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About Our Staff
Judi
Robinovitz
Judi Robinovitz is a Certified Educational Planner with
more than 30 years of experience in education. Specializing
in educational counseling, she is the author of numerous
books, articles, and software on test preparation and college
planning. Robinovitz has been a featured speaker at national
educational conferences and schools. To keep pace with current
educational trends, Robinovitz continually travels across
America to assess colleges, boarding schools, and emotional
growth programs.
During her tenure at Educational Testing Service, Robinovitz
served as technical liaison to the College Board, the Law
School Admission Council, and the Graduate Record Examination
Board. She spearheaded the College Board's SAT prep software
and made major contributions to their test preparation books.
Frequently taking the SAT, Robinovitz scored a perfect 800
on all three sections of the SAT.
Consulting to two private schools in Boca Raton, Yeshiva
High School and Donna Klein Jewish Academy, Robinovitz created
their college guidance programs and served as Director of
College Guidance to the first five graduating classes of
each school.
As an active member of the Independent Educational Consultants
Association, the National Association for College Admission
Counseling, and the Secondary School Admission Test Board,
Robinovitz is part of a professional network of admission
directors, educators, psychologists and other educational
consultants. She is also a member of the National Learning
Disabilities Association and the Orton Dyslexia Society.
Robinovitz studied at Harvard University, Rutgers University,
and the University of Connecticut. She holds graduate and
undergraduate degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science,
both with highest honors. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Jason
Robinovitz, JD
Jason Robinovitz, the Chief Operating Officer of all Score
At The Top Learning Centers, oversees each Center’s
day-to-day operations, ensuring the delivery of top quality
educational support and guidance services to client families.
As team leader for our staff of more than 75 tutors, educational
consultants, directors, and bookkeeper, Jason is in charge
of strategic decision-making, including best practice policies,
customer service, staffing, training, marketing, systems,
and technology. Jason is also the Director and Head of School of our learning centers and schools in Parkland/Coral Springs and Weston.
Jason is also involved in educational consulting services
for college, boarding school, and law school clients. Meeting
with students, Jason specializes in directing pre-law and
future law-school students toward the extracurricular activities
that will help position them for success. He also creates
student profiles for presentation to traditional and therapeutic
boarding schools and discusses appropriateness of placement
with their admission directors.
Jason graduated from the University of Denver with a BSBA
in Finance and concentrations in Real Estate and Leadership.
Three years later, he graduated from Emory University School
of Law with a concentration in business and corporate law.
Jason practiced medical malpractice law for five years before
joining Score At The Top. He is a member of the Florida Bar.
Jason is the son of Judi Robinovitz, owner of Score At The
Top Learning Centers.
Jury
Robinovitz
Jury Robinovitz, the Chief Wellness Officer for all the
Score At The Top Learning Centers, is responsible for spreading
love and wellbeing to all. Jury is a Whippet/Labrador mix
that was rescued by Jason from Miami Pet Rescue in May 2009.
Before joining the family, Jury spent her time tied to a
tree, fostering families of ticks and fleas. She is now tick
and flea free and spends her days traveling from Center to
Center with Jason, playing with all the kids and licking
anyone who shows her affection.
LeAnn
Elder
LeAnn Elder is the Center Director and Head of School in our Boca Raton location. She is a licensed architect with an extensive educational background — a B.S. from The University of Virginia and a Master's in Architecture from Harvard University. She studied abroad in Vicenza, Italy, while at UVA. At both UVA and Harvard, LeAnn was chosen for a variety of Teaching Assistantships, including a unique opportunity to teach an architecture program to middle school girls. As a result, she went on to design and teach a summer architecture program for high school students while attending Harvard. Her passion for teaching led to community service projects, which included introducing inner-city children to architecture with the help of the Baltimore City Arts Council. Since arriving in Florida, she has taught at FAU, and has passed her Florida teaching exams for all middle school subjects, high school math, technology, and health.
As an architect, LeAnn designed a house that was featured in a magazine (an extraordinary, contemporary design, one into which the Robinovitz family could easily move!) and has worked for firms in both Maryland and Florida. Her background in architecture accounts for her attention to detail and ability to make certain that disparate pieces come together to form a unified whole, no matter what the scale.
Beyond her own lifelong commitment to education and extracurricular activities, including her current interests in playing the piano and lifting weights, she is a mother of two who loves mentoring her own children. Her two boys are in an elementary school gifted program. They love to learn, play the piano and swim competitively on a swim team. Motherhood for LeAnn brought a shift of emphasis from the computer-dominated world of architecture to those qualities that touched on what she was truly passionate about — education and children.
LeAnn comes to Score at the Top with an enthusiasm to succeed and a strong belief in our mission. She loves to talk to people and prides herself on her ability to effectively communicate with people and listen to their needs. As a self-proclaimed "born leader," she sought the Director position to fulfill her desire to challenge herself to use her skills. Whether it was managing projects as an architect, designing her own curriculum as a teacher, or becoming Chair of Manalapan's Architectural Commission, she has always felt that she could best serve the task at hand from a leadership standpoint.
As Director/Head of School, LeAnn will serve as your gateway to success: thoroughly discussing your student's needs (including teachers' input, if appropriate), creating a goal-driven support plan, and carefully matching your student to the appropriate tutor(s)/teacher(s) based on learning style and personality. LeAnn oversees our professional teaching staff, working collaboratively with our parents, students, and teachers to ensure top-quality service to our client families.
Cathy
Bicksler
As the Center Director and Head of School in our Palm Beach Gardens and West Palm Beach locations, Cathy brings
a unique set of skills and life experiences to educating
children. With a BS in Accounting from Bowling Green State
University, she started her professional career as a cost
accountant for Goodyear. However, after marrying and giving
birth to the first of her seven children, Cathy made a 20-year
career change to become a "homeschool mom" to her
ever growing family. While teaching all her children throughout
their school years. Cathy also took many educational seminars,
including curriculum choice and customization, project design,
critical thinking, motivation, and making learning "delight-directed." Cathy
guided her four oldest children through their successful
college-application process and is excited about following
suit with her three youngest. She is truly passionate about
children and education.
Before coming to Score At The Top, Cathy taught middle-school
math and art at Marathana Christian Academy. Drawing heavily
on her 20+ years of helping her own and other children, Cathy
has an incredible knack for matching students to tutors.
She spends a great deal of time in conversation with parents
to analyze their children’s learning styles, identify
their academic-support needs, and develop a plan for success.
She also works closely with our homeschool families in curriculum
design, course scheduling, and enrichment planning.
Cathy’s close contact with our tutors and teachers is a daily event in Palm Beach Gardens and West Palm. She regularly discusses the most effective teaching techniques, the use of supplementary materials, and creativity in sessions; she also organizes the curricula and schedules for all enrolled students in both locations. Keeping in touch with local schools is another dimension of her position; in addition to setting up test-prep workshops and college-planning seminars on their campuses, she organizes AP review sessions, summer-school classes, and courses for academic credit in the Palm Beach Gardens and West Palm Beach locations.
Cathy takes great pride in helping parents, students, tutors/teachers, and schools work together as partners in education!
Barry
Mallis
Barry Mallis is the Director and Head of School of our Wellington learning center and school.
A graduate of Oberlin and recipient of a Master’s degree
from Middlebury, he brings us years of independent school
teaching experience in English, modern languages (Spanish,
French and Russian), and theatre. The recipient of a N.A.I.S.
Braitmayer Foundation Fellowship to study mime and movement
at Ecole Jacques Lecoq in Paris, Barry used that experience
to prepare a curriculum for teaching Mime at the secondary
school level.
In addition to his work with students, Barry has facilitated
strategic business planning workshops with top management
teams of Fortune 500 companies in the United States, Mexico,
and Germany. His eclectic experience includes membership
on the ski patrol of the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid;
service as interpreter for a group of U.S. Rotarians visiting
northwest Russian in 1998; high-school varsity soccer coaching
(he holds a US Soccer Federation “C” coaching
license); and certification as a referee instructor and assessor
for USSF. His poetry has been published in the Northern New
England Review, and his work on strategic management theory
appeared in Center For Quality of Management Journal. Barry
has completed three marathon road races.
His work with children and adults throughout his career
has been marked by dynamism, enthusiasm, and a breadth of
knowledge and experience drawn from Singapore to the Amazon
basin to Israel.
He lives with his wife and pug in West Palm Beach.
Leslie
Isaacs
As the Boca Raton office manager, receptionist, and Judi's
personal assistant, Leslie brings a wealth of experience
and knowledge to her position at Score at the Top. Raised
in New York City, she attended Boston University and earned
her BS in Communications with a specialty in Public Relations.
Leslie worked in the entertainment industry as a publicist
for the music business prior to becoming an executive in
her family's business, Beverly Storage Co/ArtPack International,
specialists in international logistics. Her company's clientele
included four U.S. Presidents, six Governors and countless
celebrities. In 1997, Leslie relocated with her husband & daughter
to Boca Raton, where she worked as assistant librarian for
the American Heritage School of Boca/Delray.
As a former client who successfully used the college-planning,
SAT-prep, and academic-support services available at Score
At The Top Learning Center for her daughter, Leslie brings
a unique perspective to her position. This, combined with
her knowledge of the educational landscape and her ability
to engage clients, has made her a great asset. Often Leslie
is the first contact clients have with Score At The Top,
and they have found her to be a warm, welcoming and professional
presence, helping them to understand the benefits of relying
on Score at the Top for all of their children’s academic
needs.
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