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Stamford Peace Basketball Club Expands Its Beyond Limits Academic Program

STAMFORD, Conn. -- Stamford Peace Basketball Club, Inc., a local and travel basketball program serving boys and girls from first- through 11th-grade in lower Fairfield County, has announced the expansion of its Beyond Limits Academic Program. 

Fourteen-year-old Stamford High School Freshman, Laura Carroll, left, meets with 17-year-old Stamford High School senior, and Beyond Limits tutor, Brianna Samaranayake.

Fourteen-year-old Stamford High School Freshman, Laura Carroll, left, meets with 17-year-old Stamford High School senior, and Beyond Limits tutor, Brianna Samaranayake.

Photo Credit: Photo credit: Margaret Hart
Becca Rakowitz, right. a 17-year-old senior at Stamford High School, tutors Stamford High School Sophomore, Jerome Atkinson, 15, in chemistry.

Becca Rakowitz, right. a 17-year-old senior at Stamford High School, tutors Stamford High School Sophomore, Jerome Atkinson, 15, in chemistry.

Photo Credit: Photo credit: Margaret Hart

The program, which Stamford Peace began in 2013 by offering one-on-one tutoring assistance to its student-athletes, has expanded to provide highly subsidized tutoring and informal mentoring to other students attending Stamford Public Schools.

Tutoring is conducted by Stamford Public Schools’ upperclassmen, including National Honor Society members, who are referred by teachers and administrators. Tutoring sessions are scheduled on weekday afternoons and evenings and on Saturdays. 

One-hour sessions are conducted at Stamford Peace’s Long Ridge Road offices, which include a classroom equipped with computers, school supplies and reference books. The facility also provides a lounge area with Wi-Fi for parents, a kitchen area with complimentary snacks and beverages, and a fitness room. Subsidized fees range from $2 to $16 per hour, with a 50 percent discount for students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The Beyond Limits program is dedicated to enhancing opportunities for academic success.

“This is a small step toward a considerably larger effort needed to level the playing field for all local families,” said Andy Sklover, co-founder of the Beyond Limits program. Tutoring sessions include a review of coursework, test preparation, and related academic projects, with a focus on helping students increase their understanding of math and science concepts and content. 

In a recent Beyond Limits parent survey, a substantial majority of parents reported being “very satisfied,” and rated the quality of the tutors as “excellent.” Vanessa Carroll, whose daughter Laura is a freshman at Westhill High School, has been working with a Beyond Limits tutor twice a week since January to help improve her geometry skills.

Carroll and her daughter learned about the tutoring program from her daughter’s Westhill basketball coach, Brian Kriftcher, who is a co-founder of Beyond Limits, as well as the founder of Stamford Peace. “Coach K is a great mentor for the kids,” Carroll said.

“Major college athletic programs at all levels routinely make academic supports and advisement readily available to their student-athletes,” said Kriftcher. 

For more information about the Beyond Limits tutoring program or to schedule an orientation meeting, please contact Andy Sklover at andy@beyondlimitsacademics.org or call 203-588-9023.

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