A Manhattan-based learning center is expanding its tutoring, test prep and counseling services to Scarsdale this month.
Stratus Prep will provide a client-driven concierge experience that tailors its curriculum to each student, offering virtual tutoring and admissions counseling to middle school and high school students in Scarsdale and Greenwich.
“We understand that the Scarsdale school district is very strong in their education and that families made the choice to live there primarily for that reason,” Brit Munsterteiger, Stratus”™ pre-college director, said.
The company plans to send tutors out to help students with subject-specific tutoring starting at $175 per hour. It also provides college counseling for $250 per hour. However, Stratus Prep”™s standardized testing program is only provided at the Manhattan office, so students must come to the center to take this course, which costs $195 per hour
With a staff of less than 30 people who all have professional teaching experiences, the home office in Manhattan has two classrooms, with class sizes usually capped at 15 people.
The company, formed in 2006, initially focused on post-college programs including test prep for the LSAT, GRE and GMAT that were even offered to international students but has now, it expanded its clientele to the pre-college level.
Stratus just began advertising its tutoring services to Scarsdale and will assign tutors to meet with students in their homes or at libraries. These tutors, who graduated from elite schools, ranked in the 99th percentile on the ACT or SAT and have at least two years of teaching experience, are all part-time workers who served in various jobs.
The company foresees expanding job opportunities to the community as its clientele grows, but for now the staff in Scarsdale has been hand-chosen and hired.
“We know that the Scarsdale area has lots of parents and families that value tremendous educational opportunities for their children,” Munsterteiger said. “We want to be sure to support the needs and desires of those families from an educational perspective and in particular through individualized educational services and programs.
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