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Academic Center
 Lisa Itzkowitz, Director, 472-3300, x275  E-mail:  itzkowitzl@jccmw.org      About the Director
  SAT/PSAT PREP   College Admissions

  ACT Prep

   Regents Prep   Writing Skills
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The JCC Academic Center offers private tutor quality and results at a fraction of the cost. Our SAT, ACT, SAT II, Regents prep and Writing Skills programs are designed to help high school students reach their greatest academic potential. Our classes are small, allowing for individualized attention and are led by dynamic, experienced instructors.
 


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SAT/PSAT PREP
 Be prepared for the SAT and PSAT! Our highly experienced, expert faculty will guide students through the new test, giving them the tools and strategies they need to excel. Course consists of 20 hours of study.

PREP FOR OCTOBER 2010 SAT AND PSAT

Fall Intensive Class  
8 classes as follows:  
4 Sundays, September 12 – October 3, 2010 10:00am-12:30pm AND  
4 Tuesdays, September 14 - October 5, 2010 6:30-9:00pm SP09F
  $1055

PREP FOR MAY 7 & JUNE 4, 2011 SAT

8 Sundays, February 6 - April 10, 2011 SP09AS
10:00am - 12:30pm $1055
(No classes: 2/20, 2/27)  
   
8 Wednesdays, March 2 - April 27, 2011 SP09S
6:30-9:00pm $1055
(No classes: 4/20)  


PSAT Boot Camp
*Tuesdays, October 5 and 12  
7:00-9:00pm
Four hours of intense instruction right before test day reveals secrets to attack the Critical Reading, Math, and Writing sections of the PSAT. 
Enrollment limited to 12 students.
$175  SP15F
*(NOTE - NEW DATES)
 

COLLEGE ADMISSIONS

NEW!
College Admissions 101
Sundays, September 12, 19 and 26
1:00-2:30pm
Fee: $225   CB02F

Learn how to compose a good college list, present compelling applications and essays, communicate your unique match to each college, manage the application process timeline, prepare for stellar interviews, and much, much more. Parents are invited to attend the first session with their student. Grades 9-12.


ACT PREP
The ACT is a curriculum-based achievement test that is accepted by nearly every college as an alternative to the SAT. Just a few years ago only 15% of New York students took the ACT; now about 40% take it. This prep class will provide strategies for the English, math, reading, science and essay subtests, using actual ACT exams.

Fall Intensive Class  
6 Sundays, September 12 - October 17, 2010 RP17F
3:00-5:00pm $485
   
8 Mondays, January 31 - March 28, 2011 RP17S
6:30-8:00pm $485
(No class:  2/21)  

SAT II PREP
BIOLOGY SAT II REVIEW COURSE
 This course provides a review of material tested on the SAT Subject Test in Biology E/M as administered by the College Board. Review topics include biological communities, populations, energy flow, biochemistry, cellular structure and cellular processes.

10 Sundays, February 13 - May 15, 2011 SP03S
(No classes: 2/20, 2/27, 4/17, 4/24) $855
1:30-3:00pm  

NEW! 
WRITING SKILLS
This class is intended to prepare 8th and 9th graders for writing in High School. This course will help students move through the steps of the writing process from first idea to finished draft. The emphasis is on expressing ideas clearly, coherently and concisely. Class limited to 10 students.

Fall Class  
8 Sundays, October 17-December 12, 2010 RA01F
10:00-11:30am $485
(No class 11/28)  

 

2011 REGENTS PREP
 Get ready for the New York State Regents exams. Our expert faculty will prepare students through analysis and review of past exams and other relevant materials. Classes for June 2011 Regents begin May 2011. Detailed schedule will be published in late March 2011.

 

 

INSIDE THE ADMISSIONS OFFICE
Monday, October 11, 2010
7:30-9:00pm
Advance registration required.   Click here to register
NO CHARGE

High school students and their parents are invited to spend an insightful evening with the decision-makers in college
admissions. Deans and directors from American University, Barnard College, Columbia University, Indiana University, Lafayette College and University of Chicago will give you an insider’s view of what they are looking for and how they read applications and make decisions.


 

About the Director, Lisa Itzkowitz
 Lisa received her undergraduate degree from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and earned an MBA from the Stern School of Business at New York University, while employed full-time at American Express. Lisa held a variety of marketing positions at American Express, and was more recently the Director of Marketing at a Westchester-based marketing research firm.