Pleasanton Tutoring

We could not be happier with Pleasanton Tutoring, and our AP World tutor, Geoff. AP World is a unique beast of a class and Geoff helped my son to understand the trajectory of world history and how events fit together, allowing him to create connections and promote understanding he would not have had before, resulting in tremendous success grade-​wise in the class. My son loved working with him and we have already reserved Geoff for AP US History as a result.

We are so delighted that Sonal G. is tutoring our son in Precalculus.
In a short amount of time, his grade went from a C+ to an A-​. He is a dedicated student who was visibly relieved once his grade was a solid «B». Having an“A-” absolutely thrills him!
Our son is a bright Math student, but has struggled a bit since Pre-​Algebra. We worried that he might would think he was «just not good at Math».
Sonal turned that all around. For our family, this has been a godsend. Our family stress is way down. Our son genuinely enjoys working with her. In addition, he is starting to really understand Math and his confidence is improving tremendously. As a parent, this is very exciting to watch!

Smriti Singh is fantastic at tutoring AP Statistics, AP Biology, and Honors Algebra II. She has helped my two daughters raise their grades a full letter grade each and has helped them become independent leaners in subjects they have previously struggled in. The girls really appreciated her easy going and friendly demeanor as well as her expertise in each of the subjects. That rare combination has made it a joy for the girls to have her over while they work on some really dry and challenging material. I’d highly recommend Smriti for anyone who is looking for a great person for your student to connect with as well as to fill the gaps left from classroom only instruction.

Our 11 year old son is tutored by Liz Allen. His comprehension has greatly improved in math/​reading/​writing skills since Liz started tutoring him this year. She has been such a tremendous help and has been very reliable and flexible. Thank You Liz!

Liliana Ventura has been a blessing this year. She goes above and beyond to find ways to help my son with his online Homeschool English and History Courses. Thank you for your patience, also for staying so positive as you work with my son. :)

Tim Sakogawa is great. He tutors my 11^th grade daughter in AP Chemistry and she’s on her way to getting an A in that class. Tim knows his chemistry and i would highly recommend him.

We have been using Tim Sakogawa from Pleasanton Tutoring and he is great. He has tutored my high school senior in physics, chemistry, math and anything else he needed. We will continue to use Tim!

This review is for our math tutor Matt. My 9^th grade daughter had only been tutored by Matt 4 times in 2 weeks right before 2 Geometry tests, but she was able to raise her grade from a B to an A. We really appreciated that Matt was able to come extra days to help out. We are so happy for the result.
My daughter said that she learned more from Matt in an hour than learning from her school in a whole week. She used to struggle in math all the time. Now we are so glad that we had found Pleasanton Tutoring to help my daughter get good grades.

We decided to get a tutor for our child to help brush up on some math, and we were very happy with Tim Sakogawa. He has been very patient and has helped to improve our kid’s grades just in time to make the first semester go well!
Would definitely recommend him to anyone.

My tutor, Tim Sakogawa is awesome! He is patient, and very helpful. He was always understanding whenever I needed to change my tutoring time. I am going to need tutoring again next semester, so I will definitely use Tim, with Pleasanton Tutoring!

Laura Hillyard is the best tutor ever! I joined Pleasanton Tutoring in the summer and am very pleased with this company. My daughter enjoys seeing Laura and her grades have improved greatly! Thanks again Laura and Pleasanton tutoring! I will continue to refer friends and family!

We love our tutor, Laura! She has been tutoring my daughter in Algebra I and II over the past year. Also, Laura has helped in a wide variety of subjects, including history and science, when my daughter has needed it. She is patient, knowledgable and professional.

Our tutor Laura is amazing!!! Our daughter was really struggling in school. Laura used everything we told her about our daughter to make learning fun. We saw a difference within one week of our daughter starting with Laura. We have a happy girl now who enjoys going to school and is now really starting to show self confidence! Thank you Laura for everything! You are such a blessing in all our of lives.
Renee W

Cynthia is an amazing calculus tutor. She helped our daughter improve her test scores dramatically. Rather than repeating a lesson she challenges the understanding of the concepts which increases the ability to creatively solve the problems. Thanks!

After, using a tutor that was highly recommended with poor results. We were referred to Aqib at Pleasanton tutoring. The goal was to improve my daughter’s SAT score.
I’m going to keep this simple, Aqib is the BEST!
My daughter’s score improved and was accepted to UCSD, UCD, UCSB, and Cal Poly to name a few. Aqib, is great to talk too and I would highly recommend him.
Mike from Ptown.

After our second parent teacher conference of the school year, it was obvious to us that our Son needed some assistance. Not having much insight into tutoring and services offered, we starting researching different places. In our research, we found Pleasanton Tutoring. We spoke with Amanda and she spent the time to really learn more about our needs and our son and then she took this information and used it to pair him with the tutor she felt would be best for him.
He began meeting with his tutor at our house in mid April. During the first session Kelsey took the time to get to know him as well as evaluate what level he was at in order to put together a learning plan for him. My son has fought us many times over homework, reading, and other household chores. Since Kelsey started helping him, we have seen this change drastically. He helps out, has been doing his homework without fighting us, and takes the time to read and write during the week. When she first met with him he was reading below the 2^nd grade reading level and was in 4^th grade. When we would sit down and read with him, we spent so much time sounding out words that he didn’t comprehend what he was reading. Just last week, we sat down with a chapter book and he read an entire chapter out loud and only needed assistance with one word. We have been reading almost every night and the improvement we have seen has been amazing. Kelsey has really assisted him, built his confidence, and given him and us a true gift.
We are very grateful to have found Pleasanton Tutoring! Thank you Kelsey, you are truly amazing!

Aqib has been tutoring my son, who was a Jr. in High school, since February 2013 to prepare him for the ACT. Being very active in school basketball and other activities, he was not able to focus much on the ACT. Before having Aqib as his tutor, he put his basketball training first. Aqib acted as a good role model for our son and changed his whole attitude around about school and college. He became more focused and driven because he was now determined to get into the best college he possibly could! Aqib related his teachings to basketball, which our son understood! No other tutor connected with our son, as well as Aqib did.
After the first session with Aqib, our son commented that he wished he had him in his Freshman year. If we had Aqib tutoring him a couple of years ago, our son believes he could have gotten much better grades, a higher ACT score and ultimately attend an even better college.
However, we were blessed that he finished this last quarter in High School with a 4.0 because of Aqib’s influence, which gave him determination and drive to finish strong!
I have since recommended Aqib to my sister and he will be tutoring my nephew this summer on the SAT.
Also, Jessica and Amanda from the Pleasanton Tutoring Club are awesome to work with! They all go Above and Beyond and will do anything possible to help their students succeed. It was a blessing and it gives us much relief to know our son now has a good chance in getting into a good college. It was crucial to have this strong team support our son during one of the most critical times of his life!

About 2 months before the end of this school year, I arranged for my (teen) daughter to meet 2−3x/week with her math teacher during lunch/​after school hoping the extra guidance would help build confidence and strengthen her skills in a subject I am personally horrible at. With finals week and the end of the school year rapidly approaching, I watched her continue to struggle tremendously in her math class, certain she would not receive better than a ‘D’ if she didn’t get help, and fast.
I found Pleasanton Tutoring online and emailed them. Within hours, I rec’d a response from manager/​Jessica. The next evening, tutor/​Lindsey showed up at our house. Lindsey tutored my daughter for a total of 4 hours, over 3 days, before my daughter’s big math final. My daughter aced the final with a ‘B’, bringing her overall grade in the class to a ‘C’. Yay! No summer school!
I was impressed with the convenience, ease, cost, communication, and most of all, the quality of tutoring provided. My daughter sincerely learned more effectively and gained tremendous confidence in the one (intensive) week with Lindsey than with her math teacher the entire school year! I will definitely continue using them, as well as recommend them.
Thank you, Lindsey! Thank you, Pleasanton Tutoring!

I love Pleasanton Tutoring. We were so fortunate to have Cassidy, he is the best. He tutors my son a couple nights per week in whatever subject my son needs help with. They connected right away and you can see he is dedicated to helping struggling students, he is knowledgable in so many subjects. We couldn’t be more happy. I emailed initially to get started and received a quick response. Explained the issues and Cassidy was in contact with me within a day. My son was struggling so much and I was relieved when Cassidy could start right away. After a few weeks they called to see how everything was going. I highly recommend Pleasanton Tutoring.

Last year my son was diagnosed with a very mild ADD issue. Our tutor was amazing! We opted out of the drug process since it was such a mild issue and because Pleasanton Tutoring’s tutor was so amazing his scores went for about a 29% on tests to 82% in just 3 weeks! We are so thankful to them because it built his confidence and showed through in class and his other subjects! The tutors are not only skilled but are kind, and patient! Thank you Pleasanton Tutoring!