The Best After-School Enrichment Program for Advanced Learning

Not only will you see results — your child will feel empowered to succeed.

Different by Design

Learning Can Be Fun, Challenging & Rewarding

At A Grade Ahead, not only will you see results, but your child will feel empowered to succeed! A Grade Ahead is different from other tutoring and enrichment programs. Our students feel a sense of community and friendship with the other students in their classes. They are constantly building on their skills with fewer monotonous drills and more real-world situations. Most of all, your child will enjoy attending A Grade Ahead class because we show students that learning can be fun, challenging, and rewarding.

Small Group Benefits

We understand that students need both individual attention and group work to get the most out of their learning. At A Grade Ahead, we offer the best of both worlds: individual attention that traditional tutoring provides and small group benefits that traditional classrooms offer. With our small class sizes, your child benefits from individual instruction and also from the ideas shared through interaction with his or her peers.

Your child will learn individual skills needed to be successful in the classroom and collaborative skills needed to be successful in life. Unlike other learning centers, we group students based on grade and ability to promote a positive, engaging environment conducive to learning.

Teacher Interaction

Our teachers are specially equipped to make learning fun and engaging for students. Each week, your child will attend a class with the regularly scheduled teacher and other students. Teachers teach a traditional lesson to the class, ensuring that students learn ideas and skills required for their grades. Then, teachers work with students, both individually and as a group, to complete a worksheet related to the topic taught.

As students progress, teachers monitor their strengths and areas of opportunities to make sure that students’ skills are advancing appropriately. Beyond that, teachers also conduct interactive activities, which we call Hands-On Activities. These activities help solidify skills and ideas and relate them to real-life situations.

New Topics Introduced and Mastered Each Week

Unlike traditional tutoring programs, A Grade Ahead’s curriculum and worksheets make sure your child keeps up and stays ahead. Your child will be constantly challenged by learning a new topic each week. Teachers will spend class time each week teaching a new topic and strengthening your student’s skills.

Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving Skills with Interactive Activities

At A Grade Ahead, our main focus is academic enrichment, advancing your child beyond skills taught in school. By focusing efforts on critical thinking and problem-solving, we give students the skills and practice they need to reach a higher academic standard. We strive to create a community of students who are confident and capable learners so that they can succeed in school and in life.

Diya J.

A Grade Ahead provides real-world lessons for real-world success

Diya J. is a fourth-grade student who won a big prize and a trip to the National Invention Convention. Diya designed an original invention, tested it out in A Grade Ahead classrooms, and used that feedback to make her invention into the version that won 2nd place at the Ohio Invention Convention and Entrepreneurship Convention. Diya will move on to the National Invention Convention and Entrepreneurship Expo (NICEE) later this year. Diya and her mother, Monika, expressed gratitude for A Grade Ahead’s curriculum and highly qualified teachers that helped Diya succeed.

Diya told us she really enjoys classes at A Grade Ahead, and she’s gotten to experience both our math and English curriculums! She noted that A Grade Ahead classes have helped her complete schoolwork and improve her grades. Specifically, Diya is grateful for A Grade Ahead’s help with testing in school.

“I like doing numericals, and in reading, I like learning about this topic we’re learning right now which is commas and quotation marks, and it’s kind of challenging for me, and I like challenges. With things in reading, like other words, things I don’t know the meaning of — the vocabulary words — then they come up in my tests, and I’m like ‘oh! I know them now.'”

Her mother, Monika, commented, “She was part of a different program before coming here, and a lot of it had to do with the style of how you teach and what material is presented. When I looked at the material, there was a lot more critical thinking as opposed to sitting there and memorizing. I felt that it would help her down the road, as opposed to where she was before.”

Abshaar Narvel

From Student to Teacher to Surgeon

What better testimonial to A Grade Ahead’s program than a former student coming back to our program as a teacher while prepping for medical school. Abshaar Narvel first walked through our academy doors in 2006 as a student. She graduated from high school and went on to The Ohio State University after having much academic success. Later, Abshaar returned to A Grade Ahead to return the favor and began teaching at her old academy.

“A Grade Ahead challenged and motivated me to improve and compete with myself to become even better. A Grade Ahead challenges students to higher goals, and the teachers keep the students motivated.”

Abshaar is now in medical school specializing in ankle surgery at Rosalind Franklin School of Podiatric Medicine in Chicago. “I owe A Grade Ahead for my academic success!”

Kristina Tran

A Community that Sparks a Love of Learning

In Kristina Tran’s family, education is a top priority. Kristina’s parents wanted to make sure their daughter received the support she needed to succeed, so they tried out different after-school enrichment programs. Kristina’s parents began to feel discouraged until they tried A Grade Ahead.

“We tried other after-school programs, but Kristina was bored and never wanted to do her homework.”

Kiaan Sutar

Success Starts in Pre-Kindergarten

Rekha wanted to do as much as possible to help her son before starting the first grade. As the mother of an older child, she knows the challenges that a child can experience when starting public school without preparation.

“I was considering other after-school programs, but after hearing testimonials from others, I found that A Grade Ahead’s materials were designed with an analytical approach rather than repetitive lessons and worksheets.”

Mason Campbell

Moving Students A Grade Ahead

Mason joined A Grade Ahead during Pre-Kindergarten. Understanding the value of education, Mason’s mother wanted to give her son the best education, but was hesitant to start Mason at such a young age. “I was worried that he wouldn’t understand the concepts and not be able to sit long enough to make it through an entire class, but I was 100% wrong!”

Since starting at A Grade Ahead, Mason has scored above average in 2 of the 4 categories of the Ohio MAP test, and is reading at a 3rd-grade level in 1st grade. Mason’s mother believes that the small classroom setting and qualified teachers really set A Grade Ahead apart from other programs.

“A Grade Ahead is much more than a tutoring center — it’s a true enrichment program that has given Mason the confidence to thrive in his education!”

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