Private, In-Home Tutoring in Charlotte, North Carolina

Elon Park Elementary School is located on 11425 Ardrey Kell Rd, Charlotte, NC 28277, Churchland Elementary School covers grades PreK-5 and can be contacted at 980-343-1440. The vision of the school is to provide a learning environment where all students are able to reach their full potential and enrich their individual talents and exhibit their school pride. Like other students in the state of North Carolina, students at Elon Park Elementary School are taught a curriculum that includes the K-12 standards. These standards dictate the information and skills students are expected to have at the end of each grade level in different subject areas. For example, students in grade 1 mathematics learn about addition and subtraction with 10 using objects, drawings, and fingers. Students also learn to count using items, with the quantity representing the corresponding numeral. They also learn about place value and how to use it understand the properties of operations. In measurement at data, they measure and compare lengths. They also build on their understanding of time and money, and identify tomorrow, yesterday, day, night, etc. and activities that come before, next and after. In geometry, grade 1 students identify common 2D shapes such as squares, circles, triangles and rectangles, and then learn to sort them. For more information on how SchoolTutoring Academy can help your child with Mathematics tutoring, please contact us.

Waddell Language Academy is located on 7030 Nations Ford Rd, Charlotte, NC 28217, William E Waters Middle School covers grades K-8 and can be contacted at 980-343-5815.  Formally the Smith Academy of International Languages, the school offers language immersion programs in Chinese, German, French and Japanese. Beginning Spanish is offered starting in middle school. Students in the language immersion program gain the opportunity to become fluent and literate in a second language, as they are immersed in their language of choice from their first days in kindergarten. These gives students a better chance to be proficient in listening, speaking, reading and writing. In middle school, students can also begin an accelerated course of study in a third language, and have their choice of a wide range of electives, including those that emphasize different languages and cultures. Even though courses are taught in a different language, the content taught by teachers at Waddell Language Academy still includes the Common Core Standards and the Essential Standards for Science and Social Studies. The goals of Waddell Language Academy are for students to achieve proficiency in the target language, acquire the same English Language Arts skills as peers in traditional schools would, to allow students to gain cultural competency, and allow students to gain mastery in content areas compared to peers instructed in traditional school. For more information on the foreign

Ardrey Kell High School is located on 10220 Ardrey Kell Rd, Charlotte, NC 28277, Ardrey Kell High School covers grades 9-12 and can be contacted at 980-343-0860. The school’s colors are purple white and black, and their mascot is the knight. The school are named after two prominent local families, which served the community as farmers, physicians, educators, politicians and church leaders. The school was the first in Mecklenburg County to have an artificial turf athletic field on-site. In addition to a regular education stream, Ardrey Kell High School also offers an Advanced Placement (AP) program. The AP program allows for students to take college level courses while in high school. At the end of school year in May, students can take AP exams, and depending on their score in these exams, they could apply for college credit. AP Courses offered at Ardrey Kell High School include Biology, Calculus AB and BC, Chemistry, World History, and more. AP Courses can be challenging, but they are designed to help students reach their full potential and gain the study skills needed to be successful in college and in a career. After high school, many students make the decision to attend a post secondary institution. Part of the application process for many students includes taking SAT or ACT tests. For more information on the SAT and ACT preparation tutoring sessions SchoolTutoring Academy offers, please contact us.

Educating Our Parents: Understanding the Charlotte District Curriculum

Within the district there are programs designed for students of every range of ability. TEACH Charlotte, is a an educational program geared towards high risk students in the district that partners them with professionals out of the community that want to teach and are recent college graduates. The goal here is to make sure high risk students are receiving the best educational resources available to them without being left out of the loop.

The standards include core subjects: English, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies along with other more specialized areas of study for that student who is looking for more of a challenge. In high school, Advanced Placement and college-level work is offered to students ready for the challenge. In Charlotte, the goal of all teachers is to prepare their students for the future with the best education offered and to help them get ready for success in college and the world of work.

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The city of Charlotte is located in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Historically, the city was incorporated as the village of Charlotte Town in 1768, named after the wife of British King George III, giving Charlotte the nickname of  “The Queen City”. Prior to 1848 when gold was discovered in the Sierra Nevada, Charlotte and the state of North Carolina were one of the chief producers of gold in the United States. After the civil war, the city became a cotton processing center and a railroad hub.

Today, Charlotte is a major financial center with the second-most banking assets after New York City. One of the largest banks in the United States, Bank of America has a headquarters in Charlotte North Carolina. Professional sports teams in the city include the NFL’s Carolina Panthers, the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets, MiLB’s Charlotte Knights, and Major League Lacrosse’s Charlotte Hounds.

In 2017, the population of Charlotte was 859,035, making it the most populated city in the state of North Carolina and the 17th most populous city in the United States. 24.5% of the population was under 18, 27.4% of the population was between 18-34, 28.4% was 35-54, 10.2% was 55-64 and 9.4% was over the age of 65. The median household income in the city was $55,599 in 2017.

ImaginOn: The Joe & Joan Martin Center

The ImaginOn: The Joe & Joan Martin Center is a popular destination for youth. The center is located in the heart of the cultural arts district, and is a collaborative effort between the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library and Children’s Theatre of Charlotte. Livability ranked the ImaginOn: The Joe & Joan Martin Center as the number 1 children’s library in the United States. More than 300,000 people visit the center annually for its two state of the art theatres, dedicated library for kids 11 and under, teen-only library, four multi-use classrooms, multimedia production studio and interactive exhibit space. Featured on the third floor of the center is the multimedia production Studio I, which is an animation and sound studio where teens can make stop-motion and computer generated animations and accompanying sound tracks. The teen library also contains the latest DVDs, books, graphic novels, and CDs. The McColl Family theatre seats 420 people and has an additional 150 seats on the balcony level. The theatre puts on professional productions, and also offers educational programs such as theatre workshops and summer camps.

Freedom Park

Located between historic Dilworth and Myers Park, Freedom Park covers an area of 98 acres, and is centered around a 7-acre take. The park is located about three miles away from downtown Charlotte. Visitors to the park can walk along paved trails, enjoy the tennis and volleyball courts, and play on the playground equipment. The park also contains a steam engine where people can walk into the cab. Throughout the summer, there are free films and musical performances in the park pavillion. In September, the park puts on the 3-day arts and crafts “Festival in the Park” event, which attracts over 100,000 visitors. During the event, artisans exhibit and sell their works and nearly 1000 entertainers put on performances for visitors. Located adjacent to the park is the Charlotte Nature Museum.

Billy Graham Library

Visitors to the Billy Graham Library can learn about the history and life of Christian Evangelist Billy Graham, who was one of the most influential Christian leaders of the 20th century. The library is shaped like a dairy barn and also features a mechanical talking cow to reflect Graham’s childhood in a farm environment. The main galleries in the library show multiple presentations, pictures, music, and artifacts from Graham’s ministry. The doors of the library are built within a 40-foot glass cross. Featured on the library’s grounds is the Prayer Garden where Graham and his wife are buried.

Interesting Facts

• Even though Charlotte metropolitan is very large, it still doesn’t have a zoo! In fact, the
• Charlotte’s association with hornets came from when in 1780 when British General Charles Cornwallis marched his men through city. During this time, they encountered a firm resistance. General Cornwallis would then go on Charlotte “a hornet’s nest of rebellion”.
• One famous Charlotte resident is Charlie Duke, who at age 36, became the 10th man to walk on the moon.
• In 1799, a 12 year old boy found a 17-pound rock, which his family used a doorstop. Three years, a jeweler determined it was nearly solid gold!
• The Dairy Queen on Wilkinson Boulevard, Charlotte, is a designated historic site! It displays the only Dairy Queen Eskimo still in use in the United States.