The Prep School, LLC was created in 2002 as an arm of Aretaic Education Services. The Prep School is the realization of a vision in which the welfare and mental well-being of students are placed first. We emphasize long-term study skills and outlook, and academic success is the first and most immediate by-product. We strive to help our students gain insight, perspective, and a healthy, calm outlook on their studies, whether it is a standardized test or dividing fractions that they are being helped with.

We truly believe in the work we do. We are continually striving to create the type of business that we can be proud of; one which helps children and students while fostering a sense of achievement and confidence. We take very seriously the job of ushering our students through various turning points in their lives, and are happy that parents are willing to invite us into this process.

We are continually striving to provide simply the best tutoring available. We have experienced explosive growth through word-of-mouth, and, in spring of 2004, launched our first official expansion campaign. Our goal is to bring the same personal attention and superb quality tutoring on a larger scale. We do not believe that high-quality tutoring should only be available to a small percentage of the populace.

We have developed our own tutor certification and proprietary materials and continue to institute new policies regarding tutor qualifications and training in an effort to insure that wherever and whenever you are tutored by a Prep School tutor, you are getting a cut above.

We are in the process of assembling an impressive board of advisors for our continued expansion, and plan to begin offering franchise opportunities in the near future, a value proposition marked by our new comprehensive website, newsletter service for our customers, proprietary materials superior to those of any other tutoring company, and certification process developed in conjunction with education experts.

Dov Engelberg, Director - School Relations

Dov began his career as a tutor at Harvard-Westlake School. While attending UCLA, (where he graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa), he continued to tutor and teach academic and SAT programs with STAR, The Princeton Review, and privately through his own network.

Dov continued to tutor and teach to pay his way through film school at USC, and, while there, he decided that there was a better, more personal and attentive way to conduct both standardized test and academic tutoring. Somewhere between the well-researched but no-nonsense, impersonal, cattle-call philosophy of the big companies like Princeton Review and Ivy West, and the enthusiastic, smart, personable but uninformed “neighborhood” tutor, he knew there had to be a happy medium.

The Prep School is the realization of that vision.

Sandy Frank, Director - Business Development

Born in Western Massachusetts, Sandy graduated with honors from both Harvard University, with a bachelor's degree in mathematics, and Harvard Law School. After practicing for two years at a large Wall Street law firm, he left to become a
television writer, starting his career on Late Night With David Letterman,
where he won three Emmy Awards. Interested since college in standardized
testing, he has now turned his talents to developing a company to deliver
the best test preparation, academic tutoring, and college admissions counseling available.

Giselle Miller, Director - Tutorials

Giselle began working for The Prep School as an undergraduate at UCLA and soon realized how interested she was in helping to develop a successful educational service. The Prep School’s innovative curriculum and training helped Giselle’s students fulfill their potentials. The success of her students and the feeling of accomplishment inspired Giselle to join The Prep School team as the Director of Tutorials, so she could ensure that all new Prep School students would benefit from quality tutors and exceptional materials.

At UCLA Giselle majored in Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, to follow her interest in science technology. While in school, Giselle was a research assistant for a medical laboratory working on the development of an HIV vaccine. After graduating cum laude, Giselle immediately decided to jump on board with The Prep School.