ABOUT ETX TUTORING
OUR MISSION STATEMENT
East Texas (ETX) Tutoring provides an academic atmosphere conducive to student success. Our mission is to support student achievement, create an encouraging learning environment, and translate difficult educational concepts in a way that is easy for all students to understand. As a company, we want to inspire students to be passionate about learning, instill the confidence in the students that they can succeed in school or anything they put their mind to, and to encourage the students, if anything, to always believe in themselves.
WHERE WE MEET
Our office is located at 407 East Corsicana Street, Athens, Texas 75751 inside the ETX Depot building.
OUR STORY
My name is Whitney Richards and I am the owner/founder of ETX Tutoring. I have been a math teacher for ten+ years and I have always done tutoring on the side. I decided in 2019 to take a leap of faith and open up my own tutoring company in Keller, Texas. I started by renting out a conference room hourly, running ACT and SAT cram sessions. I tutored the math section and my friend from the high school I taught at, who teaches English, tutored the English section. We were a small operation but we made an impact on the students and from there, we have grown. Now, we have opened up our second location in Athens, Texas!
ETX Tutoring is a locally owned business with roots in the community. In 2021, my husband, Nate, and I decided to move our family to East Texas. Nate played football for Trinity Valley Community College in 2011 and returned again in 2014 to train for Pro Day, which is what ultimately lead us to call Athens our new home. We have LOVED the time we have spent here and have made it a priority to give back to the community to help establish economic growth. Nate serves on the Athens Chamber of Commerce board and opened up a branch of his law firm in Athens, as well.
Athens has proven to be such a special place - it’s a small town with big heart and that’s the same vision I have for ETX Tutoring. When you send your child to tutor at ETX Tutoring, you know you are getting an individualized, tailored experience. We don’t use algorithms, or a “one size fits all” mentality. We get to know the student. We figure out their strengths and weaknesses, their goals and aspirations. We help the student succeed.