Partners
Beaven and Associates can improve a student's GPA, study skills, test-taking confidence, and standardized test scores. We also offer a limited amount of counseling regarding private school and college admissions, based on our experiences with previous students and with the institutions themselves.
While our office can guide students and their families towards their private school and college admissions goals, we would reccomend the following people for those seeking a more involved and intense counseling experience.
Prep School Admission
Admission Application Assistance
A unique personalized educational consulting service for independent school applicants. Duncan Will
Andover, MA 978-474-3292
Interim Year Options
Where Are You Headed?
Ready to apply to college? Considering a year off before college? Time to transfer to a new school? Hoping to explore new frontiers this summer? There are opportunities on Whereyouheaded.com for high school students, students who are in college, recent graduates, and those who left school behind years ago.
Bob Gilpin
Time Out Associates & Whereyouheaded.com
P.O. Box 503 Milton, MA 02186 617-698-8977
Taking Off
A service for students who are taking time off from the traditional classroom to pursue experiential learning. A process designed to help students clarify interests, define goals, identify options and implement a meaningful and well thought out plan. The difference between stopping out and dropping out is the ability to create a meaningful and well thought out plan. Gail Reardon Taking Off 617-424-1606
College Counseling
Kelleher Cohen Associates
Strategic Planning for Families in Middle School and High School
Andover, MA 978-474-1954
Kreiner Associates
A personalized approach to the school selection process is facilitated by a close working relationship with the student and family. Understanding goals, priorities and interests, as well as the student’s academic abilities and skills, enables Louise Keiner to determine the most appropriate educational environment for each student.
Louise Kreiner, MA, CEP
Kreiner Associates
P.O. Box 949
Amesbury, MA 01917
978-388-1578
Parsons, Parsons, Hackard, and Spense
Private School and College Admissions Counselors
Boston, MA 617-536-4319 (for unscheduled SSAT I & II & ACT, call 617-262-3447)
Essay Help -- for college or graduate school admission
Katharine Webster
Initial consultation lasts 90 minutes and includes editing and discussion of an essay already drafted by the student, or assistance in developing an essay topic and outline. Cost: $150. Follow-up in person or online, as needed. Cost: $75 an hour.
New in January -- Intensive writing workshops
These workshops are designed to improve high school students’ writing and analytic skills through weekly reading and writing assignments, discussion, and critiques by the tutor and other students. Sessions also will include grammar instruction, as needed. Two class meetings will focus on preparation for the writing section of the SAT, but students also will experiment with a variety of nonfiction writing styles from blogging (journaling) to book reviews and descriptive writing. Workshops meet once a week for two hours. A minimum of 4 students and a maximum of 6 will be enrolled in each session. Cost: $900 for 12 weeks.