Program Director:
Nicholas Sterling, Ph.D.
Contact : (781) 493 - 6345
Email : nsterling@nesacademy.com
Dr. Nicholas Sterling, a Ph.D. in ancient Greek & Roman civilization from Brown University, is a lecturer of Greek and Roman literature at University of Rhode Island and an after-school instructor of chess at Kennedy-Longfellow School in Cambridge, and Math Mania and Stock Market Game with Newton Community Education. Dr. Sterling provides one-on-one chess tutoring and is a Tournament Director at the Waltham Chess Club on Friday evenings.
Our Programs:
Reading and Sci-Fi Writing (Dr. Nicholas Sterling)
Reading and Sci-Fi Writing (Dr. Nicholas Sterling) Does your child enjoy reading? Is your child a budding author? Is SCI-FI a passion for your child? Are puzzles lots of fun? READING AND SCI-FI WRITING provides your child a chance to review reading skills, hone writing skills, and experience the pleasure of word games. Let your child’s imagination soar through flights of fantasy as he or she practice story-creating in a fun non-competitive environment!
Price: $120 for eight weeks Maximum 16 students per class
Kinetic Study and Games (Scott Wilhelm)
Explore the laws of nature and the universe with Scott Wilhelm, certified science teacher with years of experience. Students will engage in a series of hands on activities where they build their own tools and use them to explore the laws of physics and nature. Excellent as a stand-alone academic enrichment program, or we can support a child’s endeavors in a specific academic goal.
Price: $60 a month
NESA Math Adventure ( Dr. Nicholas Sterling)
NESA MATH ADVENTURE is a recreational mathematics program for kids of all ages, designed to inspire them to love doing math. The adventure is all in the imagination! Kids play a role-playing game in which they fantasize a quest to find a lost treasure, nab a bad guy, slay a monster, or solve a mystery. If they do well with their math, they do well in the game, and eventually WIN!!
Price: $120 for eight weeks Maximum 16 students per class
NESA Chess ( Dr. Nicholas Sterling)
Dr. Sterling is committed to helping kids of all ages to learn the ROYAL GAME of chess in an enthusiastic, fun environment. The modern game of chess has existed for over five centuries, and older forms of the game date even earlier. Chess has been shown to help kids to sharpen and focus their intellectual acuity, learn to concentrate better, learn to make smarter decisions, and do better in school. Our chess courses are designed to help your chess player, whether beginner, intermediate, or advanced, to enjoy this mentally stimulating game and learn to play it better.
NESA Chess is a program of instruction in the Royal Game for kids of all ages. It is divided into three sections. Chess and Food! is for those kids who just want to relax, munch, and have fun. Beginning Chess is for serious students who are just getting started learning the rules and basic strategies, and Advanced Chess is for more adept students who are ready to take their chess to the next level.
Price: $120 for eight weeks Maximum 16 students per class