The Buckley School is an independent K–12 school in Sherman Oaks, one canyon exit from my Studio City desk. I tutor its applicants through the entrance exam, and its enrolled students through the year — one-on-one, at your home or online. Every session is with me.
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Clear Concepts Tutoring is an independent tutoring practice and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or partnered with The Buckley School. I tutor students who attend or are applying to the school.
Different problems, different plans.
Path one · Applying
Most LA independent schools, this one included, take the ISEE or SSAT. We run a diagnostic, pick the test that fits your student, and build a 12–20 week plan backward from the test date.
One accountable person with a phone number — not an agency roster. The rhythm below is the same one every family on my calendar gets.
I've worked with LA independent- and neighborhood-school families since 2015 — the expectations, the calendars and the pace are familiar ground.
Sessions intensify before assessment weeks and ease after. The plan follows your student's actual calendar, not a generic curriculum binder.
I work until 9 PM, in-home across my service area or online — so sessions land after practice or after dinner, not mid-afternoon.
Same tutor in September and in May, and a written note to you after every single session. You always know where things stand.
If yours isn't here, call me — the consultation is free and I answer my own phone.
Yes — both students applying to The Buckley School and students already enrolled there.
Applicants get test prep aimed at their school list; enrolled students get steady year-round support across the core subjects. Either way, every session is with me.
Like most LA independent schools, applicants take the ISEE or SSAT — and most schools accept either.
We pick the test that fits your student — the ISEE leans harder on math, the SSAT on vocabulary and analogies — then build the prep plan backward from the deadline.
No — Clear Concepts is an independent tutoring practice, not affiliated with, endorsed by, or partnered with The Buckley School.
What I bring is thirteen years of working with families at LA's independent and neighborhood schools — as an outside, accountable tutor with a phone number.