About Me

Michael Weisman is our confirmed polymath. A Brown alum with a Bachelor of Arts in Ethnomusicology, Michael brings a combination of incredible practicality and insightful creativity to his work with students. Michael works with our students on the ACT and SAT, and he’s also an outstanding academic coach with a nuanced understanding of learning differences like ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and anxiety. He has worked closely on test preparation with Elizabeth for over five years and personally digitized and categorized our database of sample test questions for both the SAT and ACT. He also tutors for AP Economics, AP Calculus, and AP Music Theory.

Michael’s exceptional giftedness (our words, not his) and multifaceted professional and life experiences make him an ideal fit for the profoundly gifted and motivated students on our roster, and his empathy and kindness allow him to connect with even the most challenging students.

An accomplished guitarist and sound engineer, Michael became a professional blues musician while still at Francis W. Parker High School in Chicago, which led him to an early television career. Looking for more fulfillment, after earning his degree, he worked as an artist’s assistant to Professor Richard Fishman, for whom he designed and built custom oversized sculpture tools; he simultaneously ran a fine woodworking business out of his home.

When he’s not teaching, he puts his expansive practical problem-solving, engineering, and science know-how to use at the historic home and regenerative farm he owns and runs on the Eastern Shore of Maryland with Elizabeth and their little muppet of a baby.

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Career/Aptitude Assessment

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