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Locations
880 Manhattan Beach Blvd.
Suite. 102
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
310.546.2408
Study Hut | Redondo Beach
210 Avenue I Suite D
Redondo Beach, CA 90277
310.540.5888
Study Hut | El Segundo
137 Arena St.
El Segundo, CA 90245
310.648.8526
Academic Coaching (K-5)
Our goal at the Study Hut is an environment both disciplined and casual. If that sounds like an oxymoron, it isn’t. If any of us — child or adult — hopes to do something well, we first have to plan how we’re going to do it. Strategy and structure must come first. Yet we find that a lotof students g et frustrated by this first step. They try to sidestep it, dismissing it as pointless. Obviously we understand the point, but there is no way that students can when they only understand discipline as a means of coercing them into doing it right (ask any child what the word “discipline” means, and most likely he or she will answer: punishment).
Fear is productivity’s worst enemy. We hate fear; we reject it — that’s why our approach is casual. We’d like students to see the good things that will come if they developdiscipline, rather than the bad things that will happen if they don’t.
Also, just as “disciplined” and “casual” are two of our favorite words, so is “accountable.” To us, accountability means honesty and a well-grounded sense of cause and effect, act and consequence. Each of our students is paired with one tutor who gets to know his or her personality, strengths, and weaknesses. Our students learn that when they don’t do what’s asked of them, they’ll have to answer for it; and more idealistically, when they do something well, they’ll be praised for it. Of course, this calls for parents to participate as well. Our greatest successes have always depended on parents who are willing to commit to these same ideals. This way, students understand discipline and accountability as values that apply to their whole lives, not just to the few hours a week that they spend with us.
On the academic front, there is no winning without discipline and accountability. But when students are taught how to cultivate these traits on their own, they can move on to developing the skills they’ll need to succeed in middle school and beyond: note-taking, outlining, annotating, and when necessary, memorizing. Once equipped with those skills, they find that they can actually enjoy school. And that is, of course, the real reward.
"Study Hut is a fun place where I can come to get help with anything for school, and get ahead on homework. The tutors don't bore me to tears, but they help me understand anything what I am having problems with. My grades have shot up, and they have continued to stay that way. I expect to keep coming through my senior year."
Samantha Shipp, 8th grade Hermosa Valley School
"Study Hut is a great, casual tutoring service that lets you get help when you see fit. Study Hut not only brought up my grades but helped me finish my homework faster."
Chelsea Wells, 11th grade MCHS