Private, In-Home Tutoring in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Amigos School is located on 15 Upton St, Cambridge, MA 02139, Amigos School covers grades K-8 and can be contacted at 617-349-6567. Amigos School is a dual language immersion bilingual school in Cambridge. Students are given instruction half in English and half in Spanish. The goals of the school are to ensure that students become bilingual, develop cross cultural understanding, and provide an environment where families can share their cultural heritage. The dual language program was first launched as a program at the Maynard School, but outgrew itself and moved to its own building and school. Like other students in the state of Massachusetts, students at the Amigos School are taught a curriculum with the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks in mind. These standards outline the knowledge and skills students should have by the end of each grade level. For example, students in Kindergarten begin with learning the basics of reading and writing. They learn about all the upper and lowercase letters of the alphabet, and read out loud to help with their understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds. They also learn about rhyming words and how to recognize and produce them. For for information on how SchoolTutoring Academy can help your child with their reading, please contact us.

Rindge Avenue Upper School is located on 70 Rindge Ave, Cambridge, MA 02140, Rindge Avenue Upper School covers grades 6-8 and can be contacted at 617-349-4060. Rindge Avenue Upper School was founded in 2013. The school offers a variety of extracurricular activities for students to participate in, including intramural sports, and visual and performing arts programs. Teachers at Rindge Avenue Upper School teach curriculum that is aligned with the Common Core State Standards and Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks. In sixth grade, student at Rindge Avenue Upper School participate in “Intro to Middle School” during the first quarter of their school year. This course focuses on teaching organizational and study skills so that students will be able to better transition from elementary to middle school. Students in grade six take English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Health Education, Information, Communication and Technology Services, Physical Education, Visual and Performing Arts, and World Language. Taking a variety of courses is beneficial in a child’s early years as it gives them an opportunity find out about what subjects they like and what they don’t like. For more information on the one-on-one tutoring SchoolTutoring Academy offers, please contact us.

Cambridge Rindge & Latin School is located on 459 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138, Cambridge Rindge & Latin School covers grades 9-12 and can be contacted at 617-349-6630. Cambridge Rindge & Latin School was formed in 1977 when two separate schools, Rindge Technical School and Cambridge High and Latin School, merged to form Cambridge Rindge & Latin School. The school is divided into four learning communities designed to promote high levels of learning and achievement for all students. The mission of the school is to provide quality education for all its students through personalized learning and teaching. The school offers honors courses in English, History, Mathematics and Science, and also Advanced Placement (AP) courses to qualified students in grades 11 and 12. Cambridge Rindge & Latin School is also known for its art programs, which have an emphasis on visual and performing arts. The arts programs offered at the school include photography, graphic design, fine arts, pottery, orchestra, modern dance company, and a jazz band. For students wishing to attend university or college after high school, taking ACTs or SATs is usually part of the plan. These tests can be challenging, and it’s important to prepare for them. SchoolTutoring Academy offers tutoring to help with SAT and ACT preparation, contact us to learn more.

Educating Our Parents: Understanding the Cambridge District Curriculum

The School Committee has established goals to guide campus and district improvement. The goals are: 1) raise achievement for all and close the achievement gap, 2) establish a system for longitude progress assessment, 3) strategic decision making guide for the next three to five years and, 4) develop and maintain partnerships with community organizations. The goals and action plan will guide the professional development available to educators in the district so they are better prepared to effectively teach all the curricular objectives.

At the heart of the learning plan is the emphasis on core academics: literacy, numeracy, scientific knowledge, and a base in history. With the yearly learning that students do in these subjects, the aim is to bring about an ability to make connections between these areas and between the academic learning and students’ own world. The schools also introduce electives to help make this goal a reality and students are able to achieve academically in areas that are meaningful.

Cambridge is located in Middlesex County and is part of the Boston Metropolitan Area. Before being called Cambridge, the city was called “Newtowne”. The city was named after the University of Cambridge in England and officially became a city in 1846. The city is the home to Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Because of the presence of these universities, the city is a hub for innovation. In the early 19th and 20th century, the city’s industrial focus was centered on factories, mostly for furniture and glass. Today, the focus is on technology, as well as electronics, software and biotechnology research.

Visitors to Cambridge are able to enjoy many different options for shopping, sightseeing and dining. There are many museums and historic sites in the city. The Museum of Science features more than 400 interactive exhibits, a planetarium and an IMAX Theatre. There are also a number of annual street fairs and festivals held in the city, such a the Cambridge Carnival in Massachusetts, which is a Caribbean carnival celebrating the diverse cultures of the Caribbean Islands. In October, the rowing race “Head of the Charles Regatta” is held on the Charles River, which separates Boston and Cambridge. The event takes place over 2 days and sailing fans can watch racers from all around the world compete.

In 2017, the population of Quincy was 95,120, making it the eighth most populated city in the state. 22.6% of the population was under 18, 24.3% of the population was between 18-34, 25.6% was 35-54, 12.4% was 55-64 and 15.3% was over the age of 65. The median household income in the city was $38,178 in 2017

Harvard Art Museums

The Harvard Art Museums are comprised of three museums: The Fogg, Busch-Reisinger, and Arthur M. Sackler Museums). Together, the collection of these three museums combined is about 250,00 objects. The Fogg Museum focuses on Western Art from the middle ages to the present. The Busch-Reisinger museum is dedicated to art from central and northern Europe, with an emphasis on German speaking countries. The Arthur M. Sackler museum has emphasis an on Asian, Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Art, and Islamic and later Indian Art. The artwork in the museums has also been researched or is under research by the University’s staff. The Harvard Art Museums’ collection is used for research, professional training, teaching, and public education. Admission to the museums is free for all students with a valid ID, and also free for Massachusetts residents on Saturday from 10am to noon. In 2014, the museums were renovated to include 6 new levels of galleries, classrooms, lecture halls, and study areas. The Fogg museum is the oldest component of the Harvard Art Museums, and opened to the public in 1896. The Fogg contains works by famous artists such as Pablo Picasso, Vincent Van Gogh, and Edgar Degas.

The Harvard Museum of Natural History

The Harvard Museum of Natural History is located in the University Museum Building on the Harvard Campus. The museum displays collections from the Harvard University Herbaria, Museum of Comparative Zoology, and Harvard Mineralogical Museum. The museum is connected to the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. Both of these museums became part of the consortium of Harvard Museums of Science and Culture in 2012, whose members also include the Semitic Museum and Collection of Historical Scientific Museums. Included in the museum’s exhibits are a variety of fossils of dinosaurs and reptiles to large mammals, birds and fish. Mineral specimens on display include meteorites and gemstones. A well known collection is the highly realistic models of flowers made of glass, and a newer exhibit of sea creatures made of glass. Both of these collections were made by the father and son artists Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka.

MIT Museum

The MIT Museum was founded in 1971, and houses a variety of collections related to the history of MIT, photography, holography, robotics and more. Although the museum may be small, the exhibits don’t disappoint. In addition to its permanent collection, the museum also displays temporary exhibits so there’s always something new to see. On the ground floor of the museum is the Mark Epstein Innovation Gallery, which showcases  some of the recent innovations and developments in technology at MIT. Two of the popular exhibits are the work by high-speed photographer Harold Edgerton and kinetic artist Arthur Ganson. As well, the museum offers outreach programs targeted to school children and adults. Staff at the museum also coordinates the annual Cambridge Science Festival.

Interesting Facts

• The village of Newtowne (which would later be renamed Cambridge) was the first in New England to be laid out on a grid plan.
• Radcliffe College, located in Cambridge, was one of the leading colleges for women in the United States before it merged with Harvard in 1999.
• Kendall Square has been called “the most innovative square mile on the planet” due to its high concentration of entrepreneurial start ups and quality of innovation stemming from there.
• The closest airport to Cambridge is Logan International Airport.