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WELCOME TO PRIMERS

Strong preparation leads to success. Give your child a competitive academic advantage with our AP Primers! Our Primers provide students with essential foundational knowledge and skills before their course enrollment, positioning them to thrive from Day 1. Let your child hangout with friends while studying. We highly encourage students to enroll with friends to sharpen their collaboration skills necessary for college and beyond.

*All Primers are now offered YEAR-ROUND! Reach out to get started today!*

**Please note that for each primer, we will only be able to offer it if we get a minimum of 2 students to register (max 5)**

AP U.S. History Primer

  • Colonial Era & Early Republic - European colonization, Revolutionary War, Constitution, and early national development

  • Expansion & Civil War Era - Westward expansion, slavery debates, sectional tensions, and Civil War/Reconstruction

  • Industrial Age & Progressive Era - Immigration, urbanization, labor movements, and Progressive reforms (1870-1920)

  • Modern America & Global Conflicts - World Wars, Great Depression, Cold War, and civil rights movements

  • AP Exam Skills - Document analysis, essay writing strategies, and practice with DBQs and LEQs

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AP Chemistry Primer

  • Atomic Structure & Bonding - Electron configuration, periodic trends, and chemical bonds

  • Stoichiometry & Reactions - Mole calculations, balancing equations, and limiting reactants

  • Solutions & Acids/Bases - Concentration problems, pH calculations, and titrations

  • Thermochemistry & Gases - Enthalpy, calorimetry, and gas law applications

  • AP Exam Skills - Test strategies and practice with AP-style questions

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AP Psychology Primer

  • Biological Bases & Sensation/Perception - Brain structure, neurotransmitters, sensory processes, and perceptual organization

  • Learning & Memory - Classical/operant conditioning, cognitive processes, memory, and forgetting

  • Cognition & Development - Problem solving, language, intelligence, lifespan developmental stages

  • Personality & Abnormal Psychology - Personality theories, psychological disorders, and treatment approaches

  • AP Exam Skills - FRQ strategies, research methods analysis, and practice with AP-style questions

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AP Government Primer

  • Constitutional Foundations - Federalism, separation of powers, checks & balances, and Bill of Rights

  • Political Institutions - Congress, presidency, judiciary, and bureaucracy structure and functions

  • Civil Rights & Liberties - 1st Amendment freedoms, due process, equal protection, and landmark cases

  • Political Participation - Elections, voting behavior, political parties, interest groups, and media influence

  • AP Exam Skills - FRQ strategies, data analysis, argumentative and concept application essays

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AP Precalculus Primer

  • Functions & Their Graphs - Function types, transformations, compositions, and inverse functions

  • Polynomial & Rational Functions - Factoring, zeros, end behavior, and asymptotes (ALL)

  • Exponential & Logarithmic Functions - Growth/decay models, log properties, and applications

  • Trigonometry & Periodic Functions - Unit circle, graphs, and solving trigonometric equations (TRIG IDENTITIES!)

  • AP Exam Skills - Graphing calculator techniques and practice with AP-style questions

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AP Calculus Primer

  • Limits & Continuity - Evaluating limits, continuity conditions, and intermediate value theorem

  • Derivatives & Applications - Differentiation rules, related rates, optimization, and curve analysis

  • Integrals & Applications - Integration techniques, area under curves, and volume calculations

  • Fundamental Theorem of Calculus - Derivatives and integrals relations, net change problems

  • AP Exam Skills - Calculator usage, free response strategies, and practice with AP-style problems

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AP Physics Primer

  • Mechanics & Motion - Kinematics, Newton's laws, energy, momentum, and rotational motion

  • Waves & Sound - Wave properties, interference, standing waves, and Doppler effect

  • Electricity & Magnetism - Electric fields, circuits, magnetic forces, and electromagnetic induction

  • Thermodynamics & Modern Physics - Heat transfer, gas laws, and atomic structure

  • AP Exam Skills - Problem-solving strategies and practice with AP-style questions

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Spanish & French Language - please Message Us for details!

We now offer Spanish and French language tutoring to middle and high schoolers. Our language Masters are native speakers and are seasoned teachers at various Independent Schools of the San Francisco Bay Area (private schools). They would be delighted to help sharpen your fluency! 

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