Lavontria 's Bio
AABL (pre-K)
ACT (8th grade - 12th grade)
Advanced Placement (AP Chemistry, AP Physics 1, AP Calculus AB)
BSRA (pre-K - 2nd grade)
CBE (pre-K to 12th grade)
CCAT (pre-K to 12th grade)
CogAT (pre-K to 12th grade)
College Prep (selecting colleges, writing personal statements/statement of purposes, locating scholarships, application process, identifying major/minor)
CTP (1st grade - 9th grade)
CTY (5th grade - 8th grade)
Cypress-Fairbanks CFISD Horizon G&T Practice Test Prep (pre-K - 1st grade)
ECAD (pre-K - 6th grade)
ELA (K to 12th grade)
Executive Functioning (time management, organization, planning) (4th grade - 12th grade)
General Academics (1st - 12th grade)
Georgia Milestones (3rd grade - 8th grade)
Hunter (pre-K)
Hunter College Prep (5th grade - 6th grade)
InView (2nd grade - 12th grade)
IOWA (pre-K to 12th grade)
ISAAD (pre-K to 1st grade)
ISASP (3rd grade - 11th grade)
ISEE (2nd grade - 11th grade)
ITBS (pre-K - 12th grade)
KABC (pre-K - 12th grade)
KBIT II (pre-K - 12th grade)
LAUSD (pre-K - 12th grade)
MAP (pre-K - 12th grade)
Math [Elementary (K - 8th grade), Pre-algebra, Algebra I & II, Geometry, Trigonometry, Pre-calculus, Calculus]
MindPrint (pre-K - 12th grade)
NNAT (pre-K to 8th grade)
NYC G&T (pre-K)
NYC T&E (pre-K)
OLSAT (pre-K - 8th grade)
Personal Finance (6th grade - 12th grade)
PSAT8/9/10/NMSQT (8th grade - 12th grade)
Renaissance Star (K- 12th grade)
RIAS (pre-K - 8th grade)
SAGES-2 (pre-K - 8th grade)
SAT (8th grade - 12th grade)
SAT Subject Test (Math I & II, Chemistry, Physics)
SAT-10 (8th grade - 12th grade)
SCAT (pre-K - 8th grade)
Science (Elementary (K to 8th grade), Earth Science, Geology, Astronomy, Chemistry, Physics)
SHSAT (6th grade - 9th grade)
Spatial Battery Test (pre-K - 8th grade)
SSAT (3rd grade - 11th grade)
STAAR (3rd grade - 12th grade)
Stanford Binet (pre-K - 8th grade)
State Achievement (State standards) (K - 12th grade)
Terra Nova (K - 12th grade)
Thinking & Engagement T&E (2nd grade - 12th grade)
Torrence (TTCT) (K - 6th grade)
Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) (3rd grade - 8th grade)
WIAT III (pre-K - 12th grade)
WISC V (pre-K to 8th grade)
Woodcock-Johnson (pre-K - 12th grade)
WPPSI (pre-K - 12th grade)
WPPSI-IV (pre-K - 12th grade)
- I have an adorable maltese named Rocko.
- I used to paint faces to pay for graduate school and can draw almost anything!
- “It gets easier. Every day it gets a little easier. But you have to do it every day – that’s the hard part. But it does get easier!”
- I focus on concepts, strategies, and applications to promote excellent critical thinking, logic, and reasoning skills to use beyond the classroom.
- I make lessons fun, exciting, easy to grasp, and hard to forget by personalizing each session, which caters towards improving their weaknesses while fostering their strengths.
- I guide parents on how they can help the student outside of our sessions to continue practicing the recently learned strategies and techniques.
- My inherent passion for fostering collaborative and engaging educational environments has successfully encouraged and developed productive, thoughtful, and accomplished students.
- B.A. Earth and Environmental Science
- M.S. Geographic Information Systems
- Ph.D. Earth and Planetary Science (in progress)
- 2018 August Star Volunteer at the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution
- 2014 Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement Program Scholar
- 2012 NASA Connecticut Space Grant Scholarship
- 10+ years with test prep and academic coaching (K-College)
- Lead volunteer at the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution
- DC STEM Network Ambassador at Carnegie Institution for Science
- Mentor and Independent Learning Facilitator at Polygence
- “Lavontria was very friendly and accommodating. My 9-year-old son loved the class and he doesn’t often say such phrases. Also, he had the opportunity to ask questions.”
- “Miss Lavontria was super awesome! My daughter scored 99 percentile on her CogAT test. I am so glad we joined Testing Mom.”