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.
Plus check out our camps and programs for Summer 2024!
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!