Oakley Tutors

About Oakley

Solid as an oak tree, Oakley City provides a firm foundation. True to its name’s meaning: “meadow of oak trees,” this scenic area still has its share of the mighty oak tree that often clocks a solid 200 years, thriving in the California sunshine.

Oakley City is situated in Contra Costa County, south of Oakland, on the northeastern end of the San Francisco Bay area. There’s loads of nearby activity and a burgeoning economy. Yet, like the stately oak tree, it sits securely anchored to the land. Oakley City is characterized as a family-oriented suburban city, now having about 40,000 residents.

In the past, it has been a farming community. 1862 Sarah Sellers, an early settler, opened Oakley’s first public school. Children of various ages learned together, the older ones often helping the younger ones, and they thrived. Randolph Marsh moved it along the journey to being a full-size town in 1897. He was himself an enterprising farmer and the town of Oakley’s first postmaster.

Early settlers grew vegetables and fresh fruits. Then almonds, walnuts, and pecans were cultivated on the land of the stately oaks. Oakley became one of the leading almond producing areas of California, in the 1950s. So it is no wonder that Oakley’s City’s favorite attraction was the annual almond Festival, featuring a carnival and parade, for this city, whose motto is “A Place for Families in the Heart of the Delta.”

Families and children have a good life in Oakley City. Farms and vineyards continue to thrive amongst the growing city of the oaks. It abounds in parks, and has many a tree-lined street. Oakley Union Elementary School District’s K-5 schools and middle schools treasure the history of a personal family atmosphere. Their mission is not only to communicate academics, but also family values and responsibility. Oakley City Tutors help these young ones master basic skills and develop the solid, responsible work ethic that leads to the pattern of success.

Oakley’s Liberty Union High School District schools are strewn with a wide range of subjects, a considerable hurdle for some. Grade Potential tutors are well versed in subject matter options, and approaches that enable them to be mastered. Tutors can help students combine learning a smorgasbord of subjects: language, math, and the sciences – with recognizing their individual areas of strength and interest. Combining agrarian values of productivity with knowledge of the needs of our high tech society, like the mighty oaks, they become rooted to the turf of learning and step up to the success.