Cracking the Code
Our unique curriculum identifies, unpacks, and strengthens writing’s key component skills. This approach is not being taught anywhere else.
Results-Oriented
Our programs are geared toward measurable results: higher grades, stronger college applications, and less time staring at a blank page.
Accessible
We tailor all of our curriculum to student interests. We want our students to look forward to every session.
Getting It
We live for the ‘aha’ moment – that spark of insight when a student ‘gets’ the writing process in a new, deeper way.
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The McCollum Writing School is an independent writing program founded by two professional writers – one a Harvard grad, the other a Yale grad and former Harvard-Westlake English teacher – designed to bolster writing fundamentals from the ground up for late elementary, middle, and high school students. Rather than coming in to rescue one tricky paper, we give our students a foundation that can support all of their written endeavors, improve their grades, and make them better writers for the long haul.

Individualized Writing Programs

Year-round, we offer customized, one-on-one programming for our students. Read more here.

Our offerings for students are highly specific and can include:

  • Generating ideas when students don't know what to write
  • Identifying hold-ups for students stuck on English essays
  • Preparing for in-class or standardized test writing
  • Deepening insights in papers
  • Organizing ideas into a coherent structure
  • Close-reading literary text
  • Refining ideas
  • Exploring new sentence structures
  • Learning to read your own writing as your reader will
  • Finding joy in enrichment fiction writing
  • Learning to write great characters
  • Finding growth in personal essay writing
  • Developing compelling college essays

Contact us today to discuss your child's needs!

Cracking the Code
Our unique curriculum identifies, unpacks, and strengthens writing’s key component skills. This approach is not being taught anywhere else.
Results-Oriented
Our programs are geared toward measurable results: higher grades, stronger college applications, and less time staring at a blank page.
Accessible
We tailor all of our curriculum to student interests. We want our students to look forward to every session.
Getting It
We live for the ‘aha’ moment – that spark of insight when a student ‘gets’ the writing process in a new, deeper way.