Description

Our experienced tutors know homeschooling. Let them help your student in just about any subject. Pick a tutor with the expertise you need, and book a session to try things out! There is no long-term commitment needed.

About Mary Pierson

Mary Pierson Purifoy has a degree in history and was homeschooled until college. She is an avid reader and writer, passionate about instilling a love for books, writing, and history in her students, alongside a solid understanding of these subjects. She has used most of our curriculum herself, and knows several of our instructors personally.

She can help your student succeed in the humanities, especially academic writing. Rather than simply correct errors, she intends to teach your student how to evaluate his or her own writing.

Miss Purifoy facilitates Dave Raymond’s History in our Membership, teaches live literature classes for Compass Classroom and has been leading students through our Summer Reading Club.

Mary Pierson’s Expertise

• History: Note-taking, study skills, projects, test preparation
• Literature: Reading comprehension, literary analysis, paper research
• Writing: Scholarly research, paragraph composition, thesis statements, outlining, citations and structure
• Grammar: Explanation of rules, fixing errors, self-evaluation

How Tutoring Works

1. Choose the amount of tutoring time to purchase using the drop-down menu above and Add to Cart.
2. After check out, you will receive an immediate email with a link to schedule the appointment(s) on the tutor’s calendar.
3. Your tutor may be in touch with additional information ahead of the appointment.

How Much Time Do I Need?

The short answer is “It depends.” When you book your appointment, you will also be given a short form where you can specify the project(s) or areas you want to focus on with your student, as well as anything else you want to tell us about the circumstances, context, or needs your student might have.

For your first session, expect to use 15 minutes of the hour going over your intake questions and developing a strategy for meeting your student’s needs. There may need to be revisions of this strategy during parts of subsequent sessions. This is to give you the opportunity to develop a relationship with the tutor with your student’s success in mind.

Our program intends to spend time working with you and your student, but everything must happen during these paid sessions. If you have any questions about this, please contact our program director.

What Makes Our Program Unique?

• Staffed by successful homeschoolers who have made the transition to college.
• Flexible instruction to meet the requirements of any curriculum.
• Grounded in a biblical worldview, which is the same educational framework our tutors received.
• Intended to train students how to learn and not just “check off” another assignment.