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Learning A Step Ahead at Tutoring Club

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The buzzing start of the school season is definitely in the air! With things like booklists, transportation arrangements, new uniforms, and school supplies to complete, moms and dads have definitely got a lot on their hands making sure that youngsters are all set and prepared for the year ahead.

Logistics and provisions aside however, we all know that the real challenge begins when that first bell rings. So if you’re either looking to equip your child academically, make school a little more fun or manageable, or even have him or her take a step ahead of the rest, it might be time to join the club… the Tutoring Club, that is!

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Founded in the United States in 1991, Tutoring Club is a skills-based tutoring service for students at all levels of academic ability, from elementary through high school that offers personalized programs that help them either “catch up and keep up”, or to gain advantage over other students in their class by learning and retaining critical skills.

Unique to others in the private education industry, the Tutoring Club franchise is a parent’s dream as its successful, results-oriented approach enlists the most efficient use of advanced educational technologies combined with time-honored systems of instruction to test and identify areas of improvement, tutor, and track a child’s academic progress in three major areas: math, reading, and writing; all within comfortable, well-appointed facilities.

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With thousands of children enrolled in its 222 branches around the world, it may very well be that the same number of happy and fulfilled parents can testify of the wonders that this effective, strategically planned methodology brings to the study table. Given the statistics, Tutoring Club furthermore prides itself on a low student-teacher ratio of 3:1 to ensure quality and immediate personal attention. It even guarantees that, within 32 hours of tutoring, a child’s skills will improve one full grade level.

 

Fourth year high school student Sam Mercado actually raised his grades from 78% to 89%!

 

“Well, as far as my son’s lessons are concerned, the tutors make it easy for him to understand, relates Mrs. Josephine Arcenas. “With their patience, they somehow give him the drive and motivation which I suppose contributes to his wanting to do well.”

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Indeed, parents also attest to the importance of piquing an enthusiastic and inspired attitude towards studying. Take for example Mrs. Cynthia Tiu, who wanted to boost her daughter’s reading and writing. “I could see she had skills but didn’t know how to maximize them,” she says. “Now, after a couple of sessions at Tutoring Club, I see her doing her homework on her own with more ease and confidence.  She no longer waits for the tutor to help her out with her reports or reaction papers or ask for approval of the work she’s done!”

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If that sounds like something you’d want to say yourself, try and see what Tutoring Club can do for you and your child this school year. As one more satisfied parent puts it, “if it enriches, enhances and encourages your children to the point of making them independent and confident learners, why wouldn’t you want to take that step?”

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Tutoring Club Centers are located at: Bonifacio High Street  (856-2517); Greenhills (721-8867); Alabang Town Center (807-8282); Pasong Tamo Extension (856-6099); Power Plant Mall, Rockwell (896-2211); Fun Ranch, Ortigas (706-4579); Katipunan, Quezon City (426-3247); Salcedo Village, Makati (844-7368); Sta. Mesa Heights (743-9093); Burgos Circle, Global City, Taguig (403-2748); Banilad Town Center, Cebu City  ((32)238-3655). For further inquiries just call 0918-81-TUTOR.

 

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Eebees Developmental Toys

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The Every Baby Company began with the award-winning and critically acclaimed eebee’s adventures, an innovative, character- based DVD series, form 6 to 36 months old. Eebee’s adventure is the first infant media property that is securely based on the latest learning research and the effective use of media. Eebee is the only character ever developed specifically for the infant/ toddler market. Eebee’s adventures has a strong and established foundation in the market: 3 DVDs, eebee doll, and VOD distribution in nearly 30 million households; prime real estate and sell out sales at FAO Schwarz and multi-product plans with Barnes and Noble.

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A brief background of the company,  the Every Baby Company, was founded in the year 2004 with a simple yet essential mission to be a catalyst for rich play experiences that: reflect the latest developmental research, engage babies with new ideas through play about how the world works for babies and babies work in the world and lastly enhance and encourage meaningful communication, and interaction between children and parents, caregivers, and play partners of all ages. Now back to eebee- eebee has alot of milestones to show off such as publishing the first ever cooking with baby book, toys and awarded US specialty toy retail rollout 09-10,on TV its aired twice a day on American Forces Network worldwide, on video over 9 million episodes viewed since 2006 on Demand via Comcast, Cox, Cablevision, Charter, Bresnan, others, and is critically acclaimed for supernany “expert” contributor and many more!

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So what are you waiting for come, join and play with eebes’s adventures.

 

 

Eebees is exclusively found in Rustan’s Department Stores in Makati, Shangri-la Mall and Alabang Town Center.

 

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Celebrate The Uniqueness in Each of Us

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There are so many ANGELS all around us!! And Heart2Heart continues to be inspired by them!

I really admire my friend, Joanna, who started her own business many many years ago.  She was one of the few who started early on even before she graduated in college and was very successful from the very beginning.

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When we start a business we do it for many reasons – maybe first and foremost for financial reasons, another could be because we just have the passion to do something we really like to do, and for some of us, it is a way of helping others by providing jobs and finding ways to give back to the community.  And giving back and helping others is a CHOICE we make and many choose to take time out to help others and one of them is Joanna.   

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Joanna and Katrina Alunan- Gonzales, who manages SPIN

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shared with Heart2Heart their latest project which is really a very unique and meaningful campaign!  More power to you Joanna and Katrina!  Thank you for making a DIFFERENCE in our world!sc001433a9.jpgdifferentscan0001.jpgsc00012cc1.jpgdifferentscan0002.jpgdifferentscan0003.jpgsc0001429c.jpgdifferentscan0004.jpgsc0001867e.jpgdifferentscan0005.jpgsc0001b508.jpgdifferentscan0006.jpgsc0001c7f2.jpgdifferentscan0007.jpgdifferentscan0008.jpg

Taken from Working Mom Magazine May 2010 issue

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Please come to our Big&Small stores to take a look at our Special Edition shirts. These shirts, produced in collaboration with Working Mom Magazine for the benefit of Let It Shine Foundation, celebrate the uniqueness in all of us. Proceeds from the sale of these shirts will go to Let It Shine Scholarship Fund. The scholarship aims to teach individuals with special needs in order to develop their potentials to the fullest.The shirts are also featured in a Working Mom Magazine’s May 2010 issue. Please grab a copy to take a look 🙂 Please support this wonderful cause!

 

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(Click on the images to go to the website to be able to read it better )

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Dwell Studio

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Hip, young couples worldwide are now so selective that their personal styles take center stage in their home.  Practicality no longer takes precedence over things that they choose to live with day in and day out.  Linens, utility bags, utility boxes and even things for the baby that are normally purchased for their usefulness now show marked influences of their discriminating taste and demand for quality as well as a preferred distinct aesthetic.

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For the expectant mother, to the excited grandparent and even for the doting godparent,  DwellStudio is your resource for all the elements of the perfectly coordinated home. Its range of  products for the youngest members of the family includes the sensible as well as the sweet – all  designed to charm kids while blending beautifully into your home. 

 

DwellStudio’s cohesive collections are made to mix and match effortlessly, creating a dynamic space to keep inspiring as your kids grow. The emphasis on great design is matched by DwellStudio’s commitment to the quality, safety and the environment. 

 

All DwellStudio baby products are created using low-impact dyes, which contain no heavy metals or other known toxic substances. They’re free of formaldehyde and AZO dyes, and meet all the criteria for eco-friendly pigments. 

 

As an extra step, DwellStudio redesigned its packaging by eliminating PVC and using only eco-friendly materials. The chic new bags and boxes are specially designed for reuse – whether for  storage, laundry or travel. 

 

For 2010, three new designs were created to transform a room into a proper nursery – in charming prints and bold colors that are every bit as sophisticated as their designs for grown-ups. The same prints are also used in your baby’s accessories (blankets, towels, bags, travel cases). New to this year’s collection is the introduction of new accessories to further complete  your baby’s needs – lunch boxes, photo albums, brag book, scribble kit, ID tags and bath wrap, all made in the same sophisticated DwellStudio print and high quality standard. 

 

The three new DwellStudio baby collection prints are: Owls, Paper Dolls and Sparrow. The owl may have been a popular decorative motif in the 50’s and 60’s, but DwellStudio’s Owls print is updated with a sweetly playful sensibility. Paper Dolls was inspired by an old childhood favorite  made with colorful silhouettes that are sure to inspire young imagination. While Sparrow is the  kid friendly take on DwellStudio’s classic Chinoiserie pattern that features blooming boughs and sweet songbirds that will lull your little one to sleep.   

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DwellStudio understands and somehow lives by the principle of style thus has continued to produce these useful yet pretty home items for the hip, young, worldwide market.  And now DwellStudio celebrates as it arrives in fashionable Manila.

Weeks ago, Adam Gobble of DwellStudio New York visited to introduce these new items that Rustan’s Department Store will carry exclusively from the trendy brand. 

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 Together with Gretchen Uy and Oliver Dexter Sy of DwellStudio Manila, they welcomed an exclusive group of guests at The Peninsula’s Presidential Suite. 

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Tea time proved to be fun with everyone buzzing about the exciting new products.  Bloggers and journalists, stylists and the simply stylish were spotted at the event.  The likes of Kathy Huang, Jenni Epperson, Philip Cu-unjieng, Juana Manahan-Yupangco, Candy Dizon, Michael Salientes, Liza Ilarde-Cuenca, Nini Falcon, Andrea de Guzman, Janina Hoschka and Salome Uy were just some of those who spent the afternoon dwelling on and drooling at all the products the transformed Suite had inside.

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DwellStudio 2010 stocks are carried at the Home and Baby sections of Rustan’s Department Store, Makati.

 

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