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FALL SEMESTER 2024
LYCAL Fall 2024 classes will start on Tuesday, September 3, during weekday after school and weekend (no evening classes). Fall session registration has started, https://www.lycalma.org/registration. Early registration discount is available by 6/2. Additional discounts are available for any student to attend three or more classes each week.
Below is the list of subjects taught with classes arranged by grades. Grade K to 5 Mandarin and math are tutored daily after school as well except Tuesday.
Speech and Debate, Grade 2 to 8
English Reading and/or Writing, Grade 1 to 8
Fun Math (Beast Academy), Grade 1 to 4
Algebra, Grade 5 to 7
Comprehensive Math, Grade 6 to 9
Intermediate Algebra, Grade 8 to 11
Math Olympiads (MOEMS), Grade 2 to 5
Middle School Math competitions, Grade 6 to 8
AMC 10/12, Grade 8 to 11
The Speech/Debate classes are taught by Stuart Pink, a world-class speaker and speech coach. In 2012, he achieved 3rd place in the Toastmasters World Championship of Public Speaking and has won the eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island District Speech Contest four times. He regularly coaches TEDx speakers and speech contest winners and believes that public speaking is an essential skill for success in life and that everyone can learn how to communicate effectively and have fun while doing it.
Elementary school math classes are taught by Yongli Zhang, a professional teacher with 20 plus years of experience in top public schools and a very experienced math competition coaches with a lot of student awards in Math Olympiads both in Beijng and Lexington.
Middle school and high school math classes are taught by John Zhu. Dr. Zhu was the coach for 2016-2018 Diamond School MathCounts team. His team was in the top three in the State during those years (right after Clarke School). There have been LYCAL students advancing to MathCounts National and/or US(J)MO many years before and getting great scores in AMC 8 and AMC 10 in past three years.
The English Reading and Writing classes are taught by Francisco Kondor and Kay Ho. Fran is a teacher in public school currently with 10 plus years experience including five years teaching Mandarin speaking students. Kay is a professional English teacher with 20 plus years’ experience.
There are other teachers and TAs to assist from time to time, https://www.lycalma.org/teachers.
SUMMER SCHOOL 2024
Registration for LYCAL Summer School 2024 is open! Seats are limited to sign up. Apply here or click on the links below for more detailed information.
The 2024 Summer School will run on weekdays from June 17 to August 23. Classes and activities are offered to Grades 1-8 (as of Fall 2024), between 9am to 5pm. Morning classes (9am-12pm) will include Math (Competition Math and Fun Math), Speech & Debate, English Reading or Writing, Drawing, Chinese, and Tennis. Afternoon activities (1-4pm) will include Lego Robotics, Hand Crafts, Chess, and Tennis, etc.
All classrooms have front-to-back airflow, south-facing windows with plenty of sunlight, air conditioning, and bathrooms. A parking lot right outside the classrooms allows for easy drop-off/pick-up. There is easy access from highways I-95/Route 128/Route 3.
It will have small-size classes and group activities and be taught by our experienced instructors. Please look for detailed information or discount options (including early sign up by 4/1, up to 20%) using the links below:
FALL SEMESTER 2023
LYCAL Fall 2023 classes will start on Tuesday, September 5, during weekday after school and weekend (no evening classes). Fall session registration has started, https://www.lycalma.org/registration. Early registration discount is available by 6/15. Additional discounts are available for any student to attend three or more classes each week.
Below is the list of subjects taught with classes arranged by grades. Grade 1 to 5 Mandarin and math is tutored during daily after school as well.
Speech and Debate, Grade 3 to 9
English Reading and/or Writing, Grade 1 to 8
Introduction to Competitive Math, Grade 2 – 3
Math Olympiads (MOEMS), Grade 3 to 6
AMC 8 and MathCounts, Grade 5 to 8
AMC 10/12; Grade 8 to 12
Fun Math (Beast Academy), Grade 1 to 5
Prealgebra, Grade 4 to 6
Algebra Grade 5 to 7
Geometry, Grade 5 to 8
Advanced Math (Algebra, Geometry, Number Theory, and Counting/Probability), Grade 6 to 9
Intermediate Algebra, Grade 8 to 10;
New class tryout is available in the first week for new students. Please contact us in late August to arrange.
The Speech/Debate classes are taught by Stuart Pink, a world-class speaker and speech coach. In 2012, he achieved 3rd place in the Toastmasters World Championship of Public Speaking and has won the eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island District Speech Contest four times. He regularly coaches TEDx speakers and speech contest winners and believes that public speaking is an essential skill for success in life and that everyone can learn how to communicate effectively and have fun while doing it.
Middle school and high school math classes are taught by John Zhu. Dr. Zhu was the coach for 2016-2018 Diamond School MathCounts team. His team was in the top three in the State during those years (right after Clarke School). Recently there have been LYCAL student(s) advancing to MathCounts National and/or US(J)MO most years. More information is available on the Math Achievement page.
Grade K - 5 Fun Math, Math Olympiads, Math Competition, PreAlgebra and after school are taught by Yongli Zhang.
The English Reading and Writing classes are taught by Francisco Kondor and Kay Ho.
There are other teachers and TAs to assist from time to time. All teachers are professional instructors with many years of experience: https://www.lycalma.org/teachers.