A few words from parents like you…

Beyond Tutoring (Grades 1 – 8)

I believe that having my daughter attend sessions during the summer allowed her to get off to a running start in September. The classes at Oxford got her back into the "groove" of school work. In fact, she was excited about starting school and I believe the support from Oxford contributed directly the smooth transition into her new grade. At the end of this year, she is getting A’s in English and Math! It wasn’t easy to convince her to think about "school" in the summer, but enrolling her for a few weeks seemed reasonable.

Nancy M

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Our daughters have attended Oxford Learning for the past few summers and have benefitted greatly from their summer classes. The teachers showed them simple and fun ways to solve difficult questions. Our girls hardly realized that they were working!

It is usually hard for kids to get back into a ‘learning mode’ after more than two months of school closure, but because of Oxford summer program, our girls had a head start. This gave them confidence and helped them to succeed at higher levels throughout the academic year.

Paul S

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Oxford provides an individualized effective learning program in a low stress, non- competitive environment that has been of great benefit to our children. Summer programming provides an opportunity to reinforce this strategy through frequent exposure and consistency.

Sharon R

French immersion

As parents of children in a French Immersion program, we realize that the long summer break in an English city disrupts the immersion experience. Having our kids attend Oxford over the summer allows them to maintain the rhythm of learning in French, and to get a head start when they go back to school in September. It is also a great opportunity to address specific areas where our children may need extra help, whether it is in reading, writing or math.

Tim P

Little Readers

I enrolled my daughter in Oxford’s Little Readers Program in the summer just after she turned 3. She went two mornings a week for about 6 weeks to have some structure at the end of the summer, and before our family vacation in September. Her writing skills improved immediately and she wanted to practice her letters while we were on vacation. The reaction she had to Oxford Learning was very different than play school. The play school environment is also good for her but it seems to focus on social interaction whereas Oxford’s Little Reader program is more focused on learning. My daughter continued with Oxford in the fall and she loves moving through her workbooks. She is very results oriented.

Christie M

High School Advantage program (Grades 9 – 12)

We find that during the summer, sessions at Oxford help keep our kids focused on "what their main job is". Their main and most important job is to be a successful student - period. We also recognize that it takes a while for some new and unfamiliar concepts to "sink in" and the extra time in the summer helps them to understand and review this material.

Phil A

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Summer learning at Oxford is a fabulous opportunity. Continuing a student’s learning through the summer months absolutely provides continuity in skill development but even more powerful is the fact that summer is an excellent time for a student to make gains. A student is not coming out of a full day of learning at school so he/she is more open and able to focus on the learning.

The pressure of being measured by marks is alleviated during summer and the student is able to learn for the sake of learning not just to meet the criteria of an assignment or test. The three to one student teacher ratio creates an opportunity for the teaching to be individualized and to respond to the pace of learning of each individual student. Review can happen on a flexible timeline that is not tied to the curriculum of the classroom. There are 168 hours in a week and in the summer your child will readily and easily be able to dedicate 4 – 6 of these hours to academic learning.

Michelle K
Teacher and Parent of two Oxford learners