PALM BEACH COUNTY STUDENTS STAR IN VIDEO SERIES TO HELP PEERS SUCCEED IN SCHOOL
Potomac, MD, January 29, 2013 – Top achieving Palm Beach County high school students are sharing their personal secrets to academic success to help others excel in school. A new YouTube video series Secrets of Successful Students is designed to help students throughout Palm Beach County and across the nation. The short videos feature successful students, including Wellington, FL students, teaching their peers the tips and tricks they use to achieve academic success. The featured students are tutors for PeerGenius Tutors, a local tutoring service that created and funded the series.
According to a national survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation in 2010, 8-18 year-olds use entertainment media an average of 7 hours and 38 minutes in a typical day. “With students spending so much time online, PeerGenius wanted to add some valuable educational content to that platform,” said Peter Traub, Vice President of PeerGenius Tutors. “The idea for the video series came about because we know how much our tutors have to share with other students when they work one-on-one with them and wanted to provide this information on a broader scope to help more people.”
The company suggests the video topics and the tutors create the content, sharing their real life experience and making the advice their own. The first video in the series is “Conquering a Full Night of Homework.” The video was written and recorded by Emma Green, a senior at A.W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts. In addition to her job as a PeerGenius tutor, Emma is Editor in Chief of the Yearbook and Captain of the track team at A.W. Dreyfoos. “I have always loved teaching and helping other students and was excited to share my strategies through the video,” said Emma.
The second video in the series is “How to Start the Semester Strong,” created and recorded by Svetha Mohan, a PeerGenius tutor and junior in the International Baccalaureate Program at Atlantic Community High School in Delray Beach. “This is such a unique way to help other students and I am glad to be part of the project,” said Svetha. Emma Green and Svetha Mohan, are both Wellington residents.
The video topics are relevant for high school and middle school students and additional videos are planned for the series. Just in time for flu season, an upcoming topic will be “How to Catch Up After Missing a Few Days of School.” Other topics will highlight organization, study skills and memorization techniques. The future videos will feature students from Suncoast High School, Wellington High School, Royal Palm Beach High School and American Heritage School.
The videos can be viewed on the PeerGenius YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/peergenius. Subscribe to PeerGenius Tutors YouTube channel and receive alerts when new videos are posted.
About PeerGenius™ Tutors
PeerGenius™ Tutors is a Maryland based LLC providing individual, private peer tutoring throughout Palm Beach County. PeerGenius™ tutors are high achieving students from local schools who are trained to improve academic performance in all K-12 subjects. Certified PeerGenius™ Tutors are matched with students utilizing GeniusMatch™, a proprietary matching process, to ensure success. Peer tutoring is proven to be an effective and affordable tutoring method.
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