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College Application Essays--Individualized or Small Group Support

Students get individualized mentoring as they write their college essays. Each class is customized for what your learner needs.
Lemons-Aid Learning
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1 live meeting
25 mins in-class hours
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1-2 hours per week. Students work on developing and writing their college essay between classes.

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US Grade 11 - 12
This class session can be taken after students have completed the 4-module college essay course. We have a live and a FLEX version. If you would rather, students can replace that class with four of these 1-1's. Send a message to Mrs. Lemons to customize a schedule for you alone or with a friend! 

The biggest struggle students have with the college essay is getting started! The best way to do that is to take either the live version or asynchronous version of this class (both are linked below). Those two classes build a foundation and we will make great progress once that is done. 

The next problem students have is developing their idea and fleshing it out in the form of a personal narrative. To do this, the best way to support them is to have 1-1 time with Mrs. Lemons. She will talk through options, ask lots of questions, and push students to generate ideas. This class is what we need to do here! 

After that, students need help with revisions and edits. We can do this over email for as long as they need (included free with the cost of this class), or we can meet live again. 

Once that's done, it's time to fine-tune, and add some of the wow-factors to the essay. For example, students may need help with descriptive writing, figurative language, blending narrative elements, and crafting sentences that stand out from among almost all other high school writers. 

Live course: 
https://outschool.com/classes/college-application-essays-a-workshop-to-get-it-done-swgVVYSv?usid=0BAnv5zn&signup=true&utm_campaign=share_activity_link

FLEX course: 
https://outschool.com/classes/college-application-essays-get-it-done-KvXF2Zsa?usid=0BAnv5zn&signup=true&utm_campaign=share_activity_link

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Pennsylvania Teaching Certificate in English/Language Arts
Kimberly Parinisi
New York Teaching Certificate in English/Language Arts
Kimberly Parinisi
Pennsylvania Teaching Certificate in English/Language Arts
Jenn Riale
Washington Teaching Certificate in English/Language Arts
Karen Lemons
Washington Teaching Certificate in Social Studies/History
Karen Lemons
Washington Teaching Certificate in Foreign Language
Karen Lemons
Missouri Teaching Certificate
Ali Marie
Tennessee Teaching Certificate in Science
Danielle Mortimore
Master's Degree in Education from Liberty University
Karen Lemons
Master's Degree in Education from Western Governors University
Danielle Mortimore
Bachelor's Degree from Purdue University
Becky Padgett
Bachelor's Degree in Education from Philadelphia College of Bible
Kimberly Parinisi
Bachelor's Degree in Education from Millersville University
Jenn Riale
Bachelor's Degree in Education from Liberty University
Kristen Freeman
Bachelor's Degree in English from Florida State University
Karen Lemons
Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education from Missouri State University
Ali Marie
Bachelor's Degree in Music from Western Connecticut State University
Blake Dahlmeyer
Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and Government from Patrick Henry College
Brian Smyth
Bachelor's Degree in Biology/Biological Sciences from Middle Tennessee State University
Danielle Mortimore
Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics from University of Northwestern - St. Paul
Kendra Mancuso
Since Feb 2021, Lemons-Aid Learning has been ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐Ÿฑ,๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ. We are grateful for the relationship we have with our learners and parents, which is how we retain that distinction. Students and parents return to Lemons-Aid for high-quality classes, exceptional teachers, an engaging curriculum, and fun atmospheres. We are honored by the trust parents have in Lemons-Aid, and we intend to continue with these powerful partnerships. Thank you to our parents and students. We ๐Ÿ’› you!

๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ. Here, Lemons-Aid Learning has a mission to equip learners so that they can accomplish their goals and realize their dreams. 

๐Ÿšจ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐— ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ-๐—”๐—œ๐—— ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—™๐—จ๐—ก๐—— ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—–๐—ฌ We are generous because we know how difficult the homeschooling schedule is! We want to offer you the chance to get early-bird discounts along with the flexibility to make a change. We will refund your money for any reason up until 14 days before class begins. To withdraw your learner and get a refund, reach out to Karen Lemons. 

**Please Note: If you need credentials (teacher degree or license) for your ESA or charter, we can provide you with them. Just ask!**

๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€-๐—”๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป.
โค๏ธ They love their students and value each of their unique strengths and personalities that make our classes special. Our classes can be described as fun, personal, academic, challenging, and supportive. 
๐Ÿคฉ We work to keep learners engaged, so there is always a degree of student accountability for their attention and focus, whether that be through asking them direct questions or by using the chatbox. 
๐Ÿ’ญ We know all kids can learn, but sometimes things are hard! To support students, we teach them how to develop effective thinking and learning habits that will bring them success in class and in life. 
๐ŸŒŸ Building relationships with students so they know we care about them helps us balance the high expectations we have for them regarding their effort, work quality, and behavior. Our students are encouraged, cared for, and they achieve! 

๐Ÿ‹ใ€ฐ๏ธใ€ฐ๏ธMEET OUR TEACHERSใ€ฐ๏ธใ€ฐ๏ธ๐Ÿ‹

๐™†๐˜ผ๐™๐™€๐™‰ ๐™‡๐™€๐™ˆ๐™Š๐™‰๐™Ž: English Language Arts
#๐˜๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ-๐˜Œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜บ #๐˜š๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ #๐˜Œ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ #๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ #๐˜๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ
Karen is the Founder of Lemons-Aid. She has a bachelor's degree in English, a minor in Education, and a master's degree in Education Administration from Liberty University. With a teaching certificate and a principal's license in both Washington and Colorado, she has many years of experience teaching English Language Arts and History / Social Studies at the middle school and high school levels. Additionally, she is TESOL and TEFL certified and enjoys teaching English Language Learners from all over the world. She has worked in private and public schools at every level and is currently an affiliate faculty member at Colorado Christian University, supervising teacher candidates in their undergraduate and graduate teacher education programs. She is a teacher of teachers. A retired homeschool mom herself, she admits that teaching other people's kids is easier than teaching her own! She has three grown boys, and since they grew up, she went out and got a puppy. A boy puppy. She lives in the Richmond, Virginia area, but her heart is still in Colorado with the Broncos, Avs, and the Rockies.  
๐ŸŽฅKaren's Intro Video: 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RpKplHP0Etp2vHuLqpPRnTFZ0zptttUh/view?usp=sharing

๐‘ฑ๐‘ฌ๐‘ต๐‘ต ๐‘น๐‘ฐ๐‘จ๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ: English Language Arts
#๐˜Œ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ #๐˜’๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ #๐˜Œ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ #๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต #๐˜™๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜–๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ
As a certified English teacher, Jenn has taught in some capacity over the course of the past twenty-five years. She has taught middle school and high school English classes in both private and public school settings, tutored international ESL students online, developed and taught literature and public speaking classes for a local homeschool co-op, and homeschooled her own two children. Jenn has a bachelorโ€™s degree in English Education. A strong believer in lifelong learning, Jenn has also taken several graduate-level courses related to teaching. Jenn enjoys spending time with her husband, Mark, and their two teenagers. She enjoys taking day trips close to where they live in upstate New York. In her spare time, Jenn enjoys singing and performing in plays. Additionally, she enjoys curling up on the sofa to read a good book. More than likely, one of her four cats will be curled up at her feet.
๐ŸŽฅ Jenn's Intro Video: 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UQV07XL7goFExbsegCZfvA2t6VCFBfkI/view?usp=sharing

๐™†๐™๐™„๐™Ž๐™๐™€๐™‰ ๐™๐™๐™€๐™€๐™ˆ๐˜ผ๐™‰: Elementary
#๐˜๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ #๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ #๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ
Kristen has a Bachelor's Degree in Education with a minor in child psychology from Liberty University. For nearly a decade, she has worked in elementary school classrooms, as a private tutor, and as an online ELL teacher. While passionate about education in general, her favorite subjects to both study and teach are reading, grammar, and writing. She and her husband are actively involved in a church where she works as a Sunday School teacher and Children's Ministry teacher to ages 4-6. No matter where she is teaching, Kristen tries to find ways to connect with her students and to create an exciting classroom that builds a passion for education. It is her desire to not only teach a subject but also to foster a love of learning which inspires students to want to learn more even once the class is completed. Kristen lives in Virginia with her husband, daughter, and their new baby boy! In her spare time, Kristen loves to create teaching content such as interactive lesson plans, worksheets, and more! She also enjoys doing family outings and crafting.
๐ŸŽฅ Kristen's Intro Video: 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fxxtRNOF8C8GYAofkkS9k5aaFDokOIpQ/view?usp=sharing 

๐™ˆ๐™๐™Ž. ๐˜ผ๐™‡๐™„: Elementary
#๐˜Œ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ #๐˜๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ #๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต #๐˜’๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ #๐˜Œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ
Ali has a Bachelorโ€™s Degree in Early Childhood Education and has worked with children over the last 11 years. She taught for 6 years in public school, 2 years in Kindergarten and 4 years in First Grade. She has worked as a reading tutor and ESL teacher online for the last 4 years; she has also tutored children in-person in reading, writing, and STEM. Ali believes that every child is a natural learner; she believes that an educatorโ€™s goal is to engage each child in the way that they learn best! She is passionate about creating a safe and FUN environment that teaches the whole child. Each time she enters a classroom, whether it is in-person or online, you can find her singing, playing games, and making learning fun. Ali lives in Missouri, near St. Louis with her husband and fur-child (an 80 lb. German Shepherd who doesnโ€™t know how big he is). In her free time she loves reading, writing, crafts, hiking, working out, and spending time with my family.
๐ŸŽฅ Ali's Intro Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19n8kcOmVirYJSg2zwt-t1moHU0BB4yqD/view?usp=sharing

๐™†๐™„๐™ˆ๐˜ฝ๐™€๐™๐™‡๐™” ๐™‹๐˜ผ๐™๐™„๐™‰๐™„๐™Ž๐™„: English
#๐˜Œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค #๐˜’๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ #๐˜Œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ #๐˜ˆ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค #๐˜Œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค #๐˜Ž๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ
Kim loves life, loves people, and loves learning!  She views each student as a team member with his or her own unique talents, skills and life experience to bring to the group. She loves helping students expand their knowledge and sharpen their skills to reach their greatest potential. Kim has a Bachelor's degree from Cairn University in secondary Education with certification in English (NY and PA) and endorsement in music. Her classroom experience has focused on English, PE and Bible education, but she has tutored in a variety of areas including ESL, special ed, math, history, science and music (piano and voice). She lives in northeast PA with her wonderful family. She has homeschooled all of her seven children. The youngest five are still in school and ensure that every day is an adventure. Kim also coaches intramural and competitive sports throughout the year. She loves music, sports, reading and taking long walks up her dirt road admiring wildflowers, listening to birds and reflecting on what she is learning in life!
๐ŸŽฅ Kim's Intro Video: 
https://youtu.be/YqNsGJzGqqY

๐˜ฝ๐™‡๐˜ผ๐™†๐™€ ๐˜ฟ๐˜ผ๐™ƒ๐™‡๐™ˆ๐™€๐™”๐™€๐™: Music
#๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค #๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด #๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ #๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค #๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ
Blake holds a Bachelor's of Music in Jazz Studies from Western Connecticut State University. He's been producing, performing, and teaching music to people of all ages for over 10 years. In addition to teaching, he regularly performs, writes, records, produces, and mixes various music projects of my own and for other artists and clients. He's deeply passionate about music and creating and loves to share the joy and knowledge of how to express oneself musically with his students. His classroom is lively, lighthearted, and upbeat. You can expect lots of encouragement while he gives feedback and pointers to improve. He aims to cultivate your creativity, stretch your musicality, and hone in on what sparks your musical curiosity. He loves to laugh with his wife and to be with his family and the friends that may as well be family. He loves to create, whether in the form of music, or writing, or drawing, or painting. He enjoys that process.
 ๐ŸŽฅ Blake's Intro Video: https://youtube.com/shorts/E1oe7jFrBAA?feature=share

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