Partners
Beaven and Associates can improve a student's GPA, study skills, test-taking confidence, and standardized test scores. We also offer a limited amount of counseling regarding private school and college admissions, based on our experiences with previous students and with the institutions themselves. While our office can guide students and their families towards their private school and college admissions goals, we would reccomend the following people for those seeking a more involved and intense counseling experience.
Prep School Admission
| Admission Application Assistance | A unique personalized educational consulting service for independent school applicants. |
Duncan Will 978-474-3292 |
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| Where Are You Headed? |
Ready to apply to college? Considering a year off before college? Time to transfer to a new school? Hoping to explore new frontiers this summer? There are opportunities on Whereyouheaded.com for high school students, students who are in college, recent graduates, and those who left school behind years ago. |
Time
Out Associates & Whereyouheaded.com |
| Taking Off |
A service for students who are taking time off from the traditional
classroom to pursue experiential learning. A process designed to help students clarify interests, define
goals, identify options and implement a meaningful and well thought
out plan. |
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| College Counseling | ||
| Kelleher
Cohen Associates |
Strategic Planning for Families in Middle School and High School |
Andover, MA 978-474-1954 |
| Kreiner Associates | A personalized approach to the school selection process is facilitated by a close working relationship with the student and family. Understanding goals, priorities and interests, as well as the student’s academic abilities and skills, enables Louise Keiner to determine the most appropriate educational environment for each student. | |
| Parsons, Parsons,
Hackard, and Spense |
Private School and College Admissions Counselors |
Boston, MA
617-536-4319 (for unscheduled SSAT I & II & ACT, call 617-262-3447) |
| Essay Help -- for college or graduate school admission | ||
| Jenny Pickett | Language, whether it is your spoken word or your written word, says a lot about who you are. Are people listening to what you sayi? What is your body language saying while you are giving the speech? Are you clear and concise without boring your audience? Are you getting your point across? The written word is just as powerful. You never get a second chance to make a first impression. What are you trying to convey to the reader? How are your grammar and spelling? What is the most direct manner to deliver your message? What is your message? Let us make sure it is something that interests the reader. |
Jenny Pickett Certified Life Coach 978-685-4648 |
| Katharine Webster | Initial consultation lasts
90 minutes and includes editing and discussion of an essay
already drafted by the student, or assistance in developing
an essay topic and outline. Cost: $150. > Follow-up in person or online, as needed. Cost: $75 an hour. New in January -- Intensive writing workshops These workshops are designed to improve high school students’ writing and analytic skills through weekly reading and writing assignments, discussion, and critiques by the tutor and other students. Sessions also will include grammar instruction, as needed. Two class meetings will focus on preparation for the writing section of the SAT, but students also will experiment with a variety of nonfiction writing styles from blogging (journaling) to book reviews and descriptive writing. A minimum of 4 students and a maximum of 6 will be enrolled in each session. Cost: $900 for 12 weeks. |
Katharine Webster kwebster3(AT)msn.com |