Sylvan Learning of San Jose – Westgate

My daughter learns best in the small group setting that Sylvan offers.
She enjoys earning tokens to purchase items in the store.
Her math grades improved after going to Sylvan for several months.
One issue is that there are not many 6:30 classes available. I find it difficult to attend any classes before 6:30 due to work. Unfortunately, there are only two nights that have the late classes, so it is difficult to do make-​ups.

My son has been going to Sylvan for two months now and he absolutely loves it! I love it to the staff has been open, honest and caring from the very beginning. They do a great job getting the kids involved and making it incentive-​based which is extremely helpful when trying to motivate a 7 — 9 year old.

Great staff! Great location! My daughter loves it!

My son started coming here since summer! The teachers and directors are wonderful and professional. I felt at ease and comfortable putting my son at sylvan because of the following
Results: He can read on his own, understands phonics, can try to say difficult words by himself. Remembers most of the sight words. Most importantly, he gained his independence and his comprehension really improved a lot. Initially, I had to struggle to make him read his raz kids for 30 mins do get his homework done. Now when I remind him, he takes his homework and completes it with little assistance and answers questions at the end of each story by himself. Most importantly, my son loves coming here! Thanks to sylvan!

My 10 year-​old loves coming here! The tutors are great and the directors are wonderful. They genuinely care about the kids and are very good at adjusting the curriculum to meet individual needs. We couldn’t be happier and are so glad we chose Sylvan.

Great experience! Great staff! Our child’s writing ability has improved dramatically. She has also developed an interest in writing her own fiction. Amazing! Thank you Sylvan.

Sylvan is a great place to learn. I really like the token system. I have been working hard on math and next is writing. I look forward to earning tokens to use on buying toys. Thank you Sylvan!

I had my daughter assessed at Sylvan for math challenges and the experience was phenomenal. The two directors couldn’t have been nicer and includes my daughter in the entire process– i.e. Asking her questions, opinions, struggles, her hopes for the program. The facility was nicely kept, clean, well organized and professional. My daughter is very excited to start her tutoring process with Sylvan, which I can attribute to the two directors enthusiasm and confidence in their ability to help her succeed.

My sixth grade son has been attending Sylvan for the past two weeks. After an initial assessment, that was in alignment with his teacher’s corrections, it was clear that he needed more support with Reading/​Language Arts & Writing. The Director of the center– Carrie– was very accommodating in adjusting his tutoring schedule to help him work on both areas within each 2 hour session. He is now committed to tutoring 2 days a week/​2 hours per session. He is happy to go and enjoys working with the staff and the iPads!

My son has been coming to this location since this summer. He is doing writing and math. He is engaged and is happy with his tutors.
I like the fact that Sylvan took the time to email my son’s teachers to see his progress or areas he needs help on.
Everyone there is very professional and helpful. This is definitely the place to go if your child needs tutoring. They do 2 – 4 students per tutor.

Our son thinks Sylvan is a great help for his reading. He enjoyed the lessons and instructors most of the time. The token technique is an amazing motivation to a kid that formerly hated reading like him. As a parent, we see a significant improvement in his reading in terms of confidence, accuracy and enthusiasm to learn. Reading will soon to be non-​scary subject to our boy. Thank you Sylvan!

My children had a great time. One progressed on their testing rather rapidly in reading. At school the teacher notice no discernible increased. The other child in math barely progressed through their level testing and no increase at school. They had a wonderful time though. I paid roughly $ 7000 for the year total, spent 2 hours a week waiting for them so that nearly zero progress could be made. Go elsewhere!

Sylvan is a wonderful place for your kids to improve English (write/​read). I never see a center motivate kids like this place. My kid is always looking forward for the class. With the learning system can jump start kids’ skills in couple months. I am strongly recommending this center to parents.

I have two boys went to this facility for writing class for 1 years now. Their writing improve a lot now. Sylvan San Jose help them feel more confident on every objects in class. The staff very friendly and helpful. I am make right choice when putting my kids go to Sylvan San Jose.

I brought my son to Sylvan for an evaluation in writing and math. Although he scored ok, there were still some areas that he could improve on. Sylvan is in alignment with Common Core, but he was getting the extra skills at Sylvan that he felt he was missing in school. His first test in the beginning caught what he didn’t know.
A few of the terrific teachers are working with him on the areas he needs help with, making him more confident, which is actually helping him in all aspects of his life.
His math has come a long way, and now we can focus on the writing more so he’s familiar with writing different essays and correcting awful grammar and punctuation mistakes. He no longer stares at a blank piece of paper wondering how to start. Sylvan taught him step by step.
In addition, the staff and teachers are wonderful! They always keep me updated on his progress which I find very useful. Money well spent!!!

Our Son Griffen V. has been going to sylvan for a couple of weeks now and has nothing but good things to say about it. As parents we appreciate the daily update sheets that he comes home with.

My daughter had to have summer school but due to work schedules this proved difficult for a 7^th grader. Sylvan gave us the flexibility and the individual attention she needs.

We started with Sylvan a couple of years ago to help my son with beginning reading. We had a wonderful experience and now have my son working through 3^rd grade math and his younger sister in their reading program. We are very happy with the progress our kids have made with Sylvan’s support!

We have been taking our 7 year old daughter (second grader) to Sylvan at Westgate (formerly Sylvan Cupertino) for the past year and a half (from November 2013 — April 2015/​present), and she loves it! Usually we have her go for 6 – 8 weeks, then take a 2 – 3 week break, then go back for 6 – 8 weeks. We also took last summer off and resumed again in the fall of 2014.
Most importantly, through attending the Sylvan sessions focused on Academic Reading, our daughter has greatly improved her reading and vocabulary and has also gained so much more confidence in herself. She really enjoys going to Sylvan, and her reading scores (DRA) have gone up from being just below grade level when she started in the early part of first grade to now being more than one full grade-​level ahead during her second trimester of second grade.
We have seen improvement on her report card as well in the reading and language arts categories, but I think even more valuable is her overall attitude and confidence towards approaching her schoolwork in class and her reading at bedtime at home. We have really appreciated the help and confidence boost that she gained from going to Sylvan and through the positive environment and support she experienced from the center directors and tutors.

Wow Monica, your message is so sincere. Everyone read my original review, which Monica so arrogantly responded to (also below).
Being that you have no way of knowing my full name or my sons name, you really have no grounds to say that my statements are invalid.
Why don’t you just come out and call me a liar? No need for your jibberish beating around the bush. If you were actually concerned, you would of privately messaged me to try and get to the bottom of it.
The funny thing is, it was you I talked to after my son got hit, and also you who came out laughing you triple charged me! Yes, the boys mother did call me. State the protocol all you want, this did happen!
I’m giving you a call today. In fact I’m counting down the minutes until Sylvan opens to give you my exact information so you can quit shoving your foot in your mouth.
Oh, and word to the wise… if you want to look like a professional, be a big girl and open your own Unilocal account. We can tell you’re not Pete when it states that Pete is responding, yet you’re addressing me by the name of Monica. I think this just clarifies how unprofessional these people are.