Award-Winning Middle School Tutors
serving Round Lake Beach, IL

Teaching math daily in Chicago Public Schools gives Elizabeth a real-time read on what middle schoolers are actually being asked to do — the specific pre-algebra concepts, the writing expectations, the study habits teachers are grading on — which means she's never guessing about what matters this semester. Her 34 ACT and broad subject range across math, science, English, grammar, and history let her handle a full evening's homework spread, but her classroom instinct is what makes her especially good at turning a kid who says 'I'm not a math person' into one who stops dreading seventh period. Rated 5.0 by families.

Twelve AP classes across math, history, economics, and sciences meant Felix was juggling the kind of cross-subject intensity in high school that middle schoolers are encountering for the first time — and his UChicago math training gives him the analytical backbone to make pre-algebra, essay structure, and social studies click in a single session. He's rated 5.0 by families, and his goal of becoming a teacher someday shows up in how deliberately he breaks down each concept rather than just pushing through homework.

Middle schoolers juggling math, science, English, and social studies for the first time need someone who can shift gears quickly and keep things approachable. Saneha spent three years coaching students through exactly that transition as a peer tutor at UIC, building routines that turn overwhelming workloads into manageable daily steps. She adapts her approach to each student's learning style rather than forcing a one-size-fits-all method.

A PhD student in Biomedical Engineering who spent her undergrad years TAing chemistry, calculus, and MATLAB, Maggie is wired to break complex material into digestible steps — a skill that pays off when a middle schooler needs help connecting what they're learning in math to what's showing up in their science class. Her broad technical training means she's comfortable across the full homework spread, but she's especially sharp at building the problem-solving habits that keep students from hitting a wall once pre-algebra and lab reports start demanding more independence.

Years of teaching ESL and TOEFL prep gave Brenda a particular skill: figuring out exactly where communication breaks down, whether a student can't articulate what they don't understand in math or can't organize their thoughts for a writing assignment. Her Northwestern psychology degree and marketing communications master's mean she covers both the analytical and language-arts sides of middle school, and she's especially effective at breaking multi-step processes into smaller, manageable chunks that build real confidence.

Masooma's political science training at the University of Chicago sharpened exactly the skills middle schoolers are starting to develop — constructing written arguments, interpreting data, and thinking critically across subjects. She covers math, science, English, and writing at this level, and her 34 ACT composite reflects genuine cross-subject range rather than narrow specialization. Rated 4.9 by families.

Growing up across three countries — Vietnam, Australia, and the U.S. — Sophie learned early how to adapt to new academic systems on the fly, a skill that translates directly to helping middle schoolers navigate the shift when expectations suddenly ramp up across math, science, English, and writing all at once. Her biological sciences coursework and 4.0 GPA mean she brings genuine academic discipline to the table, and her own experience catching up in unfamiliar school systems gives her a practical understanding of what it takes to close gaps without overwhelming a student.

Samuel's classroom teaching career centered on the middle school years, so he understands the particular mix of growing independence and lingering uncertainty that defines this age group. Whether a student needs support in English, social studies, math, or just learning how to manage multiple assignments at once, he brings real experience at this specific grade band — not a high school tutor adjusting downward.

Middle schoolers juggling math, English, and early writing assignments get a tutor who's comfortable across all three. Jonathan connects pre-algebra concepts to real examples, strengthens grammar and paragraph structure, and keeps sessions organized so students build confidence heading into high school coursework.

Between tutoring UCLA student athletes across multiple subjects and currently working with elementary schoolers in math, reading, and English, Serena has spent years adapting to different age groups — and middle school is where those two worlds overlap, with kids who need both the academic rigor and the motivational energy. Her biology degree and premed preparation mean she's equally comfortable walking through a pre-algebra problem set or a life sciences unit, and she brings enough range in writing and grammar to cover the language arts side of a full homework session. Rated 5.0 by families.

Data science at Michigan means Aparna spends her days organizing messy information into clean, logical structures — a skill that translates directly to helping a sixth grader sort through a pile of math homework, a grammar worksheet, and a history reading in one sitting. Her 1510 SAT and honors background give her genuine range across subjects, and her Science Olympiad experience means she can make the science side of middle school feel less like memorization and more like puzzle-solving. Rated 4.9 by families.

Between engineering coursework at UIUC, a 35 ACT, and teaching percussion lessons on the side, David is used to context-switching fast — which is basically the job description when a middle schooler needs help with pre-algebra homework, a science worksheet, and an essay outline all in one sitting. His computer engineering training gives him a methodical, build-on-what-you-know approach to problem-solving that works especially well for students who need to see how each step connects before the next one makes sense. Rated 5.0 by families.

A University of Chicago honors graduate who founded a magazine and has written cover stories for national publications, Morley brings unusually strong communication chops to the middle school subjects he covers — English, writing, math, science, and history. What sets him apart at this level is his editorial instinct: he can read a student's essay or homework response and pinpoint exactly where the thinking went sideways, then walk them through how to reorganize and express it clearly.

Aerospace engineering demands juggling physics, calculus, technical writing, and lab work simultaneously — so Jad knows firsthand what strong study habits and cross-subject thinking look like in practice. He applies that same versatility to middle schoolers, whether they're wrestling with a pre-algebra assignment, drafting an essay, or learning how to prep for multiple tests in one week. Rated 5.0 by students.

Between a biology major, a psychology background, and fluency in Spanish, Manpreet covers an unusually wide slice of the middle school workload — math through pre-calculus, science, English, reading, writing, and even foreign language — without needing to hand a student off to someone else mid-session. Her pre-health track at UIC means she's currently living the study-skills grind herself, so the organizational strategies she teaches aren't theoretical — they're the same ones getting her through organic chemistry and MCAT prep right now. Rated 4.9 by families.

Between a biology BA from Case Western and a reproductive science master's from Northwestern, Victoria spent years toggling between dense scientific reading, lab writing, and quantitative coursework — which means she can sit down with a middle schooler and credibly cover a pre-algebra assignment, a science worksheet, and an English essay in one session without skipping a beat. Her bilingual background (English and Russian) also gives her a genuine feel for the language-processing side of things, particularly when a student struggles to articulate what's confusing them in writing or reading comprehension. Rated 4.8 by families.

Between biomedical engineering coursework, a 35 ACT, and a subject list that spans Java, AP Physics, calculus, literature, and essay editing, Khushal has the kind of cross-disciplinary fluency that makes him genuinely useful when a middle schooler sits down with math, science, and an English assignment all due tomorrow. He's especially good at teaching kids how to actually read a problem — pulling apart what's being asked before jumping to an answer — a habit that pays off whether it's a word problem in pre-algebra or a short-response question in social studies. Rated 5.0 by families.

Switching majors two weeks into freshman year — and then falling in love with the very subjects she'd tried to avoid — gave Darby a firsthand understanding of how a single good explanation can flip a student's relationship with a topic they think they hate. Her clinical lab science degree means she's comfortable across math, science, reading, and writing, and she brings that same curiosity-first approach to middle schoolers navigating the jump in academic demands. Rated 5.0 by families.

Samantha's sociology degree trained her to see how systems shape individual behavior — a lens that's surprisingly useful when a seventh grader is struggling not with one subject but with the whole experience of juggling homework, social dynamics, and rising expectations at once. She teaches across math, English, science, and history at this level, and her 33 ACT reflects genuine comfort moving between disciplines in a single session. Her go-to move is weaving creative, imagination-driven activities into even the driest assignments to keep middle schoolers actually engaged rather than just compliant.

Grad school in analytical chemistry at UIUC means Whitney spends her days switching between complex lab work, data analysis, and dense reading — so helping a middle schooler toggle between a pre-algebra worksheet and a science lab report in a single session comes naturally. Her TA experience in college-level chemistry and biology courses has sharpened her ability to break intimidating concepts down to their simplest parts, a skill that translates surprisingly well to explaining fractions or the scientific method to a sixth grader.

Between tutoring Latin, leading college essay workshops, and performing professionally as a ballet dancer, Grace has built the kind of cross-disciplinary adaptability that middle schoolers need modeled for them as they start juggling English, math, history, and science in a single evening. Her 33 ACT and deep comfort with both the humanities and analytical sides — grammar, writing, reading comprehension, and math — mean she can pivot between a vocabulary worksheet and a pre-algebra problem set without skipping a beat. Rated 5.0 by families.

Middle schoolers juggling math, reading, writing, and test prep for the first time need someone who can connect those subjects instead of treating each one in isolation. Francesca covers everything from pre-algebra concepts to essay structure, and her experience preparing students for the ISEE and SSAT means she understands exactly where middle school academics are heading. Rated 4.9 by families she's worked with.

A full-time special education teacher on Chicago's South Side, Blakeley spends every day adapting lessons in real time for students who need material presented differently — a skill that transfers directly to middle schoolers wrestling with the shift from elementary-level hand-holding to managing homework across six subjects independently. Her M.Ed. in Elementary Teaching and political science background give her genuine range across both the math/science and humanities sides of a middle schooler's schedule, and her special education lens means she's quick to spot when a student's frustration isn't about the content itself but about how it's being presented.

Double-majoring in political science and psychology at Emory means Sahar spends her weeks shifting between dense policy readings, research papers, and data analysis — so managing a middle schooler's nightly rotation of math, writing, science, and history homework feels like a natural downshift. Her psychology training gives her a read on what's actually going on when a student shuts down over a pre-algebra problem or stalls on a writing prompt, and her 34 ACT confirms she has the academic range to cover it all. Rated 4.9 by families.

Balancing a varsity golf schedule at Wellesley with an economics major means Allyson lives the kind of time management and prioritization that middle schoolers are just starting to figure out — and she can speak to it honestly, not hypothetically. She covers math, reading, writing, and English at this level, and her experience tutoring younger students in both English and Mandarin gave her practice switching between subjects and communication styles within a single session.

I am exploring my creativity by pursuing a double major in Asian Languages and Cultures with a focus in Korean, studying abroad in South Korea as a Benjamin A. Gilman Scholar, leading workshops that teach 3D printing and CAD for undergraduate students as the president of 3D4E, advocating for the first-generation and low-income student community as the Outreach Chair of the Quest+ Scholars Network, and getting involved with the Society of Women Engineers' outreach committee. I currently hold a work-study position as an administrative clerical aide in the Institute of Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern and was an undergraduate researcher in the John Rogers Lab. As I look forward with aspirations of applying to graduate school, areas of research in biomedical engineering and biotechnology that I am particularly interested in include biomaterials, pharmaceuticals, and drug delivery systems. Outside of the classroom, I enjoy learning on my own and sharing my experience and knowledge with my peers and other students. I hope to make use of my experiences with academics and learning in high school and so far in my undergraduate career in order to effectively tutor students who may be experiencing the same struggles in learning that I also experienced.

I am a graduate of the University of Chicago where I received my undergraduate degree in political science. Right after graduation, I worked as an academic and test prep tutor as well as admissions consultant in Hong Kong. For the past two years, I worked with a number of students to help prepare them for college in the United States.

I'm Anna! I'm currently a student in the MD/MBA program between Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine and the Kellogg School of Management, and graduated from Northwestern University as part of the Honors Program in Medical Education. I attended the Bergen County Academies in New Jersey, a selective, application-based magnet school, for high school.

I am taking time to explore my lifelong interest in teaching. I began tutoring at the University of Notre Dame, where I worked for three years as a teaching assistant in a Cell Biology laboratory course. There, I enjoyed helping my peers understand the larger picture developing through our weekly experiments. At Loyola University Chicago, I continued to tutor a variety of subjects while earning a Master of Arts in Medical Sciences.

I'm referring to math, of course, but I didn't always like the subject. Until about age 16, I thought of math as a boring, mind-numbing process of blindly memorizing formulas and then forgetting them after the test, but a series of wonderful teachers showed me the truth. I had thought that everything in math was invented arbitrarily just to torture students, but actually it all made sense in a deep way. When I caught a glimpse of what math really was, I found it irresistible and I ended up majoring in math in college at UChicago. I'm currently a Master's student in Computer Science at NYU.

I am a 4th year student at The University of Chicago majoring in Economics. I recently completed all of my coursework and am now filling my time with the activities I most enjoy. One of these activities is teaching. At the beginning of this academic year, I joined an organization on campus that teaches juniors and seniors at a local high school about community engagement through the lens of philanthropy. Through this, I have the unique opportunity to empower students to become leaders in their community; to provide them a platform to change issues about which they are most passionate. This experience inspires my desire to educate young students; to provide them the tools to be leaders, whether that be in the classroom, on the playing field, or in their community. My time as a youth soccer coach and tutor of my little brother and his friends has further bolstered my love of teaching. Given my extensive experience and longtime passion for math and applied math subjects, I feel I can best help students seeking help in these areas, though I have experience in a broad range of subjects. Outside of teaching, I enjoy playing soccer, basketball, guitar and piano, as well as cooking, hiking and listening to podcasts.

I'm passionate about learning. I was fortunate to have great teachers at the University of Chicago in my graduate education, and at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in my undergraduate education.

I am a 2023 graduate of the University of Notre Dame with a Finance/Economics major and a minor in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. I am a passionate student in the math and business realms, as I enjoy the intuitiveness of the former and the real-world potential of the latter. During classes in middle and high school, I developed a reputation of being a good source of help within my classes in a non-tutor capacity, and grew that into a peer tutor role a couple times a week during lunch my senior year of high school. What I hope to accomplish with my tutoring is ensure that you not only achieve your desired grade/score, but see how the different concepts relate to each other in the bigger picture. The more important part is to critically think about the subject matter in other, more unfamiliar contexts. Also, in my math subjects, I seek to provide personal secrets in realms including quicker computation strategies, unique acronyms for certain rules, and other intuitive shortcuts.

I am passionate about learning and spreading that love of learning to others. Whether it be music, math, history, literature, or science, I have embraced education whole-heartedly my entire life and have had many wonderful experiences effectively sharing that passion with others and helping younger students find it in themselves for whatever subject(s) they struggle in or desire to pursue in greater depth. I look forward to getting to you know my students and their parents. By working together, I am confident that we can help any student achieve their academic goals and find their own love of learning.

I am an Illinois certified Teacher in grades K-9. I attended Northwestern University and received a Master's of Science in Education. I have ample classroom experience and expertise in elementary Math and Reading intervention. I have several tools and resources from various curricula to work with and would love to help your students in any elementary or middle school subject area. For the past three years, I have been working as a classroom Teacher in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade classrooms, teaching students with a variety of needs. I can also tutor students through high school and college in History and Spanish as I hold degrees in both subjects from Columbia University. I am highly qualified to tutor Writing at all levels - from elementary to adult professional writing - as I have written two distinguished theses as part of my academic training.

I am a third-year student pursuing a Bachelor's of Science in Human Development and Psychological Services and Psychology at Northwestern University's School of Education and Social Policy. Before coming to Northwestern, I had the privilege to grow up with good teachers under a rigorous IB curriculum in Shanghai, China, granting me access to quality education that I know many of my peers and other students across the world do not have. Thus, my hopes to combat education inequities, utilize my experiences with multicultural/special education contexts, and be continually inspired by students in addition to offering them the personalized support they deserve is what drives me to work with students. I've guided students with special needs aged 3-14 through summer program activities in Shanghai, coordinated an after-school program for K-12 refugee students in Chicago, and interacted with secondary school students in Jinja, Uganda. Since my first year in college, I've worked as a tutor for a morning program in an elementary school in Evanston. I have the most experience tutoring Elementary School Math and Reading and the most content knowledge in Psychology, though I am also passionate about helping students with ACTs/College apps due to having myself navigated through the system's challenges recently. In addition, I'd be happy to dive into Mandarin Chinese as it is another native language I speak. From my tutoring experiences and taking classes within the Learning Sciences, I find it important to listen to student needs and interests while maintaining encouragement to challenge themselves in the spirit of learning, and be a source of emotional support in addition to providing knowledge. In my spare time, I love reading, playing the guitar, having conversations with people of all different backgrounds, and traveling locally or abroad to experience different cultures.

I am comfortable tutoring multiple other subjects, especially economics and certain areas of math. I truly enjoy the teaching process and am passionate about helping students realize their academic potential.

I am a current graduate student at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). I have a major in Biological Sciences and a minor in Psychology from UIC and am now studying public health and medicine in an MD/MPH program. I started tutoring throughout my undergraduate career and have since worked with students in a variety of settings, both in person and online. I have tutored students all around Chicago, from kindergarten through high school, towards academic success in all subjects.

I am a current sophomore at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. I am studying Human and Organizational Development, a major that teaches students how to identify and solve problems in organizations and communities. In the future, I am looking to get involved in the nonprofit sector of education and may pursue teaching after graduation. I've always enjoyed each individual's ability to grow through the learning process and I firmly believe that an education is the most valuable gift one can give the next generation.

I am happy to help students prepare for these exams. I enjoy students of all ages and am excited to tutor a wide range of subjects, although my first loves are math and English (especially grammar). I truly believe my sincere energy and enthusiasm can help make students excited about learning. I welcome questions and value honesty while tutoring. My personal interests include international education, traveling, hiking, camping, and Notre Dame football.