Sanford Scholars LLC

Sanford Scholars LLC Private home-based instruction and tutoring services for students in grades 6-8. Education should

Homeschooling Services:
*Full-time, in-person option (Monday-Friday 9:30am-1:30pm)

Tutoring Services:
*In-person option (Tuesday-Thursday 3:30-4:30)

Left: Their picks (with parent approval 👍)Right: My pickNew-Book Day is always a good day! 😊📚😊
02/18/2026

Left: Their picks (with parent approval 👍)
Right: My pick

New-Book Day is always a good day! 😊📚😊

A little dystopia to kick off 2026.We are always, always reading together in our classroom. And usually, students simult...
01/07/2026

A little dystopia to kick off 2026.

We are always, always reading together in our classroom. And usually, students simultaneously read independently-selected novels at home as well. This one is a bit lengthier than our usual, so we're focusing on just one for now 😊.

This is my first time teaching this novel -- eager to hear the kids' opinions as we work our way through it!

New year, new look, new website. 🎉So excited to share our newly launched Sanford Scholars brand and website with you all...
01/05/2026

New year, new look, new website. 🎉

So excited to share our newly launched Sanford Scholars brand and website with you all! Take a look at all we've got to offer and feel free to share with friends who may be interested in learning more about our program!

Huge thanks to Paige Faul for her incredible work in helping this vision come to life! Her creative talents, knowledge, and support were invaluable during this process and I am so grateful. 🙏

Thank you, also, to all of you who have been long-time supporters. Sanford Scholars would not be what it is today without you all! ❤️

www.sanfordscholars.com

Nothing says the-day-before-winter-break like escape rooms, pizza, a white elephant exchange, and a cookie decorating co...
12/16/2022

Nothing says the-day-before-winter-break like escape rooms, pizza, a white elephant exchange, and a cookie decorating contest!

Thankful for this bunch!Happy Thanksgiving to all! 😊
11/22/2022

Thankful for this bunch!

Happy Thanksgiving to all! 😊

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10/28/2022

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Every test-taking environment should include a canine companion 😊.
10/28/2022

Every test-taking environment should include a canine companion 😊.

10/26/2022

If you enjoy educational rants, you've come to the right place ;).

The "big news" in education over the past 24 hours -- NAEP results are in, and they're not good.

This really shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who has had a pulse on the state of education for the past two years. I don't put a lot of emphasis on standardized test scores, but I'm thankful that this news at least brings attention to what I've witnessed firsthand for the last two years. Our students are struggling.

Math scores dropped more significantly than reading. Of course. Math is cumulative. You don't fully understand fractions, you don't understand ratios, percentages, decimals, etc.. The fourth grader who learned virtually during the 2020-21 school year likely entered fifth grade with low retention of multidigit multiplication, long division, fractions, etc..

Most of us breathed a collective sigh of relief when schools went back to in-person learning last year. But that newly-minted fifth grader spent the year trying to keep up with newly-introduced fifth-grade skills, having never fully mastered fourth grade foundational math. Fast forward to the current school year, and that fifth grader is in his/her first year of middle school, still trying to keep their head above water.

Every single student I have taught or tutored who completed their 2020-21 school year virtually and then returned to public schools, has had limited retention of math skills over the past two years.

And every article I've read regarding the NAEP scores has echoed the sentiments of our Secretary of Education -- "Miguel Cardona called the results "appalling and unacceptable" in a call with reporters. "This is a moment of truth for education," he said. "How we respond to this will determine not only our recovery, but our nation's standing in the world.'"

This isn't the fault of our teachers. Around here, our local schools built in 3-4 weeks of "review" at the start of last school year. That's it. A nod to the learning loss that occurred the previous year, but a drop in the bucket in terms of the support that our students truly needed and deserved.

But what's a teacher to do? A 6th grade math teacher's job is to teach 6th grade math. He/she is charged with ensuring that all 6th graders learn the standards set forth by the state. They have approximately 40 minutes a day with about 25-30 kids in a room, and the unspoken expectation was that they could essentially reteach the most important skills from the previous year AND simultaneously cover all of their grade-level-specific standards as well.

What many of our students really needed was a re-do. A year to re-learn what they hadn't had an opportunity to master previously. What most of our teachers needed - and still do, is more support, time, autonomy to do what they know is best for their students, and (in a dream world) smaller class sizes.

I doubt most of that will be reflected in whatever new "plan" is devised by the educational-powers-that-be, but it's my two cents.

Our students need help.

https://www.npr.org/2022/10/24/1130629135/naep-test-covid

There's so many reasons I'm grateful for the opportunity to be a self-employed teacher -- too many to list in one post. ...
10/01/2022

There's so many reasons I'm grateful for the opportunity to be a self-employed teacher -- too many to list in one post. But these two (plus the littlest one, not pictured) are among the most significant. Grateful for the extra together time it provides us each morning and afternoon (well, most days, anyway 🙃).

And grateful thay they're young enough to think twinning with me is super cool. 🙌

Two weeks in and hitting our stride! We've adjusted to our new routines, spent time getting to know one another, started...
09/21/2022

Two weeks in and hitting our stride! We've adjusted to our new routines, spent time getting to know one another, started our first novels, and Brody has proven himself our most popular (and disruptive) student. 🙂

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