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Parents

• D.R. (taught two sons): Dear Alla! We are eternally grateful that Steven had the opportunity to study Algebra and Geometry with you. You taught him math, but we know that Steven also learned organizational skills, responsibility, and much, much more from you. Thank you for everything!
• H.H. (taught three daughters): Ms. Alla Korinevskaya has been a part of all 3 of my daughters’ education for the past 8 years. I would like to stress particularly her ability to motivate students, and her deep interest in challenging students to reach their full potential. She is an outstanding teacher and person, and definitely a favored teacher of my daughters.
• B.E. (taught two sons, two daughters): As my husband and I both have BA degrees in math, we follow our children’s math progress closely and get to know their math teachers well.  All of our children had Mrs. Korinevskaya for two or more years of math, starting in the 1999/2000 school year through the 2008/2009 school year.  They all were given a strong math background and carry a confidence in their abilities.
• L.W. (taught a daughter): I have been impressed by Mrs. Korinevskaya commitment to teaching and her dedication to the real pursuit of knowledge.  As a math teacher, she excels in conveying difficult concepts with simplicity and patience.  As an educator, she is dedicated to the cultivation of her students’ talents and abilities, and encourages them to press their own limits. Alla helped my daughter, Sara, to develop new confidence and competence in her study of mathematics.
• D.B. (taught two daughters): Mrs. Korinevskaya has made math fun for my daughters.  She has taught both my daughters in middle school and high school for Foundations of Algebra, Honors Algebra 1 and 2, and Honors Geometry courses.  She has taught them, mentored them, and instilled in them the power of knowing that they are capable in math, even when they thought and said they weren’t.
• E. S. (taught a son): Alla helps her students to achieve mastery through exercise.  She uses visual aids, humor, origami, and life situations to help her students understand math concepts.  And when her students develop a taste for more complex math, she challenges them with unusual problems and cultivates mathematical ingenuity, creativity and heuristic thinking.

Students

• I was not a naturally gifted math whiz kid, so having M. Korinevskaya as a math teacher was invaluable for me. She would always explain problems in a very clear and precise manner which made complex concepts easy to understand. M.H. (National Merit Finalist, MIT class 2012)
• I wholeheartedly believe that Mrs. Korinevskaya was the best Mathematics instructor I have ever had.  It means a lot that I can convey this message to others. Her ability to motivate students is unmatched. Her quintessentially Russian teaching style combines hard work, intense commitment and elegance. One of the greatest lessons I learned from Mrs. Korinevskaya was to appreciate an “elegant solution,” in her words. This meant approaching a problem from a different angle and solving difficult exercises with careful thought instead of brute force. The only losers, I learned from Mrs. Korinevskaya, are those who do not try. There are very few people that I believe changed my life; Mrs. Korinevskaya is one, and I would not be at Princeton today if it were not for her teaching and her guidance in life. C.G. (Princeton class 2012)
• In all of my years of mathematics education, you are the primary reason I went down this path. Your understanding of mathematics and teaching, and your ability to pass your knowledge on to your students is unmatched in any professors I have had. I want you to know that your teaching was the foundation for my love of both math and teaching. The main thing about you is that you personalize math for your students. I loved your custom-made problems both when I needed help working on foundational skills, and those that gave me extra challenge. A.A. (Berkeley class 2009)
• Thank you! I got perfect scores on math sections of PSAT, SAT I, and SATIIC!!!
  H.B. (National Merit Finalist)