Hello, I'm Kay! I have a Chemical Engineering degree, a B2 French diploma, and twelve years tutoring experience. I started Monarch Online Tutoring because I wanted to give my students access to high quality tutoring services at reasonable rates. I tutor in-person in the Greenville, SC area and online with students anywhere in the world. I believe learning should be a lifelong pursuit, and anyone who wants to learn should have the opportunity to do so. I am excited about meeting you!
I have three awesome kids who were all Honors and AP students in high school. All three were given academic scholarships to college, and my youngest received a full tuition academic scholarship at Clemson University. My children all kept their scholarships by maintaining their grades throughout their college careers. I firmly believe that setting high expectations leads to success.
I have tutored students from kindergarten through college level. I have tutored students online from more than 15 different states and from countries including Morocco, the UK and China. I have also taught home school courses and assisted students taking online classes. If you would like a reference from a past student, please contact me and I will be happy to provide one. Contact me today to get yourself or your student on the road to success!
Topics
SAT Prep, ACT Prep, Algebra, Pre-Calculus, Calculus, General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Geometry, Trigonometry, Physics, French
Tutoring Rates
$60/hour (online), $60 (in-person, Greenville SC)
Availability
Mon-Sat 9am-11pm Eastern
Hear what my students have to say!
Write TestimonialKay really helped my son work through some parts of chemistry he has been struggling with. She was very patient and he really seemed to respond well to her. He said he feels more confident with the equations they are working on right now.
Mrs. Kay was an excellent tutor. She is very skilled in teaching math which is probably my worst subject but with her help I was able to excel in it. She even taught me some mechanical comprehension for the ASVAB and let me borrow her ASVAB book for an entire week! Couldn't recommend her enough! If you have trouble with math or rather any subject, you should definitely get her as your tutor!
She helped with the sounding of verbs and nouns to make a clear understanding of what was being said and most importantly how it was to be said. Her patience with my son is outstanding.
I noticed she encourages her students to think and that leads to a better understanding of the lesson and improves my daughter's problem-solving skills.
She showed me a different way to solve the problems. It was a short lesson but helpful. I ended up scoring a 91 on my midterm but i used several sources to achieve this.
Kay is patient, encouraging and makes difficult concepts easier to understand. I could not have prepared for the GRE without her. I know my score will improve as a result of what I've learned from her.
She taught me about how to do functions and graphs. She was very patient as well understanding when I explained to her how long it had been since seeing/doing this type of work. I would recommend her to anyone. She truly has a heart for a student who is struggling.
Kay is the best! After a couple misses we found a knowledgable, kind, and motivating tutor in Kay for our daughter. And you really need all three attributes. Also she familiarized herself with the state standards particular to our situation. Thank you Kay for saving the day!
My son struggles in math and he came home very happy after his first tutoring session with Kay and felt very positive about having a tutor and improving in math.
Kay is one of the nicest and most helpful tutors I've ever had. Making you do problems you aren't comfortable with and poking you for questions. She helped me excel in Trigonometry, a class I never thought I would be able to pass. If you can get Kay as a tutor, you're very lucky as she cares wholeheartedly.
Kay teaches in a way that is very easy to understand and is extremely helpful! She makes learning something that is very difficult fun to learn with helpful tips and tricks. After only one session, my daughter said her confidence in geometry has gone up significantly! We are so grateful to have found her!
Kay was great with my daughter . It was her first lesson and once i told Kay what our goals were she was able to immediately suggest a couple of teaching strategies to help attain those goals. My daughter loved working with her
Ms. Kay helps me to prepare for quizzes and tests by going over practice problems with me. She is patient when I try to figure out the answer and is there for guidance and support. I definitely feel better prepared for class after tutoring with Ms. Kay than before tutoring with her.
Kay reviewed Chemistry with my daughter and was very helpful. My daughter has a test this coming friday, and now my daughter is very confident in her skills. Kay broke things down into ways my daughter could understand very easily.
Knowledgeable, patient, and encouraging. The student has succeeded and gained more and more knowledge of what he needs to do to succeed on his own. Wonderful tutor!
My daughter is very satisfied with the tutoring lessons she has received from Mrs. Kay. She is now comfortable in her class and making progress.
I am beyond happy with my tutoring lessons with Kay H. She is very patient and really makes an effort to make sure I understand the material. I feel much more confident with Chemistry now than I have before. You will not go wrong with her, she is the best in the business. Thank you for all your help!!
Kay was very professional and informative. My daughter enjoyed her first session with Kay and is looking forward to working with her on a permanent basis! She deserves a five star rating!
Kay is very professional and an excellent tutor. My high school son struggles with math skills and Kay helped him to pass his Algebra 1 Class as well as the Algebra 1 EOC exam that is a graduation requirement. My husband and I are very pleased at the progress our son has made with Kay. She is always prepared and very willing to work around our schedule. I highly recommend her as a math tutor for anyone!!!
She provided tutor to my daughter and it was last minute, during the last few weeks of school. Kay worked with my daughter and prepared her for finals. Wish we would have found Kay earlier in the year.
Kay was exactly what we were looking for. Our son needed to boost his ACT scores by 2 points to get to South Carolina scholarship levels. She knew just how to approach studying for the test and just how to get him motivated to obtain exactly the scores he needed. We were very pleased and have recommended her to many of our friends.
I had the pleasure of having Kay tutor me. I am an over 45 year old lady that is going back to school and was so in shock by College Algebra. Kay helped me and walked me through the steps and made me feel proud to work problems out in class with the students that were much younger. This was a opportunity from heaven.
Kay is a great tutor! She is patient and very helpful in breaking things down into easier ways to remember. I would recommend her to everyone!
She is always on time and accommodating. I was somewhat skeptical about finding a tutor "on line". Without a doubt she has made a positive impact on my son's math skills. I would highly recommend Kay to anyone that requires her skill set. She has been a great "find" for us.
My daughter felt very comfortable working with Kay. She was patient and kind while she worked through the exercises. My daughter doesn't normally relax with people when she first meets them but with Kay, it seems like a good fit. I look forward to seeing my daughter's grades improve as she continues working with Kay's support. Kay and I are working on a plan to help my daughter improve her grades. She is not just focused on homework of the day. She is helping with some of the basic foundational areas as well.
Mrs. Kay was absolutely the reason I got an A in organic. She knows the nuances of organic to such a detailed level that she can take what looks like a foreign language and make it simple. She has a diverse teaching style and really knows how to apply her arsenal of methods to what suits you best. Her greatest attribute is how personable she is and that she genuinely wants the best for you. She’ll work you into her schedule and not a minute is wasted. What separates her from the rest is that she doesn’t need to tutor- she does it because it’s her passion and you’ll see that in your results.
I was really struggling with orgo and was about to give up when I started meeting with Kay. I thought it would be impossible to catch up so late, but I ended up learning more from her in just two weeks than an entire semester at my university. She is very knowledgable and kind, and really excelled at making difficult concepts easy to understand. I will definitely be scheduling more sessions with her in the future!!
Ms. Kay is absolutely exceptional. She has taught me more Organic Chemistry in one hour than I have learned in one semester. She is amazing!!
Kay is a fantastic tutor for my calculus and organic chemistry classes! It is the best of both worlds! Kay is a great teacher and is always prepared for whatever concept I throw her way. I enjoy working with Kay because I genuinely learn something every time. I never leave a session not understanding a concept. I would recommend Kay to any student looking for additional help!
Kay was very patient and straight to the point. She knows college physics and exactly how to explain it! I really enjoyed my lesson with her and look forward to future lessons.
Kay was so patient and accommodating to my particular needs. Not only did Kay create a specific plan for me and follow it, but she also made sure to keep it a pace that was perfect for me and highlighted ways of understanding that resonated more with me than others. I also appreciate that she worked with me to send me homework and practice exams that were applicable to me. Being able to practice certain pieces of quant outside of our sessions was very helpful. She is also very easy to contact and hear a response from, which I appreciate for many reasons. Kay helped me to study for the quant portion of the GRE (Which I will be taking tomorrow), and I can definitely go into it knowing that I am much more prepared than I was before finding her. If you have had troubles in the past with finding a tutor/program that works for you, I highly recommend to look into Kay. I had previously used a GRE studying program that ended up being a waste of time and money for me as it moved to quick and the lessons were too close together for me to hold onto any information learned. Although I don’t have any scores to show yet, I can at least know that I am walking into the GRE more confident than I did previously (did not get a great score the first time I took it). This alone is a huge accomplishment for me as I am usually extremely anxious about important exams such as this. On a sidenote, I had a few things happen during my time with Kay as a tutor that needed immediate attention and I had to switch our meeting days/times around quite quickly. Kay was extremely understanding and catering to these instances. So, if you have a difficult schedule to work with, I’m sure you will be able to find a way to work out tutoring times with Kay!
Kay taught me everything I was wondering or questioning/inquiring about with my pre-calc studies, from the trig topics, from the unit circle to the identities or anything in between. If there was something I was unsure about or uninformed on she would help to fill the gaps and provided great knowledge and she is an ease to work with, a wonderful and nice lady. She is super kind and easy going and made my journey through my online pre-calc class infinitely easier! She's great.
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