"Mary Lou and her husband David tutored my high school
student daughter for a full school year.
Mary Lou focused on enhancing her study skills and David applied
and reinforced those skills to the math curriculum. Both were uniformly supportive in
assisting my daughter and encouraging and reinforcing attainment of
sustained abilities. They were
practical in using assignments from school coupled with Learning to
Learn exercises in order to have outcomes reflected in improved
grades. This reinforced a positive
sense of self-esteem and dedication to the tutoring sessions. They each related to my daughter in
different ways and both established a great working relationship with
her. They were flexible in
accommodating her schedule and come well recommended."
Russ A.
Duxbury, MA
"It is with great pleasure that I write this letter of
recommendation for Mary Lou Rossano-Collier.
Our 10-year-old daughter needed help with her study and organizational
skills as well as vocabulary and sequencing. Mary Lou worked with our
daughter for an hour after school twice a week for the second half of
last year and the results were great. Our daughter showed significant
improvement in almost every subject on her final report card. I feel that
Mary Lou’s expertise in organizational
skills really helped our daughter to excel in every subject.
A comprehensive learning style assessment really helped us
to identify appropriate teaching methods that could be integrated into
our daughter’s individual education program.
As a result, math homework and math facts became routine for each
session and dictionary work really helped with vocabulary. This was a
major part of our daughter’s preparation for middle
school.
Mary Lou also helped are daughter prepare and edit her
writing sample for the entrance exam for the private school she now
attends. It should be noted that one of four applicants are accepted and
that the exam is a significant consideration component of the application
process.
Overall, we are very happy to have found Mary Lou and would
not hesitate to use her in the future should any of our children need
tutoring."
Sincerely,
Christopher B.
Duxbury, MA
"Mrs. R-C tutored our 6th grade son. She worked on reading comprehension and
organization. She showed our son
how to study for tests. Mrs. R-C
helped our son make sure he had all of his homework assignments completed
and passed in on time. As a result
our son was much more prepared for the work he would have in 7th
grade. We were very pleased with
the results of the tutoring sessions."
Lisa T.
Plymouth, MA
Mary Lou tutored our daughter this past spring and
summer. She used the SQ3R
Reading/Study Program in conjunction with the 9th grade Biology book
which was very helpful. Mary Lou
was eager and excited to teach the program which is a great quality in a
tutor. Mary Lou was always
punctual and professional with our daughter. The Duxbury Free Library location is
very conducive to studying. Mary
Lou has excellent communication skills not only with her students, but
with the parents as well. I also
appreciated Mary Lou's ability to be flexible when something unexpected
came up. She was always willing to
adjust and help us with our schedule.
Our daughter learned quite a bit from the SQ3R program
particularly because Mary Lou has such great tutoring qualities."
"David also tutored our daughter in Biology during the
summer. David was most helpful
going over the basics of biology and introducing her to what she could
expect in her coming school year.
David was patient and calm in a subject many may find
intimidating. This was helpful to
our daughter. David was very
flexible and accommodating and we love the library location for their
tutoring sessions.”
Joanne M.
Duxbury, MA
"Mrs. Rossano-Collier tutored
me, as an adult, in the skills of the English Language. She worked on vocabulary, grammar,
punctuation, greetings and social conversation. Mrs. Rossano-Collier
helped me with understanding the spoken language and writing
English. Mrs. Rossano-Collier
helped me feel more comfortable in social situations. She offered to assist me in the
community and with neighbors. She
was always patient and very kind to me.
I will miss Mrs. Rossano-Collier when I
return to Japan and my family. I
hope to come to visit Plymouth again."
Hatsumi H.
Japan
"Mrs. Rossano-Collier tutored
our son during the spring and then again during the summer. She worked on organization skills as
they would apply to 7th grade (Middle School). She also helped our son with daily
homework and preparing for tests.
Test grades improved as our son learned how to study. Our son began to enjoy school more as a
result of the positive tutoring sessions and better grades. Mary Lou's husband also tutored our son
for the next hour. He worked on
6th grade math. He used a lap top
which our son really enjoyed. He
was very patient explaining the homework and going over the class
work. My husband and I were very
pleased with the tutoring."
Carol and John J.
Plymouth, MA