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Summer is upon us with Memorial Day weekend. Most students around Metro Atlanta are out of school for the summer. It's time to let our kids take the summer off, isn't it? Or is it?

If your son or daughter plans to attend college, he or she needs to take the SAT and/or the ACT as a junior. Students who want the best scholarships should apply for them based on scores earned before fall of their senior years. That might mean taking the tests more than once. Some programs offer classes which help prepare students to do well on these tests. They often teach strategies and practice taking tests. However, some students need or want individualized instruction based on their specific weaknesses or concepts they missed along the way.

One of my students is aiming at being my most improved student. His goal is to achieve a nearly perfect score in the SAT. Even in honor classes he has missed specific concepts he needs for the writing and reading parts of the test. I have been filling in those areas for him for the past 3 months. He reported a nearly perfect score for the Advanced Placement tests he took weeks ago.
He wants to beat the student who raised her score on the verbal sections by 100 points.

If you aren't ready to hire a tutor, purchase SAT and ACT practice books and have your student work through them over the summer. That means putting the video games down and reading test questions and then studying the explanations with the answers. Studying the explanations is more important than reading the answer sheets. Once school starts students are usually busy with school and extra-curricular activities, sports, music and even studying.

Many students will learn there is a need to study vocabulary words and practice reading the selections. Grammar and mechanics reviews are necessary for good scores. And then there is the essay portion of the tests.

Maybe your high school student needs to study some during the summer.