Study Skills are a crucial element of a students success in a new school year! A new year means it is time for new skills, and without strong study skills then it compounds the difficulty that learning new skills can bring.
Middle School
Middle school is where habits form and gaps widen. The students who learn how to organize their notes, manage time, and actually study effectively by eighth grade enter high school with a clear advantage. Those who don’t? They scramble to catch up just as the stakes get higher.
Strong study habits don’t appear overnight. They’re taught, practiced, and refined with support. At AJ Tutoring, we work with middle schoolers to master the academic skills that high school demands—outlining, annotating, self-quizzing, and tracking assignments in a planner that doesn’t just collect dust.
When a student hits freshman year already knowing how to learn, AP classes and test prep don’t seem so intimidating. That’s the compound benefit of early support—it pays off for years.
High School
This is where those new skills become even more important! Academic pressure is ramping up, standardized testing begins, and college applications are due sooner than later. Students have to take those foundational study skills that they developed in middle school and add to them to better prepare themselves to tackle AP courses and exams, as well as their PSAT and SAT exams. Standardized testing requires a unique set of study skills.
Working with a study skills tutor throughout high school can give a student what they need to approach those next four years with confidence, and be better prepared to make that next jump into college level academics.
