A free class that helps college students put together for taking the SAT just lately provided for years by a Bridgeport businessman just lately noticed its 5000th scholar participate.
John Ebert was in Lewis County providing the category in March. And one of many college students was the 5000th to attend.
“It was hard to believe we would end up having 5,000 students attend the class when we started the program 14 years ago. I knew initially there was a need to help students prepare for the math portion of the standardized tests, so we started offering this class,” mentioned Ebert. “I spotted plenty of the scholars gained’t put together in any respect for the examination, so this can be a probability for them to recollect a few of the ideas that they first realized again as a freshman. Now we have discovered that one of the simplest ways to attain effectively on the take a look at is to truly undergo take a look at questions.
“I believe there’s a limited number of math concepts that are tested whether it’s perpendicular slopes, undefined terms, areas of circles or areas of triangles,” he continued. “If you understand these concepts and how they can be packaged maybe just a little bit differently each time, you will certainly score higher.”
Ebert helps college students with insights on the right way to reply these questions extra shortly and refresh with them a few of the primary math ideas. Math is often probably the most difficult a part of the examination, and in plenty of instances, it should preserve the scholar from attaining the Promise Scholarship. The Promise Scholarship is value greater than $20,000
“The biggest change that we have made in the last couple of years is that we are now focusing on preparation for the SAT. This is the standardized test that juniors are taking now,” Ebert mentioned.
Ebert, who owns 39 McDonalds in three states, teaches the category with Dakota Ferrell.
“Dakota is instrumental in helping reformulate the class to focus on the SAT and does a wonderful job in teaching it. She really connects with the students and provides tremendous insights to help them Improve their score,” mentioned Ebert. “She is also the teacher for the small groups of students who attend the class at the office. We received a call from the superintendent of Preston County after his son attended and benefited from a class Dakota taught, and he wanted the class for the entire junior class, which we did late last year. Dakota not only does a tremendous job teaching the SAT class but also is a valuable employee in our office; she helps prepare our financial statements and is in charge of the payroll.”
People can register on the web site johnebertmathactprep.com. The subsequent prep class might be held on Sunday Could 18 previous to the June take a look at.
Editor’s Notice: Prime picture exhibits, from left, John Ebert, Principal of Lewis County Kerri Lambert, Skilled Counselor Stephene Bruffy-Moffatt, and Dakota Ferrell. Within the backside picture, Ebert is proven doing the course with complete junior class at Braxton County Excessive College.
