Kanmas College Readiness Program

Kanmas College Readiness Program prepares students for success in college-level courses. The services are designed to help districts and schools achieve their goals and to assist students in adequately preparing for college and admission into top national universities using the following strategies:
Kanmas Academic Enrichment and Acceleration program (AEA) offerings are for gifted and talents students and for students who want the challenge for college-level work for Advanced Placement (AP) in science and math. Kanmas AEA program provides a progression of rigorous and high quality learning objectives from middle school to high school that equip students with  problem solving and analytical reasoning skills for AP or college-level work.
Fill-in the Gap Program helps prepare students adequately for high-school of college-level work by filling deficiencies in K-12 curriculum and so better prepare the students for national standardized tests such as SAT, ACT and PSAT.
College Board PSSS (Preliminary SAT Scoring Service)- The PSSS is a college board early-awareness testing service designed to motivate and inspire students to consider education beyond high school. Kanmas is also adopting College-Board  SAT Readiness Program and  resources  to customize tutoring and SAT Prep for each student  and to tutors to specifically address deficient skills the students need both for SAT and success in college.
College–awareness program is a Kanmas-parent partnership program designed to educate parents about their children’s access to and funding for post-secondary education. Workshops and seminars are provided to increase awareness and understanding of programs that may improve student chances in acquiring federal funding.
Kanmas SAT Prep Courses- SAT remains the best independent measure of a student's college readiness and used by majority of universities for admission and scholarship purposes. The program also helps students gain confidence through repeated practicing SAT type questions. Kanmas SAT Pre Coursesmeet 6 hours per week for 3 weeks.  Classes are held on Saturday mornings and evenings starting from August/September to prepare for the October/November exams. The course can also be done online or on location.   Kanmas will ensure that each child will receive the best help available to improve his/her SAT score. The course is offered at a very low fee,  less than 50% of Kanmas regular charges.  The fee will cover:

• All course and testing materials
• All  SAT mock tests and practice questions, all from real SAT tests
  Techniques and practices for developing critical thinking skills for high achievement
• Techquies for developing academic performance skills. including note taking, tests taking and problem solving skills
• One SAT free repeat opportunity if not satisfied for score in the registered test

Kanmas SAT/PSAT Test Preparation and Testing

Course Outline

Week 1: 

Introduction; Test-taking Techniques Review, Diagnostic Assessment;  college admission requires and SAT requirements and expectations, academic character development,  dealing with Math and exam anxiety;  Practice Problems,  Homework Assignments,

Problem Solving and Math Review 1 (Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry); Multiple-Choice Math Techniques and practice

Test  1 - Practice SAT at Home or at the Center

Week 2:

Problem Solving and Math Review 2 (Rate/Time, Advanced Math, Proportion, Statistics Review); Student-Produced Response Questions; Sentence Completion One-Blank and Two-Blank Ideas and Techniques

Critical Reading, analytical reasoning skills: Short and long passages; precise writing; Comparisons, and Long Passage Techniques; The SAT Essay: Strategy and Writing Format

Test  2 - Practice SAT at Home or at the Center

Week 3:

Grammar Review 1; Improving Paragraphs Ideas, and Techniques, sentence  structure, fluency  and comprehension; SAT Essay Writing

Grammar Review 2: Sentence construction Ideas and Techniques; SAT Essay Writing,  critical Reading, and Writing Techniques; Wrap Up

Test 3 - Practice SAT at Home or at the Center

Testing Schedule