College and Career Planning
Education Consulting and Management
Leadership Development
and Technology
Services for Individuals
Bright After-School Academy
The flagship program of The Lumiere Group, provides enhanced educational services to middle and high school students with the goal of helping them acquire the academic skills they need to flourish in a college or university setting. Bright offers enhanced classes at local schools on weekday evenings, and on Saturdays, after-school tutoring, remedial and enrichment sessions, workshops on time management and study skills, PSAT and SAT1 preparation, cultural field trips and recreational activities.
Each day throughout the academic year, the Bright scholars meet after school from 3:30 to 5:30 a.m. for enhanced classes taught by quallified members of their own community.
The scholars are graded on these courses, which cover the following subject matter:
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Grade 7: pre-algebra (students must complete Algebra 1 prior to graduation from 8th grade)
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Grades 7 and 8: language arts
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Grade 9: English and geometry, Life Skills, College Planning, and Career Planning
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Grade 10: English and algebra, Current Events, Life Skills, Financial Planning, and SAT prep
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Grade 11: American literature/expository composition and math analysis/trigonometry
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Grade 12: Advanced-placement English literature and either advanced-placement statistics or calculus Supplementing these classes, they will meet members of the community that will discuss different topics and provide a socratic seminar for the students who attend the Bright After School program.
Courses incorporate lectures, tutoring and small-group exercises, and are taught by professional teachers, paid and volunteer tutors and teaching assistants from our network and local colleges. In addition, peer tutoring and cooperative learning activities maximize opportunities for scholars to learn from one another and reinforce the knowledge they have gained.
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Our Commitment
The Lumiere Group is committed to furthering our clients in a sensitive and honest manner with a personalized and custom approach to college planning, family development, and enrichment programs.
Our programs guide and support our client from the first days of ninth grade through graduation and provide families with college counseling support at every stage of a student’s high school career.
In addition, we work clients who are looking to change their career, start a career, and updating their resume to help exploit their best assets.
We exist for you.
College Planning Services
Finding the right college and or career path can be a rewarding process, but for some families the experience is challenging, overwhelming and even, frustrating.
Our college planning personalizes the search and admission process to reflect your unique strengths and goals. We have experience in providing our clients with knowledgeable, hands-on guidance that ultimately leads to more money for school.
The Lumiere Group maintains an extensive network of professionals, which gives all of our clients, no matter what their needs, access to the very best evaluators, professionals, and other ancillary services. The following lists the steps of our college planning process:
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Initial Interview
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College search, application and essay development
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Academic Development
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Scholarship and Grants Search
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Educational assessment, testing and evaluation
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Establishing Education and Personal Goals
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Regular communication through out process
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Review Career Goals
Starting early in the college process can save you thousands of dollars. This program is ideal for anyone who plans on attending a four- year university or trade school.
Our clients pay a flat fee in exchange for services rendered. We respect the integrity of the consulting relationship and all relevant information is held in the strictest confidence.
Choose Us Today
The Lumiere Group was founded on the following three principles: Honesty, Integrity, and Social Responsibility. We strive to earn our client's loyalty, and provide superior customer service. Our goal is to help you become the change you wish to see in this world.
Our firm’s founders firmly believe that every child and person should have the opportunity to attain a quality education.
We were created by James Burgess, Megan Brewer, and Mark Watson; to achieve a simple principle, "Provide education support for parents, students, and schools at an affordable price”.
Family Developmet Institute
Because students are more likely to succeed in school when their parents are involved with the educational process, the Family Development Institute offers seminars for parents/guardians or advocates of LEI scholars. Topics are developed with input from parents, staff and teachers, and have included adolescent/child development, effective communication, creating a positive learning environment in the home, fostering educational success and conflict resolution, in addition to issues of special concern to parents of seniors, such as the college application process and financial aid.
For scholars to be eligible for scholarships, their parents must commit to attending 80 percent of these seminars, which meet on the local high school for four hours on Saturday mornings about 12 times a year. If parents are unable to attend due to work or other obligations, they may send an advocate – such as an aunt or uncle, grandparent, godparent, adult sibling, neighbor or friend who is involved with the child.
As part of the Family Development Institute, parents elect a leadership committee that meets bimonthly to coordinate communication with the group at-large. lei parents also participate in field trips as well as in fundraising activities
Career Planning Services
Individual career counseling, resume and cover letter development, interview training, and job search assistance. In addition, the company offers career planning seminars to assist organizations with employee career development and retirement planning.
Career planning is a lifelong process, requiring continuous effort to meet changing employment conditions. To achieve and manage a satisfying career, it is crucial to identify a preferred career direction and to implement effective career enhancing strategies.
To assist clients in clarifying career direction at any life stage, The Lumiere Group offers a career counseling experience, consisting of two interviews. This process may be completed through face to face meetings for local clients or by a combination of telephone, e-mail, and video conference for distance clients and those for whom these modes would be more convenient.
The first interview, which is approximately two hours, includes a discussion of personal interests, abilities, personality characteristics, and career aspirations.
After completing an interest inventory and a values survey, clients participate in a second interview of approximately three hours. During this meeting, the interest inventory and values survey are discussed, potential career alternatives are considered, and a tentative career plan is developed.
Resume Writing and Review Service
In addition to acquiring a well-written resume, the resume development experience is designed to assist clients in gaining a better understanding of their career accomplishments. This enhanced awareness may serve to be useful in broadening career alternatives and in preparing for employment interviews.
The resume development process may involve a face to face meeting for local clients or be completed wholly by telephone and e-mail communication for distance clients and those for whom these modes would be most convenient.Resume development includes a telephone discussion of client goals, a review of an existing resume and/or work history, and further in-depth discussion regarding the client's experience, educational background, and interests.
The purpose of this approach is to construct a resume which goes beyond a series of job descriptions to differentiate the client's accomplishments from those with similar backgrounds. To support the resume, a personalized cover letter, targeting the client's area of interest, also is developed. Materials are provided in Microsoft Word format and may be supplied as laser printed copies.
While most resumes and cover letter packages are completed within approximately 5 hours of billable service time, materials for chief executive officers, senior management personnel, and some specialized fields may involve additional time
