Your 8th- 10th-Grader is Smart, but Writing is Overwhelming (psst, it doesn't have to be)!
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☀️ The Summer Portfolio Project
Beat the summer slide, build a competitive edge, and walk into the fall with academic confidence and a completed Career & College Blueprint.
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Whom It Is For: Motivated 9th and 10th-graders who want to master high school writing before the pressure hits by creating:
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a personalized roadmap to the future.
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a dream and a real-world budget.
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professional resumes and formal emails.
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deliverables include: a high-quality, future-focused portfolio to give students a head start in their careers.
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The Format: Collaborative small-group workshops.
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Schedule: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. *Note: The week following July 4th shifts to Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
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Start Dates: Cohorts launch June 9th and August 4th.
📚 VOICE Summer Writing Experience
3-Week Experience · Grades 8–10 · Zoom
Most teens don't hate writing. They hate the blank page, the overwhelm of not knowing where to start, and the pressure of feeling like everyone else gets it but them.
This program changes that for good.
In 9 sessions over 3 weeks, your teen goes from staring at a blank page to finishing a personal essay in their own voice. Something they are proud of. Something that lasts beyond the summer.
What they walk away with:
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A polished 500–650 word personal essay in their own voice
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The complete VOICE writing framework they keep forever
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A Publication Submission Guide and places to submit their essay
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A Scholarship Roadmap for future applications
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Confidence that the blank page is no longer the enemy
9 sessions × 45 minutes · Grades 8–10
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VOICE Future-Focused Writing
School Year Program · Grades 9–10 ·
Writing touches every subject, every test, and every future application. But before a student can write a strong essay, they need a strong foundation.
Grammar, vocabulary, sentence structure: these are the building blocks that most students were never explicitly taught, and the gaps show up every time a writing assignment lands on their desk.
The VOICE curriculum builds that foundation deliberately, one layer at a time, in a small group where every student is seen and no question is too basic.
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Month 1 — Sentence-level foundation including grammar and vocabulary essentials
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Month 2 — Essay structure and organization
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Month 3 — Sophistication, voice, and independent writing confidence
Students can enter at the start of any month. No waiting for a new semester.
2 lessons per week · 45 minutes per session · CCSS 9–10 Aligned · Small group
Academic Mindset Coaching
Coming Soon · Weekly Sessions · High School Age
Grades and writing skills matter. But sometimes what is really standing between a teen and their potential has nothing to do with the assignment in front of them.
This is a weekly space where teens learn to identify what is actually getting in their way and build the mindset tools to move through it. Rooted in evidence-based life-coaching principles, each session tackles the real blockers that show up in school and in life every day.
Topics we cover:
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Procrastination and Motivation: Motivation is a feeling you can learn to create, not something you wait for.
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Relationships and Social Pressure: How people-pleasing affects your focus, and how to set boundaries with friends, social media, and distractions.
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Emotional Regulation: Managing anxiety before tests, presentations, and deadlines, and what to do when overwhelm shuts you down completely.
Your teen does not need to have it all figured out. They just need the right tools and a safe place to practice using them.
Weekly sessions · Group coaching · High School
WE NEED TO PROTECT TEENS' FUTURES:
Now more than ever
Hi, I'm Blu.
I am a Master's-trained educator, a certified life coach, and a mom of three. I spent over two decades in the classroom with students I adored. Since then, I have watched the broader educational landscape shift in ways that leave smart, capable teens without the individualized support they need to truly master writing.
In crowded classrooms, there is simply no room for the feedback that writing actually requires. But traditional one-on-one tutoring is not always the answer either. For many teenagers, sitting alone with an adult for an hour feels awkward, intense, and isolating — more like being under a microscope than learning a skill.
This is why I created opportunities for teens such as the VOICE programs. You can read more about the approach behind them in the Triad of Learning Success below.
What sets my approach apart is my life-coaching background. I do not just teach teens how to write the essay. I teach them how to overcome perfectionism and procrastination, manage anxiety around deadlines and presentations, and communicate confidently with their teachers.
My goal is simple: help high schoolers stop dreading writing and start building the skills that carry them through high school, the SATs, college applications, and everything beyond.
1. Strategy
Writing without a framework is like driving to an unknown destination without a GPS. Our school-year program starts with foundational grammar and vocabulary, building from the ground up to meet each student's needs. Every student begins with a free onboarding assessment so we know where to start and can measure real growth over time.
2. Environment
Our small groups are the sweet spot. Not too big to get lost (like public school), not too small to lose peers' energy (which is boring like 1:1). Community, care, and connection are part of the method.
3. Mindset
Strategy and environment work together to build something grades alone cannot: real confidence. That confidence follows students into every classroom and every challenge beyond it.