High School Parents
“C. was accepted to W—-!!! Thank you so much for all the support and advice this year. I appreciate everything you’ve done to help get her there. Have a wonderful holiday weekend, and thank you again for your help, C.!”
Parent of daughter accepted to an East Coast Prep High School
“S. got accepted to all three high schools with academic scholarships! Thank you for helping him breakdown the ISEE and HSPT Test Prep and application process to three different schools. “
-Parent of son accepted to Top Tier Private High Schools in the Greater Houston Area
“P.R.I.A. Education Solutions did an outstanding job helping us work through the ‘kinks’ of high school. Everyone was professional and caring. They listened and provided invaluable assistance. P.R.I.A. Education Solutions is very knowledgeable, practical, enthusiastic, and supportive… because of their efforts, we now feel our fears were phantom ones. Dr. Wolf deserves our highest praise…we know our daughter and her parents (us) are in good hands.“
Parents of High School daugther in an international education program dealing with acute anxiety
“P.R.I.A. Education Solutions educators, mentors, and consultants offer a unique and simple approach to understanding, teaching and mentoring teens and young adults.”
Parent of a student athlete in competitive High Shool stuggling to balance College Prep academics and 6A University Interscholatstic League (UIL) classification
College Application Process
“P.R.I.A. helped me stay organized and together during my college application process. They made the whole process a breeze and enjoyable! Mary Ellen and LeeAnne are the absolute best!” -Former P.R.I.A. student currently a Junior in college
“If it weren’t for P.R.I.A. I would never have been able to transfer and get into an amazing business school! I was so worried and nervous and when my mom told me she found a small group of educators to help, she was right! They are amazing.”
-Former P.R.I.A. student currently a Senior in college
“I would have never been able to finish my college essays without the help of P.R.I.A.! They made me show up no matter what!” -Former P.R.I.A. student currently a Sophomore in college
“I seriously would not have ever completed the college application process without P.R.I.A.’s help! They helped with essays, interviews, and deadlines! It was so overwhelming and LeeAnne and Mary Ellen helped me not feel frozen.”
-Former P.R.I.A. student currently a Sophomore in college
Academica & Professional
Harvard Research Team requested permission to use Mary Ellen’s remarks regarding the course Teaching for Understanding
“As an IB MYP workshop leader, consultant, and mentor, the concepts in TfU help simplify the focus on standardized testing and put the focus back on trying to get parents and educators (teachers and administrators) alike to communicate to each other on what they want their children to ‘get’ in school. It is a fine line, especially in large urban schools, as many children and teachers are in one building. When I start talking about Teaching for Understanding to educators and administrators…I get blank looks. I have to get the book and then when I mention…Harvard online course…WIDE World…I get a different expression. Half the time, I feel like a one-woman crusader until I go to an IB workshop and discuss the concepts/teaching strategies from TfU where discussions about connections to student learning are understood…” -WIDE World, Harvard Graduate School of Education 2006
“Mary Ellen was an educational consultant on _____________ at its inception and has also been my role model for working with teens and tweens – not only as a professional but also as a mom. She is straightforward with them and can get on their level. Because of this, she can win their confidence and move them further in their growth, whether educationally or personally (or becoming her friend on Facebook!). Not everyone has the gift of working with tweens, teenagers, and young adults between the ages of 11-26, but Mary Ellen does
Greater Houston Business owner utilizing P.R.I.A. for educational consultation
Acknowledgements in Books
“I want to thank…in particular, many of the teachers at Lanier Middle School in HISD have been a part of my professional life for more than three years. As we’ve worked together, their conversations, questions, comments, suggestions, and insights have directed my thinking in more ways than they’ve ever imagined. I owe a tremendous thanks to each of them: …Mary Ellen Wolf, LeeAnne Dilabio…these dedicated teachers generously shared their time and expertise with me.” -Kylene Beers, Ph.D. Author and Professor
Acknowledgment in When Kids Can’t Read: What Teachers Can Do A Guide for Teachers 6-12
FASFA & Scholarship Assistance
“Thanks for ALL of your timely assistance with this stuff! We would have never figured out how to navigate the FASFA and the college scholarship sites without your help.”
Parent of two P.R.I.A. students who received Collegiate Academic Scholarships
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