About the Course


This course allows students in grade 2 to continue to learn from home while using Investigations in Number, Data, and Space as a resource. Students work side by side with Dr. Deena while solidifying numeracy concepts deemed appropriate by the U.S. Common Core Standards.

Dr. Deena Amiry



Dr. Deena Amiry earned her B.S. from Georgetown University with a certificate in education and a medal for outstanding achievement in student teaching. She earned her Masters’ degree from Middlebury College and her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in Romance Languages, where she served as a lecturer of French language and literature. Dr. Amiry worked in several private schools in the United States, including the prestigious Dalton School in New York City. At Dalton, alongside teaching responsibilities, Dr. Amiry served as Dean of the 9th grade and department chair of middle and high school foreign languages.

In Egypt, Dr. Deena Amiry co-founded and headed the International School of Egypt in New Cairo in 2009. In 2012, Dr. Deena moved on and founded the Young Scholars of Egypt (YSE) microschool, an educational program for children ages 3-18 that aims to provide students with an education that prepares them for the 21st century. In 2019, alongside ACT’s founding team, Dr. Deena brought YSE under ACT’s umbrella to create a network of connected microschools.

Course Curriculum


  Unit 1: Counting, Coins, and Combinations
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  Unit 2: Shapes, Blocks, and Symmetry (2-D and 3-D Geometry)
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  Unit 3: Stickers, Number Strings, and Story Problems
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  Unit 6
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  Parts of a Whole, Parts of a Group (unit 7)
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  Unit 8
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  Unit 9: Measuring Length and Time
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$20

Course Materials Only (One-time Payment)

$20

Trial Session (One-to-one)

Book a session with an experienced teacher to understand what the course is about

Note: each student is allowed one trial session. After that, it is required to purchase a package if the student is interested in continuing to work with her/his tutor.

$125/month

One-to-one with an Experienced Teacher

Learn one on one with an experienced ACT Microschools teacher who is trained on our curriculum and teaching methods. You will meet your tutor twice a week for 4 weeks, with a total of 8 live sessions (each session is 40 minutes long).


Price includes access to course material.

$195/month

Friends Plan (2 students)

Bring your friend and enjoy a more affordable plan!

With this plan, you can bring a friend and pay a discounted price together. You will either have one-to-one sessions that are 30 minutes each, or work together in a group for 40 minutes per session.


Note: we reserve the right to decide whether you learn one to one or in a group of two, depending on an assessment that we conduct in the first session.