“Shelly has been a phenomenal tutor for our Kindergartener.  Our daughter has Autism and Shelly has really been able to engage her using Orton-Gillingham based instruction. Shelly always makes the sessions fun and our daughter ACTUALLY looks forward to it, which is amazing.”

Liz S.

“Shelly Hess has been instrumental in helping my son to navigate the difficult transition to common core math.  Her  thorough assessment and determination of his areas of struggle were spot on.  She has done a great job in creating an individual program to help him make great progress toward his learning goals.”

Melissa M.

“My son is in eighth grade and struggling with reading comprehension and essay writing. Shelly Hess has been working with him on comprehension strategies, grammar, sentence structure, and written expression content. We couldn’t be happier the progress he is making, thanks to Shelly Hess.”

Stephanie F.

“Shelly met with our son Brady last spring. He needed some extra help getting ready for kindergarten. With Shelly’s detailed plan and knowledge, we instantly knew she was the perfect one to help our son. With her kindergarten readiness plan, she worked consistently with him all summer and he went to school fully prepared. We were so proud of him and look forward to continuing our relationship with Shelly Hess! We highly recommend her, and I do often!!”

Chris & Jimmy W.

“Shelly Hess has been a valuable addition to the education of my  son Cameron.  He has greatly improved his critical reading skills.  Shelly has also incorporated higher level thinking and comprehension strategies.  These strategies include inferencing, fact/opinion, and theme and main idea areas.  This has been extremely helpful to my son.  She also introduced new test-taking strategies for science and social studies which improved test scores.  Thanks to Shelly’s hard work with my son, Cameron has seen dramatic increases in his grades across all of his studies. Thank you Shelly!!”

Dan W.

“I could not be more pleased with the success that my son has had since he began working with Shelly Hess.  His ability to read and write have continued to develop. I have noticed that he enjoys reading for pleasure more, and writing has been much less difficult.  We are excited to watch him continue on this positive trajectory into the future.”

Melissa M.

“Shelly is A +++++.  Her Kindergarten Readiness Camp is fun and captivating. Groups are small and tailored for individual needs. This camp was very helpful in preparing my daughter.  The detailed assessments and progress reports allowed me to see her improvement.  Sports Camps are fun, but this camp is not only fun, but makes the transition to Kindergarten easier.  As a mom of 3, I wish this was available for my first child. I am glad that Shelly and her camp were here for my second child, and I will definitely enroll my third. “

Tracy B.

“I called Shelly at the Learning Tower to help my 1st and 2nd grade kids with their reading throughout the summertime due to their reading difficulties.  She called back within 24 hours and we set up a meeting and times to start the tutoring.  My kids loved working with her every week and couldn’t wait to meet her at the library.  We learned that my son had vision tracking issues through the tutoring.  I am planning to have my two kids work with Shelly again this summer, as well as, having my preschooler work with her on kindergarten readiness.  I would and have recommended Shelly and the Learning Tower to friends for their children.”

Christine W.

“Shelly Hess has been a true treasure to my son. She has tutored him throughout this preschool year and the improvements we see are because of her. He has several delays and could barely identify a letter before she started. She uses a variety of multi-sensory strategies to learn phonemic awareness and phonics skills such as letter names and sounds. His teachers and our family couldn’t be happier that he now knows his letters and a lot of letter sounds. Anyone would be lucky to have Shelly!”

Danielle B.