Dear Alex,

  Thank you for a wonderful couple of years. You helped me realize my love for mathematics, and helped me fulfill my potential. Thank you for teaching me Math and teaching me teaching.

Katya R.

MIT student

Thanks Alex,

  I am very grateful to have discovered your program. I think the work you are giving my boys is terrific... challenging and yet fun.

Youngme,

Brookline

  A teacher myself, I was very impressed with the SMART educational approach. The school is providing a very personal approach, considering specific difficulties that each student is facing at school. The director of the school, Alex Shilmover, is spending a tremendous amount of time interacting with the students far beyond the lesson time through the emails, designing his own materials and homework assignments, following very closely to the progress of every student. The level of knowledge that my daughter received exceeded all my expectations. Not only she became more confident at school, but she also ended up loving math as one of the favorite subjects. She is now in college, and interested to become a scientist. Her love for science and math was definitely inspired and developed during the time she spent at SMART.

Svetlana O.

Newton

  SMART school became a part of our daughter’s life 6 years ago. She was 8, when first started attending the school. We are sure, that SMART was the right decision for our daughter, because she loves going to this school. She used to take lessons of Math, Chess and Russian language here. Students at SMART take pride in learning at a more advanced level than many of other schools can offer. All the nice teachers are experts in the subjects they teach. Classes with a small number of students allow each child to get a high level of individual attention. The school is highly responsive to parents’ feedback. We always feel like we are part of study process. We appreciate very much hard work of the talented teachers. Our daughter has significantly improved her math and chess skills. She won awards in all the chess tournaments she has played so far. Study at SMART expanded our child’s intellectual curiosity and capabilities.

Galina A.

Newton

Hi, Alex and Sergey,

  I wanted to share with you the good news about Tyler's acceptance to Dartmouth College, his first choice, along with eight other great schools. You have helped him overcome a fear and aversion to math to the point where he can now, if not love, at least appreciate math's complexities. He has learned to work very hard through his math issues and achieve some success - something he never expected. So again, we offer a heartfelt thank you to you both for your understanding and patience. You will certainly both be in his thoughts as he encounters math throughout his life. On to Dartmouth!

Karen B.

Westwood

Hello Sergei,

  I just wanted to give you an update on things. I have heard from the 13 colleges I applied to this week, and I got into 9 of them, including Dartmouth College, which as you know, was my first choice. I want to thank you, Sergei, for everything you have done. You are a truly wonderful teacher. I am proud to be your student. You made not hate or fear math, and for that I will always be grateful. I wish you the best of luck in the future and sincerely hope that our paths will cross again in the future. Thank you.

Sincerely, Tyler B.

Dartmouth College student