Berkeley High students balance demanding classes with the choices that come with a large school. Our UC Berkeley tutors help students adjust to Universal 9th Grade, prepare for advanced math and keep up with AP and IB coursework as they move into their learning communities.
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Sessions are one-on-one, at your home in Berkeley or online.
Meet our tutors
Universal 9th Grade
Every freshman starts in Universal 9th Grade, in a group of about 120 students who share four core teachers. In the spring they rank the five learning communities, the smaller schools within Berkeley High where they’ll spend the next three years. Freshman science is Physics 1, which uses the algebra from Math 1, so a gap in one shows up in the other. Our tutors can work on both in the same session.
Math 1, Advanced Math and IB
Most students take Math 1, 2 and 3. Those who pass a placement test at the end of 8th grade take Advanced Math, which leads to a combined IB Higher Level and AP Calculus BC course. The test covers all of 8th grade math. Students who don’t place in can retest early in 9th grade, and there’s one more chance, in spring of 9th grade, to move into Advanced Math 2, with summer work to follow. We help students prepare for those tests, and keep up once they’re in an advanced course, where the school won’t let them drop mid-year.
Our high school tutors, in parents’ own words
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IB, AP and the writing load
Berkeley High recommends no more than two AP or Honors courses a year, so choosing well matters. In Berkeley International High School, the IB learning community, we also help with the extended essay, a long independent research paper, and the writing that runs through the program. Juniors and seniors can work with us on SAT and ACT prep and college essays.
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