West Roxbury Small Business Spotlight: Boston Tutoring Center

WEST ROXBURY, MA — For Small Business Saturday, we asked our local business owners to tell us their story, and this one started with an 11-year old and a tough test.

Meet Anne Yount, aka Ms. Anne:

The Boston Tutoring Center (BTC) was founded in 2002 by Ms. Anne when working with her 11 year old son to prepare for the ISEE (Independent Schools Entrance Exam) for the Boston exam school and independent school admissions tests. BTC started offering small group ISEE prep classes in 2004 in Ms. Anne’s home. Ms. Anne developed and taught the verbal test prep curriculum, and Ms. Anne’s husband, Mr. Bob, developed the math test prep curriculum and taught the math classes for the first several years (Mr. Bob has a degree from MIT).
BTC moved to its first office in 2006, and Ms. Anne hired a staff to offer academic tutoring for students in grades K-12, SSAT and HSPT prep (for independent and Catholic high school admission) and SAT and ACT prep. The business outgrew its first office in 2010 and moved to its second location and expanded to offer admission consulting services for independent middle and high school admission. BTC outgrew its second office in 2013 and moved to its current location, and expanded to offer Skype tutoring for clients outside the Boston area.
In 2017 BTC will launch a charity to aid disadvantaged students in gaining admission to exam and independent schools. Also in 2017, Ms. Anne will publish a book entitled: “Private School Admission – Mistakes Parents Make”, to share with readers her 14 years of experience on the dos and don’ts of private school admission.
Today, BTC offers: One-on- one private tutoring for students in grades K-12 for academic subject tutoring (math, English, reading comprehension, writing, biology, chemistry, physics, Latin, Spanish and French); Test preparation for independent, Catholic and exam school middle and high school assessments (ISEE, SSAT and HSPT); College entrance exam test preparation (SAT and ACT); Admission consulting for private middle and high school applicants (school selection, mock interviews, assistance with applications and essays, etc.); Tutoring for college students in math and writing (mostly remedial tutoring); Skype tutoring for clients across the US, Europe and in Central and South America; Educational consulting services for parents looking for help with education issues and school placement decisions.

Photo courtesy Anne Yount