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Activ8 Learning Center offers private tutoring in K–12 Language Arts, including phonics, handwriting, essay writing, reading comprehension, college essay writing, and SAT Reading and Writing. The program also provides K–12 math support, including SAT Math, Algebra 1 and 2, Trigonometry, Pre-Calculus and Calculus, and Statistics, as well as tutoring in Science, History, Geography, and Spanish. Activ8 Learning Center includes special needs tutoring, homeschooling support, executive functioning support, test prep, special education advocacy, and online tutoring.
• Ages: 4–18 years old
Activ8 Learning Center offers concierge tutoring and educational advocacy within a comprehensive education environment. The program provides powerful, personalized tutoring and expert advocacy for parents, with a customized plan of action for each child. Each session is tailored to the child’s learning needs, styles, and interests, and the program describes itself as an education boutique rather than a large corporation with a cookie-cutter approach. Its approach is described as holistic and collaborative, partnering with specialists, teachers, and parents. The private tutoring program adapts to the child’s curriculum and homework, with tutors selected to fit the child’s unique personality and learning style, and sessions customized to include homework and core skills. Tutors partner directly with parents, teachers, and specialists. Activ8 Academy is described as a full-time, in-person program in a high-touch, small group setting that focuses on the whole child and promotes growth mindset, building confidence, accountability, gratitude, and a passion for learning.
The leadership team includes Activ8 founder Anna Laboon, and Activ8 Academy was created in 2020 by founders Anna Laboon and Meg Becker. Activ8 Academy was created in 2020.
According to the program’s mission statement, Activ8 Learning Center was built to address homework frustrations and to provide a comprehensive education environment. The mission statement describes powerful, personalized tutoring for students who attend school elsewhere, expert advocacy for parents seeking support from schools, and a fully realized vision within Activ8 Academy for students from Pre-K to 12th grade. The mission statement states that the approach has helped kids find confidence and capability and has helped parents secure support from schools, and that each session is entirely tailored to the child’s learning needs, styles, and interests.
Parent testimonials describe tutors as professional while creating a warm and loving learning environment, and note that some children enjoy attending tutoring and have continued while traveling as a boat-based family. One parent reports that a fourth grader who had social and emotional difficulties and falling grades saw an immediate difference at school after starting Activ8, asked to attend daily, and later received all A’s on math tests without extra time or school support. Another parent reports improvements in homework, organization, time management, grades, and confidence for a fourth grader, and describes staff and tutors as going above and beyond normal tutoring responsibilities. A parent of a child with learning differences describes receiving an action plan from Anna Laboon, feeling prepared for IEP and IDR meetings, avoiding hiring an attorney, and working with the district to meet their daughter’s needs, and states that their daughter is thriving. Other testimonials describe highly educated tutors, a fun-filled environment, individual attention to learning styles, improved grades, increased academic confidence, and children enjoying attending sessions. One family reports that a child’s tutor works directly with the classroom teacher and school curriculum, and that the child is thriving in math and has increased understanding of new concepts. Another parent of a child diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD reports meeting with Anna four times a week, a strong bond between tutor and child, a two-grade-level increase in reading in four months, and support with finding a psychologist covered by insurance and attending IEP meetings, as well as contact with the district to secure services.
Last updated June 29, 2026.
• Ages: 4–18 years old
Activ8 Learning Center offers concierge tutoring and educational advocacy within a comprehensive education environment. The program provides powerful, personalized tutoring and expert advocacy for parents, with a customized plan of action for each child. Each session is tailored to the child’s learning needs, styles, and interests, and the program describes itself as an education boutique rather than a large corporation with a cookie-cutter approach. Its approach is described as holistic and collaborative, partnering with specialists, teachers, and parents. The private tutoring program adapts to the child’s curriculum and homework, with tutors selected to fit the child’s unique personality and learning style, and sessions customized to include homework and core skills. Tutors partner directly with parents, teachers, and specialists. Activ8 Academy is described as a full-time, in-person program in a high-touch, small group setting that focuses on the whole child and promotes growth mindset, building confidence, accountability, gratitude, and a passion for learning.
The leadership team includes Activ8 founder Anna Laboon, and Activ8 Academy was created in 2020 by founders Anna Laboon and Meg Becker. Activ8 Academy was created in 2020.
According to the program’s mission statement, Activ8 Learning Center was built to address homework frustrations and to provide a comprehensive education environment. The mission statement describes powerful, personalized tutoring for students who attend school elsewhere, expert advocacy for parents seeking support from schools, and a fully realized vision within Activ8 Academy for students from Pre-K to 12th grade. The mission statement states that the approach has helped kids find confidence and capability and has helped parents secure support from schools, and that each session is entirely tailored to the child’s learning needs, styles, and interests.
Parent testimonials describe tutors as professional while creating a warm and loving learning environment, and note that some children enjoy attending tutoring and have continued while traveling as a boat-based family. One parent reports that a fourth grader who had social and emotional difficulties and falling grades saw an immediate difference at school after starting Activ8, asked to attend daily, and later received all A’s on math tests without extra time or school support. Another parent reports improvements in homework, organization, time management, grades, and confidence for a fourth grader, and describes staff and tutors as going above and beyond normal tutoring responsibilities. A parent of a child with learning differences describes receiving an action plan from Anna Laboon, feeling prepared for IEP and IDR meetings, avoiding hiring an attorney, and working with the district to meet their daughter’s needs, and states that their daughter is thriving. Other testimonials describe highly educated tutors, a fun-filled environment, individual attention to learning styles, improved grades, increased academic confidence, and children enjoying attending sessions. One family reports that a child’s tutor works directly with the classroom teacher and school curriculum, and that the child is thriving in math and has increased understanding of new concepts. Another parent of a child diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD reports meeting with Anna four times a week, a strong bond between tutor and child, a two-grade-level increase in reading in four months, and support with finding a psychologist covered by insurance and attending IEP meetings, as well as contact with the district to secure services.
Last updated June 29, 2026.
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