Why is the policy different from new students?

If you are re-enrolling, you know the drill by now, and must have done well with our program. We want to make things easier and more affordable for the 40% of our families who return to our center year after year for continued services. For those reasons, our policy is slightly different for Evergreen program students.

Evergreen Program (Ongoing Students)

Many families recognize the critical benefits of continued academic support. This is especially true for straight A students seeking to maintain their edge as they progress through each school year’s changing academic environment. We built a new program to cater to your specific needs - eliminating things you rarely wanted and passing on those savings to you when you make it easy to work together!

Streamlined engagement:

20+% savings
No session makeups available
Vacation of one week or longer is possible, up to 10% of time (teacher and schedule availability not guaranteed upon return)
Up to two schedule changes per semester (Fall, Spring, Summer)
School visits and IEP meetings upon request only
Self scheduled parent meeting at your convenience, 1x per semester
Additional schedule changes, school visits, IEP meeting supports, and parent meetings are all available when needed, and will be billed at $50 / request
[1 to 1 and 2 to 1 sessions only] Help us balance our schedule with up to 5% of the sessions exceeding the strict ratio (this goes a long way when we have last minute teacher absences, traffic delays, etc.)

Qualifications:

Requires a 3.5+ GPA or testing at grade level
Have been with our center for 1+ years
Consistent session attendance with good academic progress
No custom adjustments to curriculum and instructions
One review per year to UPDATE your experience for prospective families (greatly helps others decide whether this is the right place for their students)

Frequently Asked Questions

Why are there no make up sessions?

Make up sessions are incredibly difficult to schedule for families (yet another thing to fit into busy schedules!) and challenging to schedule for us (trying to best assign students to teachers, finding additional time slots, etc). Instead, for Evergreen students, we decided to offer a substantial discount to compensate for doing away entirely with make ups!

How should we alert you to scheduling issues or changes? Should we call?

For timely issues (running late due to traffic, student is ill, etc), send a us text! It allows us to quickly update any impacted teachers and notate on our schedule. For other issues, esp vacations and extended program changes, send us an email (admin@huntingtonelkgrove.com).

What if my student gets sick a lot and misses a lot of sessions?

Talk to us! The Evergreen Program might not be the best fit for your family right now or it might be preferable to temporarily hold your student's program until he/she has the consistent schedule availability for tutoring.

Do we need to make up major holidays?

See our academic calendars for the days that our centers are closed (intentionally few to allow more opportunities for students to catch up academically while school is out). You are not charged for those days our center is closed.

What happens if my student can't maintain a 3.5 GPA? Will we need to leave the Evergreen Program?

The goal of this program is to provide flexible support for an already successful student throughout their academic year. So if your student starts to struggle with a class or subject, it's really easy to let us know and have us step in to help before things get worse. There are no hard/fast rule re: the 3.5 GPA.

However, if there are more issues and we think a student needs MORE help than can be provided in the Evergreen Program, you know we're all about transparency! We'll meet with you and discuss other options, which may mean a different program we offer.