Escondido High’s Biology class studies real ecosystem problems, like algal blooms and invasive species, through labs, simulations and performance tasks. Our tutors are UC San Diego students who took many of the same courses not long ago, from biology to AP Calculus BC.
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We help Escondido High students keep up in their classes, prepare for the SAT and ACT and work on their college essays. Sessions are one-on-one, at your home in Escondido, San Marcos or Valley Center, or online.
Meet our tutors.
Samantha
Pursuing a Ph.D. inBioengineering
Tutors Biology · Chemistry · Math
- Research in deep learning for assistive robotics
- President’s Undergraduate Research Award
Raquel
StudiesBiology
Tutors Math · Spanish · Writing
- AP Scholar with Distinction
- Bilingual teaching experience in Spanish
Anna
StudiesNeuroscience
Tutors Biology
- Research internship in Hamburg, Germany
- Governor’s Scholars Award recipient
Daniel
StudiesElectrical Engineering & Computer Sciences
Tutors Math · Physics · Computer science
- High-school valedictorian
- STEM education minor and after-school tutoring
Preston
StudiesApplied Mathematics
Tutors Math · Calculus · Computer science
- Mathematics research fellow
- Presented at the Young Mathematicians Conference
Evan
StudiesPhysics & Applied Mathematics
Tutors Math · Physics · Calculus
- Independent research in machine learning for quantum computing
- 4.0 GPA in Physics & Applied Mathematics
Lesly
StudiesMathematics & Computer Science
Tutors Math · Computer science · Spanish
- Java and Python programming
- Game development and interactive software projects
Explaining what happened in an ecosystem
An investigation into an algal bloom asks a student to explain a chain of events: what changed in the water, what that did to the algae, and what happened to everything else. Memorized vocabulary doesn’t get them there. A tutor has your student explain the class investigation back, one link at a time, and where the explanation breaks is what they study next. Learn more about our science tutoring.
The road to AP Calculus
At Escondido, AP Calculus comes after Math 3 with Precalculus, the third-year course that adds functions and trigonometry to integrated math. A student who finishes that year with shaky trigonometry spends AP Calculus fighting it. A tutor finds the trig your student hasn’t mastered, the unit circle or the identities, and works on it until it’s automatic, while there’s still time before calculus starts. Learn more about our math tutoring.
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Argument writing senior year
Escondido seniors can take Expository Reading and Writing, a yearlong course built on argument: reading articles about real issues and writing arguments of their own. It’s the closest thing in high school to college writing. A tutor reads the week’s article with your student, asks what the author claims and how they support it, and helps plan a response before the drafting starts. AP Literature students get the same kind of help with novels and poems. Learn more about our English and writing tutoring.
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