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MJTP families, A quick note: my wife and I will be travelling next weekend, so we may need to rearrange some sessions. I'll be in touch. Emma is tutoring SAT math — and she's one of the best I've seen Some of you have been
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📚 SAT Vocabulary Flashcards Card 1 of 17 circumvent verb Root: CIRCUM- (around) + VENT- (come) 👆 Click to flip to find a way around an obstacle or rule; to bypass "The developers attempted to circumvent the zoning restrictions by reclassifying the land as commercial rather than residential." ← Previous 🔄 Shuffle Next
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Hello MJTP families! A warm welcome to our newest families Something I've noticed more of this year, and it's genuinely encouraging to see: middle school students showing up ready to work. We have a growing group of families who are joining MJTP specifically to get a
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Hello MJTP families! More great news is coming in on scores and college acceptances! Congratulations to Devansh! Devansh sent me a note recently that made my day: "Hey, Mr. John, I hope you've been doing well! I just wanted to let you know that I recently got
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The Scores Are Coming In I'll be honest — this is my favorite part of the cycle. The reports started hitting my inbox this morning, and what I'm seeing is exactly what happens when students put in the work over a sustained period of time. Not cramming.
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Good Thursday evening, MJTP families! It's a late one, but I wanted to fire off a quick newsletter tonight. My wife and I just returned from the local Sarasota Opera's showing of La Bohème. It was fun. I'll discuss why it matters in a
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📚 SAT Vocabulary Flashcards Card 1 of 10 annihilate verb Root: AD- (to) + NIHIL- (nothing) 👆 Click to flip to destroy utterly; to wipe out completely "The storm threatened to annihilate the coastal village before evacuation orders could be carried out." ← Previous 🔄 Shuffle Next → 📖 March 14, 2026 International SAT Vocabulary
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📚 SAT Vocabulary Flashcards Card 1 of 17 substantiate verb Root: SUB- (under) + STANT- (stand) 👆 Click to flip to provide evidence to support or prove true "The scientist needed months of additional experiments to substantiate her initial hypothesis." ← Previous 🔄 Shuffle Next → 📖 March 14, 2026 Official SAT Vocabulary Quiz Mr.
Word Stacks
Updated June 9, 2026 With a little help from AI, I've compiled some data trends on the tough vocabulary words that r/SAT moderator "yodatsracist" and roots2words.com have documented for all documented SATs from March 2024 through June 2026. After analyzing every SAT vocabulary quiz
Hello MJTP families! It is officially Spring Break for me this week. As most of you know, I still teach full-time. I'm looking forward to a productive week of content creation and launching a few exciting products that I can't wait to tell you about.
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2026 SATs, here we come! The first SAT of the year, March 14th SAT, is this Saturday. That means this week shouldn't be about learning new things. It's about sharpening what you should already know — and trusting the work you've already put in. Here&
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This was one of those weeks where the lesson plan wrote itself — not in a classroom, but on the water, in a gymnasium, and somewhere in between. Intersession week is always a reset. The rhythms of school give way to something looser, more exploratory, and if you're lucky,
