planning for Early Decision, Early Action and Regular Decision
  • Understanding the application process and the importance of college essays

The Right Environment for Your Child’s Success

Based on the premise that parents can foster an environment that allows their children to feel and be successful academically, Ms. Poli will include discussions of learning styles, the role of technology, time management, organizational skills, and study skills. Parents will learn how to assist their children with motivation, stress, problem solving, exam preparation and how to improve their critical thinking.

Nurturing Students in the Attention Age: The Parent’s Role in Finding Balance

As social media continues to take on a bigger role in the lives of our children, motivation in academics can take a detour.  Parents are invited to attend this presentation to learn tools and strategies that may be effective in helping their children achieve academic success in the era of Facebook, Twitter and Skype.  Dotsie Poli will address the learning styles of middle school and high school students and offer ways that parents can help their teens balance between achieving success in school and managing their social lives

The Reluctant Learner: The Parent’s Role

Understanding that motivation is a key to success in school, careers, and life in general, parents are often concerned and frustrated if their child does not seem to be sufficiently motivated when it comes to academics.  Attempting to motivate their child, parents may turn to a cycle of punishment, rewards, competition and threats.  Such an approach frequently does not motivate the child to do well and can be detrimental the parent-child relationship. Dotsie will present tools and strategies that may be effective in helping a reluctant learner find academic success