Jared Small
Co-Founder / Director oF Programming   HEAD READING & SCIENCE TUTOR
A.B. Harvard ’02 • J.D. Harvard ’18
Email - [email protected]

Since co-founding Peak in 2004, Jared has prepared more than 3,000 students for the SAT and ACT. He returned to Peak in 2018 after graduating cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he earned Dean’s Scholar distinctions in Criminal Law and Sports Law. Jared’s clinical work has led him to Kosovo to investigate the human rights implications of toxic remnants of war, and to the Middle East to consult on conflict management in Israeli and Palestinian high schools. Jared served as the assistant men's soccer coach at Harvard from 2016-2018, and served in a similar role at Yale from 2018-2022. From 2002-2015, Jared taught AP European History and AP World History in Westchester County, NY.
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Judd Rothstein
Co-Founder
Head Math Tutor​
B.A. Colgate ’00 • M.Ed. Columbia ’04 • Ed.D Candidate Fordham
email - [email protected] 

Since co-founding Peak in 2004, Judd has prepared more than 3,000 students for the SAT and ACT. A career educator, Judd spent eleven years teaching history and coaching soccer at the high school level. Judd received a professional diploma as a school building leader in 2016 and served as a high school Assistant Principal for five years. Judd is passionate about teaching and values the opportunity to help students set and reach their goals. He is currently working on a doctorate in educational leadership at Fordham University. ​
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Terry McKeown
​​Co-Founder
HEAD Grammar TUTOR​
​B.A. (Secondary Education) Hartford ’77
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Over the course of her distinguished 40-year career in education, Terry has served as a public high school teacher, tutor, and college essay mentor. Since co-founding Peak in 2004, she has provided SAT and ACT grammar instruction to all of Peak's students. Terry’s acclaimed LAP method—Learn, Apply, Practice—has made grammar instruction accessible in an era in which most high school curricula no longer prioritize the fundamentals of grammar. A mother of five grown children, Terry approaches her craft from the dual perspectives of master teacher and parent.
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