Founded in early 2012, Yu’s Elite Education provides after-school elementary, middle and high school enrichment programs in math, science, language arts and other extracurricular for talented students and students with a passion for challenging subjects in addition to their regular school learning. Their programs are designed to target for regional, national and international contests including math competitions (AMC/AIME/USA(J)MO, MathCounts, MathLeague, MOEMS, CML, Math Kangaroo etc), national writing contests, Science League, Science Olympiads (Chemistry, Biology, Physics and General Science), Spelling Bee and Debating contests, as well as other contests like Computer Programming Olympiad, National Astronomy Olympiad, Radio Amateur League and Chess tournaments.
Yu’s Elite Education, formerly known as Yu’s Math Olympiad Academy, offers classes in seven locations: New York City, Bridgewater, South Plainfield, Livingston, Marlboro, East Brunswick, and their biggest center, at 666 Plainsboro Road in Plainsboro. They also offer summer camp programs at Somerset and Princeton Junction.
Dr. Yu said the decision to expand their offerings was based on feedback from the parents. “We see a lot of kids with talents more than just mathematics. We see they also have a potential for science, language arts and other extracurricular”. The parents, pleased with their mathematics program, and their teaching philosophy, encouraged them to include more subjects and areas of interest.
The change has been very successful for the past year. Starting Spring 2014, Yu’s Elite Education has more than 400 students signing up for different programs in math, language arts and science. Dr. Yu said “the kids really love it. Our language curriculum encourages the students to read classical and literature, bestseller and newspapers to open them to new forms of writing they never saw before.”
“The program is a lot of fun,” continued Dr. Yu. Yu’s Elite Education gives them the opportunity to develop their interests in a way that is more in-depth than in possible in a traditional school classroom. With class sizes averaging 10 or fewer students per session, they have the ability to do more experiments and hands-on application. Students walk away saying “I would never have the chance to see this if I didn’t come to this program.”
Children who feel like they are nerds in their regular classroom feel at home at Yu’s Elite Education. They meet people their own age who have the same passion for learning.
Classes are open to students from first grade through high school. Prior to starting, students are tested and evaluated to ensure they are strong enough for their program. Yu’s Elite Education offers a much stronger program than is traditionally available at public and private high schools. In addition, Yu’s Elite Education will launch score guarantee program for SAT I Math, Critical Reading and Writing from fall 2014 at a few locations by leveraging the strong teaching quality of the institution.
For more information and to register for fall 2014 classes visit their website at www.yuselite.org.
Yu’s Elite Education. Seven area locations including 666 Plainsboro Road, Suite 1238, Plainsboro. 908-988-4695. www.YusElite.org.
