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How a Simple Studying Technique Led to the Only 100% Test Grade Out of 250 Students

June 28, 2020

Preparing for an exam where the average score is 65% had me a little concerned. I usually got good grades, but had never been particularly good at taking exams. And the fact that my extremely smart roommate‘s grade was only a 45% last term, really gave me anxiety. Checking my teacher’s reviews online was not helpful…

A Salute on Teacher Appreciation Week 2020

May 5, 2020

It’s May, 2020. Teacher Appreciation Week is upon us… Where are the words?? During this global pandemic, you shifted on the turn-of-a-dime. There simply is not a way to properly express “appreciation” for what you’ve done for our students. My daughter’s teacher happened to made a social media post last night, expressing a sense of…

The New Landscape of Time-Management in Virtual Learning

September 22, 2020

Exactly one year ago this month, we started an adventure that would become the STEEPEST learning curve of our lives… We launched a hybrid secondary school.  Prophetically, eight months before the world would be flipped upside down, we flipped ourselves upside down! In February, 2020, we finally paused for a moment to catch our breath…

Virtual Teaching + Learning: How to Navigate the Transition

May 20, 2020

Design is a funny word Spring, 2020 will go down as the largest seismic wave to ever touch education… We know you are exhausted! But, look at what you did for your students! Look at how you “kept the learning going.” Look at all the “intangible” lessons you made possible for them, too… We know…

Virtual Teaching + Learning: How to Navigate the Transition

May 12, 2020

Design is a funny word Spring, 2020 will go down as the largest seismic wave to ever touch education… We know you are exhausted! But, look at what you did for your students! Look at how you “kept the learning going.” Look at all the “intangible” lessons you made possible for them, too… We know…

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July 16, 2019

Design is a funny word Legacy Login Use this login if you are:  Parents/students accessing the Student App Home Edition A teacher looking to preview a full version of the Student App, while the new platform is still under construction Use Legacy Login Now! New Curriculum Login Use this login if you are a:  Teacher accessing your 2019-2020 Teacher Guide…

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November 22, 2018

Design is a funny word In the Classroom | At Home In the Classroom School Raises GPAs by ONE Full Point! According to school administrator, Robyn Ellis, “GPAs are up at least a full point, which is a TREMENDOUS growth in these students… and I attribute that to SOAR®!” Learn More Teachers Rate SOAR® 98% Effective Teachers were…

Study Skills: The Missing Link

August 29, 2016

College is hard. I will be going into my third year at a university and I can honestly say these past two years have kicked my butt! Many of my friends called me a “nerd” in high school because I really cared about my grades and wanted to do well! The teasing was worth it…

About Susan Kruger Winter

December 8, 2014

“America’s #1 Learning Expert” Susan Kruger Winter, M.Ed. – Susan is a certified learning specialist and the author of the international best-selling study skills book, SOAR® Study Skills and SOAR® Social-Emotional Learning Skills. She has also written Homework Help for Parents and the #1 best-selling book on literacy, Cue to Reading, and developed the break-through…

Sixth Grader Fights for Study Skills!

March 11, 2013

It’s not every day that a middle school student spearheads a major school curriculum initiative. Yet that’s exactly what happened when a sixth-grader at Wetsel Middle School in Madison, VA compiled a petition of 250 student signatures and asked his school board to adopt SOAR®!  That sixth-grader is Timothy Decatur-Luker; Timothy is the youngest student…

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