"It's forte, not for-tay!"
Karen Kromenacker

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Parents are often surprised to find that their children, who earned great grades in elementary school, struggle in middle school. (For some, the struggle may not show up until high school.) Many students are simply smart enough to listen in elementary school and make good grades and continue to do so without any effort when they first begin middle school. When parents notice a drop in grades, they often have their children tested to find that they have above average intelligence and no learning problems at all. This is good news, but continued poor performance puzzles parents.

The problem for some is that as classes and teachers become more demanding, those “smart” students, the ones who never had to study, find themselves earning poor or failing grades. They have no idea about how to fix the problem because they never learned to study. Sadly, they think that completing homework assignments means that their school work is finished. (After all, that’s what earned them A’s in elementary school.) How wrong they are! 

When these students tell me that they finish all of their school work in 15-20 minutes, I’m usually shocked that they don’t have D’s and F’s in all of their classes rather than just a couple. Those few low grades often bring them to me for coaching in study skills, time management, and organization. What a difference a study plan can make! In addition, a weekly meeting with the “coach” is an effective tool for holding a student accountable. (It’s like stepping on a scale in front of someone at Weight Watchers!) 

I look forward to the opportunity to talk to you about helping your child be more successful in school.

Karen Kromenacker