Private, In-Home Tutoring in Winston-Salem, North Carolina

The Downtown School is located on 601 N Cherry St, Winston-Salem, NC 27101, The Downtown School covers grades PreK-8 and can be contacted at 336-703-4125. The mission of The Downtown School is to help students to become lifelong learners and responsible citizens.  The school is one of the most successful magnet schools in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools district. The school is unique in that in addition to single grade classes, it also provides classes that are split grade. Class sizes at the school are also small, so that the learning experience for each child is more personalized. The school also has multiple partnerships in the community, and students have the opportunity to go out into where they live on short field trips. Staff at the school teach a curriculum based around the eight intelligences linguistic, musical, spatial, bodily kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalist. Parents are also heavily involved in their child’s teaching at the school, as a requirement of attending the school is a student’s parent has to either live or work downtown, and commit to volunteering at the school at least one hour a week. In primary grades, students focus on building a strong foundation in the core subjects including English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Healthy Living, and Arts. For more information on the the primary level tutoring SchoolTutoring Academy offers, please contact us.

Sherwood Forest Elementary School is located on 1055 Yorkshire Rd, Winston-Salem, NC 27106, Sherwood Forest Elementary School covers grades PreK-5 and can be contacted at 336-774-4646.  The theme of Sherwood Forest Elementary School is visual arts and science. The mission of the school is to provide a stimulating educational environment where students are encouraged to be lifelong learners, and where their strengths talents can be recognized. The vision of the school is to develop students who strive for academic excellence and are responsible members of their community. The curriculum at the school emphasizes the scientific method so that students are able to make connections and draw conclusions between what they learn in class and real world problems. In art, students experiment with a variety of media to produce their own art. Artwork from Sherwood Forest Elementary School has been displayed in exhibitions at SECCA, Wake Forest, and the North Carolina Art Museum in Raleigh. Like other students in North Carolina, students at Sherwood Forest Elementary School are taught a curriculum that includes the North Carolina Essential Standards. These standards describe the knowledge and skills students should have the end of each grade level. In grades 3 science focus on several units, which are forces and motion, matter: properties and change, energy: conservation and transfer, earth in the universe, earth systems, structures and functions of living organisms, and ecosystems. As students learn about these subjects, they also learn about scientific inquiry, experimentation, and technological design. For more information on the Science tutoring SchoolTutoring Academy offers, please contact us.

Simon G. Atkins Academic & Technology High School is located on 2033, 3605 Old Greensboro Rd, Winston-Salem, NC 27101, Simon G. Atkins Academic & Technology High School covers grades 9-12 and can be contacted at 336-703-6754. As a technology magnet school, there are three different academies housed in the school. These academies are biotechnology, computer technology, and pre-engineering. These academies offer to students different “majors” so students can explore their interest before attending college or university. To accommodate these different subjects, the school also includes special labs and technology spaces where students can get hands-on learning experience on their subjects of interest. In the 2016-2017 school year, there were approximately 858 students enrolled at Simon G. Atkins Academic & Technology High School. In addition to the school’s strong academic program, Simon G. Atkins Academic & Technology High School also offers a variety of academic teams, clubs and athletics for students to participate in. After high school, many students make the decision to attend a postsecondary institution. For many, the application process includes taking SAT or ACT tests. For more information on the SAT and ACT test preparation tutoring sessions SchoolTutoring Academy offers, please contact us.

Educating Our Parents: Understanding the Winston-Salem District Curriculum

The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School District is striving to make sure students are well versed in several foreign languages as part of their core subject learning. In today’s world of global education and computers being put in every child’s hand there is a definite need to speak more than just your native language. Students can become well rounded when it comes to communication with people from around the globe.

Foreign languages are taught as early as the 6th grade in the district with beginning French and Spanish and advancing further into these languages and their literature. There is a Pacing Guide that breaks down the classroom activities of the course. Teaching students how to speak and write in these languages is a major part of the learning process for successful completion and advancement into high school where students can learn other languages like German and Latin.

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Winston-Salem is a city located in Forsyth County, North Carolina. Nicknames for Winston-Salem include the “Twin City” due to its hyphenated name, and the City of Arts and Innovation. Its historic involvement in the tobacco industry have also earned it the nickname “Camel City”, after the brand of cigarettes. In 2012, CBS Moneywatch listed Winston-Salem among the top 10 best places to retire in the United States. In 2017, the both the New York Times and Wall Street Journal ranked the city as number 2 in their lists of the most livable downtowns in America.

In 1913, the current city of Winston-Salem was created by combining the cities of Winston, which was founded in 1849, and Salem, which was laid out in 1766 and incorporated in 1856. The town of Winston was named after Revolutionary War Hero, Joseph Winston. Today, the city has a diversified industry. Manufacturing in the city includes textiles, beer, food products, apparel, batteries, and more. Winston-Salem is also a large financial centre, and there are multiple banks headquartered in the city. Institutions of Higher Education found in the city include Wake Forest University, Salem College, Piedmont Baptist College, North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem State University and Forsyth Technical Community College.

In 2017, the population of Winston-Salem was 244,605, making it the fifth most populated city in the state of North Carolina and the 89th most populous city in the United States. 24.3% of the population was under 18, 25.8% of the population was between 18-34, 25.2% was 35-54, 11.5% was 55-64 and 13.3% was over the age of 65. The median household income in the city was $40,898 in 2017.

Old Salem Museums & Gardens

Located in the historic district of Winston-Salem, the Old Salem Museums and Gardens consist of the town’s restored and reconstructed buildings. These buildings are staffed by living-history interpreters that present visitors with a view of Moravian life in the 18th and 19th century. There are also skilled Interpreters like tinsmiths, blacksmiths, cobblers, gunsmiths, bakers and carpenters, who practice their trades while interacting with visitors. About 70% of the buildings in the historic district are original. Visitors to the Old Salem Museums and Gardens can participate in a self-guided walking tour, or go on one of the tours guided by a museum educator.

Reynolda House Museum of American Art

The house of the Reynolda House Museum of American Art was built by Katharine Smith Reynolds and her husband R. J. Reynolds, who was the founder of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. In 1965,the house opened to the public as an institution dedicated to the arts and education, and as an art museum in 1967. The museum displays a collection of American art from the colonial period to the present. Artists displayed at the museum include Frederic Church, Georgia O’Keeffe, Mary Cassatt and Gilbert Stuart. In 2005, the museum opened the Charlie Babcock Wing, with a gallery space for travelling exhibitions. The museum usually puts on a show in the wing during the fall and spring.

Kaleideum Downtown and Kaleideum North

The Kaleideum was formed in July 2016 when the Children’s Museum of Winston-Salem, merged with SciWorks, the Science Center and the Environmental Park of Forsyth County. The museum operates two locations, Kaleideum Downtown, which was previously The Children’s Museum of Winston-Salem, and Kaleideum North, which was formally SciWorks. Kaleideum North consists of a 30,000 square feet building with exhibit space, an environmental park, and a planetarium. The exhibit space contains galleries on a variety of topics including the geography and geology in North Carolina, the human body, physics, sound and technology. At the environmental park, visitors can see animals such as river otters, white-tailed deer, and more.

Interesting Facts

• A notable business that got its start in Winston-Salem was Krispy Kreme donuts! Which opened its first donut shop there in 1937.
• Salem College was founded in 1772, and is the oldest women’s college in the United States.
• In 1889, the towns of Winston and Salem consolidated their post offices, but it wasn’t until 1913 when they officially merged.
• The Wells-Fargo Center, formally the Wachovia building, located in downtown Winston-Salem is the tallest building in the region.
• The city of Winston-Salem created the first arts council in the United States in 1949.