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"I have been involved with School-Plus for 13 years, and I have always found it to be a wonderful place where learning is meaningful and fun at the same time. Whenever I go to Russia, I find that my Russian language skills are invaluable when I talk to my grandparents, cousins, friends. Reading Russian books and having discussions about Russian culture in class has given me a depth of knowledge with which I can hold up a conversation with anyone - a family friend, a museum docent, a store clerk, etc. I am currently a Biology major, but almost all my General Education classes that are not fulfilled by AP credit, are fulfilled with Russian literature and Russian history classes and I got special permission from my professor to read “Eugene Onegin” in Russian. Math classes at School-Plus were also indispensable. With them, I was able to get a solid background in algebra,
My summer camp experience has been unforgettable as well. As a camper, School-Plus Summer Camp was fun and educational simultaneously. We played sports and swam in the pool in the morning, and after lunch, we rotated through math, Russian, music and drama classes. I made some great friends and participated in my very first play - I was a shy elephant.
As I grew up, my role in the School-Plus family changed from student to assistant teacher and camp counselor, and I have loved every moment of working with the new generation of School-Plus children. This past summer, I got the pleasure to be the head counselor at the School-Plus summer camp. My campers and I grew to enjoy every game we played outside, every class we rotated through in the afternoon. And I got the chance to act in my latest play - I played a flight attendant in a surprise skit performed by all of the counselors. I can't wait to see what comes next for School-Plus! " Polina
"We are visiting School Plus for years. We first came here when my daughter was 2. She is almost 12 now. We chose School Plus because we wanted to keep
"We came to SchoolPlus in 2003, just after moving to New Jersey: our daughter Julie was 11 and our son Mitchell was 3, and we stayed with the program until 2015. It still feels weird not to come there every Sunday like we have done for 12 years! We were looking not for a tutoring program, but for a place that would allow our children to go above and beyond the school mathematics and English classes in addition to the study of Russian in depth. Needless to say, we met and surpassed our goals! Both our kids moved on to the take honor and AP classes in school and both of them took the AP Russian Prototype exam and passed it with the grade of 5. We are very grateful to S. Berger and J. Gordeeva, the wonderful past and current SchoolPlus Russian teachers. Our daughter was accepted
“We have joined the School Plus family when our oldest son was three years old. Our first priority at that time was to make sure that he remains a fluent Russian speaker able to communicate in the language on various levels, not just everyday home conversations. When we came to the school for a trial lesson we also learned that the school offered other classes for the young. Thus, it the fall of 2006 our son joined three classes for very young learners - Russian, art, and music. We loved what we saw - all classes were aged appropriate, with highly qualified teachers who cared for the children and were flexible in their approaches to make sure that little kids learn without losing interest and drive. A couple of years later our twins have joined the school. Now that the children are older, the focus has shifted from art and music to more academic driven subjects, namely, higher levels of Russian and mathematics. Now our main goal is to show our children that learning skills are important and that learning happens in many different situations. School Plus teachers allow us to do just that by offering in-class support, online work, a variety of assignments, and flexible approach to building the programs of study. Throughout the years, we have seen our children grow and mature. Part of this success definitely belongs to SchoolPlus. We like the fact that the school involves parents in the teaching and learning process, it allows us to be a part of our children's growing up and shows us that all our children are unique and require different methods of teaching (event talking to each of them!). The lines of where school plus helps the children and where we do are blurred and that what makes it such a great experience. We all work as a team. Currently, all three of our children take honors classes in mathematics and in science, two of the three are in honors classes in Language Arts. Exposing our children to art and music at a very young age allowed the kids to be more confident, taught them to train their eye and ear. Using their math skills in a variety of ways in and out of class, allowed the kids to think more about what they encounter as they go along in their learning. Participating in various math competitions allowed them to learn that what they do each and every day matters on many different levels. One of them is relying on oneself and working individually to succeed. Teachers like Mary Marvin, who always give challenging unorthodox work to the young make the learning exciting. Countless times at home during homework time, we had our own mini competitions as to who can solve a problem faster, the kids or their mother. Kids learned to love
"Our family has spent Sundays at SchoolPlus New Brunswick for the past 13,5 years. A few years ago, as we were leaving home for SchoolPlus, my daughter said “Mom, do you realize that people who see us go somewhere every Sunday think that we’re going to church?” And it struck me as a great analogy - in the sense that just as the church is a community, SchoolPlus is a community of parents and teachers highly dedicated to best interests of the children. Teachers of Russian always research the best methods to teach the language to children growing up in a bilingual (or multilingual) environment. Math teachers are working on providing a deep understanding of concepts and challenging