I had almost all of my tutoring sessions at Peninsula Academy. After moving from Shanghai to Palos Verdes about 5 years ago, I was greatly struggling with English. Then I came to Pen Academy to seek for an English tutor. JJ was the one who helped me the most with my speaking, writing, and reading skills, and he helped me to get a decent score on SAT (1500). Other tutors I have had include TJ, Joseph, and Jason who helped me with math, biology, and physics, and I had great experiences with all of them. When it comes to the time of college application, my college counselor Ji spent a lot of time with me brainstorming about the college essays. She encouraged me to be the person I want to be and express myself in my essays. Finally, all of these got me into my dream college. Learning at Peninsula Academy was a very enjoyable experience as the tutors do not only help you to achieve academic success but also care about your personal well beings. read more

We moved from Beijing to LA in 2017, around April 2017 my wife and I did a house hunting at PV and Torrance. After looking at several houses for sales, I asked my realtor to drop me off at the ice rink which is my daughter's most favorite activity. We passed by the Peninsula Academy. I told my wife this is a great place for our daughter to enrich her English. Kay Lee, the deputy director of the academy was there, she was extremely helpful and listened to me on our needs. She recommended Kathy Kerstein as my daughter's English teacher. We moved our family on July 28, 2017. It's a Friday. My daughter Yiyi started Kathy's one to one class for the whole summer and once-twice a week during the school year. Apparently, she did extremely good at her ENGLISH LEARNER'S class. She moved on with Kathy's help, she got into Stanford's summer school, UCSB Research Mentoring Program. From a Chinese speaking little girl, hardly can speak a full paragraph to a young adult commanding her English In three and half years. My daughter, applied for colleges this year, she got admitted for UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, UCSD. For private institutions, she got Harvey Mudd (finalist for President's Scholarship, she declined), Columbia University and Caltech. She accepted the offer from Caltech and will be the 2025 class of Caltech. Kathy Kerstein is a great teacher, she is always available and ready to help, I would like to thank the Academy for all the supports. Chung read more

Peninsula Academy - Caltech - Tutoring Centers Near Me - Rolling Hills Estates, California

Peninsula Academy has Great programs and great teachers. My son signed up their summer writing class and learned & read several books. Their math and computer classes are good too. Will recommend to anyone. read more

My son has been going to and studying at Peninsula Academy for 2 years since K. His tutor is patient, caring, thorough and most importantly fun with kids. Out of all the activities that he has after school, this is his favorite session that he would literally beg to go to, I see gradual and continuous improvements over the years in his English skill, and am quite satisfied with the staff, tutors and the materials that they use. Talk to the counselors there to discuss your kid's needs and your goals and I am sure you will be connected with the right tutor. read more

By far the best tutoring place in PV. My son started tutoring with his math tutor few month ago and I am seeing more improvements in such short amount of time compared to his previous tutors. Due to COVID19, the lesson is remote but I sat down on few of the lessons and I was impressed how his tutor was able to manage and engage the session remotely. I would highly recommend this place to anyone and shout out to Haseeb! Thank you and my son told me you teach way better than I do! read more

we love PA. all our three boys are going and seeing excellent progress. highly recommend. We love Mrs. Spargo and TJ especially. read more

I always refer my friends to PA, the environment is very friendly, the quality of the work is outstanding! All teachers provide an excellent, high quality service. They knowledgeable, patient, and very dedicated to their work, no comparison to other places in South Bay. Highly recommend!!! read more

I have learned from Peninsula Academy for the almost past two years, since the pandemic started. Since school was canceled, its a bit more difficult to find opportunities that would regularly come to expand my knowledge on what I want to pursue. Luckily, I found Peninsula Academy. During my independent school applications, I had the amazing advice of TJ to guide me along the way. Under the guidance of Luke, I managed to write many, many amazing pieces, including publishing my first novella, which is available to the public, and receiving the runner-up award for the New York Times Reading Contest. And of course, the mathematics class that I took with Julian had the most impact on my life. Julian has become a close family friend, and his engaging classes exposed the real underlying beauty behind pure mathematics. If you wish for an engaging and empowering experience in education, Peninsula Academy is definitely a prime spot. read more

Wonderful place. I have had 3 kids participate with both private and group tutoring. All my kids enjoy their instructor and appreciate the attention and guidance they've received. Peninsula Academy has helped our children immensely for over 8 years. read more

My six grader will take AMC 8 at PA and Annie is very helpful! We had summer debate camp at Peninsula Academy, and now he is in the debate club at Middle school. PA had brought a new interest to my son. Thank you for hosting the test too! read more

Peninsula Academy offers a wide variety of different classes, and the teachers are very knowledgeable. I definitely recommend this to anyone looking for a tutor- be it for math, writing, science, etc. The teachers are always very cordial and thorough with their explanations, and it is a very smooth learning experience. Just today, I've had a class with Mr. Rickford, and he was extremely helpful with an important writing piece, and inspired many ideas! I look forward to more classes at Peninsula Academy. I can confidently say that Peninsula Academy has helped me considerably, and it is truly a great experience both virtually and in-person. read more

Peninsula Academy has the wonderful faculty in various subjects. The teachers are excellent in teaching, they also understand the students very well. The students just love their teaching. My son has taken the subjects like Math, Reading, Python coding. Teaches (Joseph, Cassey, and Julian) have been incredibly helpful in my son's study. My son excels in the school in the subjects they tutored. TJ is the teacher who specialized in guiding the student to plan the courses in middle and high school. He is tremendously helpful to the students when the planning of the courses is generally confusing and unfamiliar for the students and parents. PA also offers excellent summer programs that widen the vison of the students. My son has been with PA for two years, and will be continue to work with PA for sure. read more

I have been going to Peninsula Academy for a couple years for help on my SATs, Math, and writing essays for college programs. The teachers are all considerate, thorough and amazing, and I have received many much needed help to thrive in school and get into college programs I like :) read more

My child had a horrible experience with a tutor there. Ulysses took 1 hour to complete only 8 math problems with him! ( my child is not a bad math student). When I tried to talk to him about it you could tell he was not happy that I was questioning why it would take so long. That same day I left my child there to do his 1 hour session. While my child wanted me to sit in and watch I decided to not to. I gave them space to work. ( I've only sat in one time to try to figure out why work wasn't getting done). As I was in the office talking to the office manager Ulysses came storming in talking almost screaming at my child to come in and explain the problem right now in front of me to your mom. My child had tears start to well up in his eyes and was terribly uncomfortable as was I. I could not believe how he was talking to my child! When I finally got my child to speak openly I could not believe what he called my child. Ulysses admitted to calling my child lazy ( because my child was saying there has to be a short cut in the math problem they were working on). My older child sometimes tells him not to do all the works he's doing that he over does it!!! Hence a short cut!!! Then Ulysses calls him arrogant and last but not least boastful. Mind you they worked together over the summer and for the first part of this year. My son started to want me to sit in on the session and now I see why. He spoke to me in a very aggressive manner right in front of the lady that works in the front office. She walked out after the first few minutes. I was shocked that they would allow an employee to speak to a customer the way he was speaking to me but most importantly how aggressive and intimidating he was speaking to my child. I believe that he did not like me questioning why the homework wasn't getting done and decided to take it out on my child!!! The lady at the front desk didn't condone his actions and did apologized however she did not stop his terrible behavior while it was taking place. I can't imagine if I wasn't there how my child would have felt. I asked for the owners information and she told me that they are not involved. They are random investors and I could email her but she couldn't give me their info she didn't have it! I said I would find it on my own! I would never let my child go back to this tutor I would not feel like he's in a safe healthy environment. There's absolutely no reason you should talk to a small child like this!!! Walk out of the room if your frustrated be a grown up! My child said it was much worse in the room and I found it strange that he usually left the door open but it was closed when I came that session. I wish I had walked in. They have cameras but no sound so when I asked her to play back the video she said it wouldn't help since there's no sound!!!!!! We shall see how they handle this inappropriate situation! read more

My daughter took several classes with Josephine and Luke there and she likes it a lot. Teachers are very professional and knowledgeable. We can't find any other tutoring place better than Peninsula Academy. We are so grateful with their assistance during the Pandemic. read more

My two daughters studied English spelling, writing and reading with Josephine. For more than two months, the children enjoyed it very much and made progress. So we will study here all the time! read more

Peninsula Academy helped me achieve many of my high school goals. I took one-on-one SAT prep classes during the summer before my senior year. The individualized nature of the one on one classes really focused on my weaker points and helped me to greatly improve them. I credit these classes with helping me achieve my goal SAT score in October of that same year. I also took one-on-one college counseling classes which really helped me present myself well in my college applications. These classes helped me write strong and passionate essays and stay on top of all my college deadlines. As a result, I was accepted into many of the schools I applied to including multiple accelerated pharmacy programs. I recommend Peninsula Academy's services wholeheartedly! read more

Good people who care about their students and the academy. The teachers have a good relationship with the students. A lot of kindness there. I will say more when its not 2 o'clock in the morning lol! read more

Many thanks to Peninsula Academy for helping me throughout middle school and high school. Dr. Ahn, Jason, and the other group math tutors showed me how to tackle math competition problems and helped me understand everything from pre-algebra to calculus. Daniel and Aileen were super helpful with the college application process and prepared me well for the SAT. Everyone is friendly (shout out to TJ), and I would definitely recommend coming here for help. read more

Peninsula Academy is really helpful. They have genius tutors there. I usually go to homework club everyday and it helps me to finish all my homework and solve problems I don't know when I was in class. Highly recommend!!! read more

I highly recommend this tutoring and college consulting school, the teachers are amazing and the method they use to teach improves the kids grade substantially , all my three kids used this school and ,we totally recommend it. The best school in this area, read more