May 25, 2013

Alexandra Cohen-Spiegler (Math, French and Standardized Test Preparation)

Alexandra Cohen-Spiegler

Alexandra has been working as a private tutor for close to fifteen years. Coming from a New York City preparatory school background, she perfectly understands the demands made on students. She began tutoring at a community center while still in high school, teaching elementary students to read. Since then, she loves helping students get ahead,  read more…

Betsy Shevey (Literacy Specialist, Writing Coach, Theater)

Betsy Shevey

Betsy Shevey has been teaching and practicing literary, creative and performing arts for over three decades. Betsy also teaches beginning, intermediate and advanced composition, as well as reading comprehension at the secondary and college levels.  As part of her work as a literacy specialist, Betsy helps students to prepare for the reading and writing sections  read more…

Elizabeth Restivo (English and Drama)

Elizabeth Restivo

Elizabeth “Liz” Restivo is a South Florida native who has been fortunate enough to have made a career out of doing what she loves – teaching, directing, acting, and tutoring for over 20 years. Currently pursuing a Doctorate in Education, Liz holds a Master of Arts in Teaching English and a Bachelor of Fine Arts  read more…

Mallory Schlossberg (Test Preparation, English/Language Arts and Essay Coaching)

Mallory Schlossberg

Mallory Schlossberg graduated summa cum laude from SUNY Binghamton, where she majored in theater and English and was a part of the prestigious scholars program, a leadership and enrichment program for the top five percent of the class. She completed an honors thesis merging literary criticism, performance studies, language analysis, and acting theories to propose a  read more…

Mary Walden Sait (English, Reading, Literature, Acting)

Mary Walden

Mary Walden Sait fully embraces English and the arts as an expert teacher, tutor, actor and director. Having completed a BA in Drama Literature, an MFA from the Yale School of Drama and a Master’s in secondary English (grades 7-12), Mary has taught, tutored and coached acting for over fifteen years. Many of her students  read more…

Melissa Zimmerman (Judaics, Bar & Bat Mitzvah Preparation, Drama)

Melissa Zimmerman

Melissa graduated summa cum laude from Northwestern University with a B.A. in Theatre and a Music Theatre certificate. As Judaism has always been an important part of her life, along with music and a love of working with children, she became a Bar/Bat Mitzvah tutor upon moving to Brooklyn Heights. Melissa grew up on Long  read more…

Nicole Raphael (Bar Mitzvah Prep, Judaics, Drama)

nicole-raphael

Nicole heard her calling while playing Queen Esther in her nursery school Purim play.  She was given the opportunity to combine what would later prove to be her two great loves: Judaism and theatre. She uses theatre and the arts to teach Jewish children of all affiliations to embrace Jewish learning and their heritage. Nicole is  read more…