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At Presidio Education®, we primarily focus on teaching our students English language, literature, writing and critical thinking skills. However, due to continued requests from students and parents, we have expanded our training to a variety of challenging subjects. We take great care in hiring teachers specifically educated and qualified in their respective fields. Our priority is to provide quality education and will only accept lesson requests if we are confident that we are proficient in the requested subject matter.
Humanities
Students must learn a wealth of topics concerning human society and culture. Along with laying the foundation for strong research, note-taking and time management skills, humanities students will learn crucial writing skills necessary for English Language and Literature classes.
English Language and Literature
Elite English language and literature skills take significant dedication. Students must learn advanced vocabulary, literal and figurative language, literary and rhetorical devices, and sharper analytical strategies. We love teaching complex passages, poetry, abstract concepts and rhetoric.
English Writing
Our writing process begins with teaching how to brainstorm original topics and arguments. We teach students how to write with power in order to stop any potential counterarguments before they are even proposed. We also provide intense written feedback and corrections.
Social Science
Social science training boosts a plethora of skills. Students learn new cultures, societies and systems. Teaching students how to gauge global, historical and social issues from a variety of opposing perspectives truly encourages students to think holistically and objectively.
Government and Politics
We train our students hard to think and argue tactically. While building a solid framework of laws, policies and rules, we teach students how to be both book smart and street smart. This largely comes from our experienced faculty that worked in American government and politics.
Debate and Mock Trial Skills
Our faculty has actual courtroom experience working in the American criminal justice system. Learning legal terms, laws, investigative reporting, relevant evidence, and debate and trial skills from our teachers will help students build powerful argument skills.
Economics
We receive a lot of requests for economics training, especially for Advanced Placement (AP) Macroeconomics and AP Microeconomics. Please read more from Wayne Man, Math and Social Science Teacher, one of our very popular economics teachers.
mathematics
We are very strict with teaching mathematics. Instead of allowing students to default to calculators, we push them hard to be less calculator-dependent. We do not simply reveal answers because to build academic confidence, students must learn to be tenacious with difficult questions.
Chinese language and culture
Per growing requests from parents and students, we started opening Chinese language classes, led by Lucy Liu, Chinese Language and Culture Teacher. Currently, all of our Advanced Placement (AP) Chinese Language and Culture students have earned perfect AP 5 scores after our training.