Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting Scheduled For Athena Learning Center of BCS, Texas

Athena Learning Centers of Princeton, New Jersey, announces the opening of a new learning center in College Station, Texas. The Athena Learning Center of BCS Texas located in the Kroger shopping center at 3505-E Longmire Drive, College Station, opened its doors to the community in September and is focused on providing local families with access to Athena’s full range of K-12 academic programs.

Athena Learning Center of BCS is a year-round learning center that offers K-12 students innovative solutions for improving their math and reading skills in preparation for success in college and the 21st century workplace. In addition, Athena Learning Center offers “Music & Me” by Kindermusik®, a research-based early childhood curriculum that uses bundled, thematic 30-minute lessons to help preschoolers from ages 18 months to 4 years old learn the important language, listening, and social skills. Athena Learning Center of BCS also offers subject tutoring homework support and SAT/ACT exam prep services.

“BCS is a community that clearly values high quality education, as evidenced by the award winning schools in this area,” says Athena Learning Center Director Michelle Lee. “We are thrilled to be able to bring our services to local students and families, becoming a part of the education community and a supplement to the wonderful academic opportunities that BCS’s students already enjoy.”

The Athena Learning Center of BCS will host a public grand opening and ribbon cutting event on October 31 and will have a Halloween theme at the open house with candy and prizes for kids and adults.

For further information about Athena Learning Center of BCS, call Michelle Lee (979) 314-9132 or email Michelle at bcstexas@athenalearningcenters.com. Or Visit, athenalearningcenters.com/collegestation-tx.

About Athena Learning Centers

Athena Learning Centers is a community of year-round Learning Centers where children go to improve their math and reading skills. Each franchised Athena Learning Center offers the Athena Advantage℠ of powerful solutions to help all students meet high standards and prepare them to succeed in school and in life. Athena Learning Centers are open for enrolled children at least five times per week during after-school and weekend hours. Children are encouraged to attend two to three times per week for best results. Athena Learning Centers believes that success can be learned and have designed their programs with the goal of making students better mathematics and literacy learners.

Athena Learning Centers partnered with Pearson Education and The Princeton Review, two leaders in education services. At Athena Learning Centers, there is alignment between what students will learn at the Center and what he/she is expected to learn at school.

As a franchise investment opportunity, Athena Learning Centers partnered with best-in-class providers of education products and business services to provide franchisees with state-or-the -art systems and the Athena Advantage℠ educational package to use in each of its franchised locations nationwide. This package will give Athena Learning Centers a competitive edge in the marketplace.

Athena Learning Centers will focus on franchise expansion throughout the United States with more than 30 locations slated to open within the next year. For more information, please visit www.athenalearningcenters.com or call (855) 422-6532.

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Children’s Education Learning Center Franchisor Athena Learning Centers Waives Initial Franchise Fee for Veterans and Family Members Looking to Achieve the American Dream of Business Ownership.

PRINCETON, N.J., December 3, 2012 – Recognizing the sacrifice and contribution that our military men and women make to our country and as our way of saying thank you for your service to our country, Athena Learning Centers is proud to announce that it will waive the $25,000 initial franchisee fee for U.S. veterans and family members.

Athena believes that our veterans, the men and women who have given so much to serve our country, should return home with business prospects to help them achieve their hopes and dreams. Athena created the Athena Learning Centers Veterans Program to honor qualified veterans and provide them with an opportunity to become Athena franchise owners. The program will be launched immediately and will continue through the 1^st quarter of 2013.

“Veterans have experiences that apply to running a small business and have consistently proven to be reliable franchisees that follow the system and make terrific brand ambassadors,” says Deven Klein, co-founder and COO, Athena Learning Centers. “We wanted to honor our U.S. veterans and at the same time provide them a jump-start to own their own Athena franchise–especially when many veterans transition back to civilian life in the coming year,” Klein stated.

Athena is seeking qualified individuals for single-unit, multi-unit, and area development territories. The company offers a franchise investor model and an owner operator model. Interested veterans may apply by completing the request for information form on Athena’s franchise website, or call Athena Learning Centers at 855-422-6532.

About Athena Learning Centers

Founded in 2011, Athena Learning Centers is a community of year-round Learning Centers where children go to improve their math, reading and science skills. Each franchised Athena Learning Center offers the Athena Advantage℠ package of powerful solutions to help all students meet high standards and prepare them to succeed in school and in life. Athena Learning Centers are open at least five times per week during after-school and weekend hours. Children are encouraged to attend two to four times per week for best results. Athena Learning Centers believes that success can be learned and have designed their programs with the goal of making students better mathematics and literacy learners. Athena’s in-center curriculum for Math and Literacy is fully aligned with the Common Core State Standards for use in Common Core states. Athena Learning Centers focus is on franchise expansion in the eastern United States, with more than 30 locations slated to open in 2013. For more information, please visit Athena Learning Centers or call (855) 422-6532.

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PRINCETON, NJ (November 29, 2012) – Franchisor Athena Learning Centers Selects Staples for Furniture, Promotional Items and Supplies

Athena Learning Centers recently announced its decision to work with Staples Advantage, the business-to-business division of Staples, to procure modern, durable and adaptable furniture packages for its franchisees nationwide. The agreement also allows Athena franchisees to avail themselves to the Staples Advantage program for office supplies and Athena-branded promotional items.

The furniture program, created in consultation with Staples interior design and furniture solutions business, Business Interiors By Staples, combines a uniform furniture package while allowing for customization based on the size and shape of the Learning Center. Athena franchisees will receive free consultation from the Staples interior design team to help select the best furniture, design and aesthetics that meets the needs of individual locations.

“Staples large distribution chain, significant discounting on high quality furniture and supplies, and the personal attention our franchisees will receive proved to be the tipping point for us in going ahead enthusiastically with Staples,” said Deven Klein, co-founder and COO, Athena Learning Centers. “Staples also solidifies our strategy to have a best-in-class vendor team that will continue to serve the best interests of our franchised network.”

In addition to furniture and interior design solutions, Athena franchisees will have access to the marketing and creative expertise of Staples Promotional Products, the nation’s leading provider of promotional products, to help develop, manage and implement meaningful brand campaigns.

“We look forward to providing Athena franchisees with the quality and service that Staples is known for and creating the best learning environment for Athena’s students,” said Michael Mageros, district sales manager, Staples.

About Athena Learning Centers

Founded in 2011, Athena Learning Centers is a community of year-round Learning Centers where children go to improve their math, reading and science skills. Each franchised Athena Learning Center offers the Athena Advantage℠ package of powerful solutions to help all students meet high standards and prepare them to succeed in school and in life. Athena Learning Centers are open for enrolled children at least five times per week during after-school and weekend hours. Children are encouraged to attend two to four times per week for best results. Athena Learning Centers believes that success can be learned and have designed their programs with the goal of making students better mathematics and literacy learners. Athena Learning Centers focus is on franchise expansion in the Eastern United States, with more than 30 locations slated to open in 2013. For more information, please visit Athena Learning Centers or call (855) 422-6532.

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PRINCETON, NJ (September 5, 2012) – Athena Learning Centers of Princeton, New Jersey, partnered with Paramount Acceptance Corporation to expand services for Athena franchisees.

Paramount’s state-of-the-art billing and management systems will save Athena franchisees time and money thus allowing them to focus mostly on helping students achieve academic success and growing their business. “We are thrilled that Paramount offers our franchisees efficiencies of operation that seek to help their bottom line and offer sound analytics to measure profitability and break-even points at the unit level,” said Deven Klein, COO and Co-Founder of Athena Learning Centers.

The features of the Paramount system– built specifically for Athena’s franchised network–include paperless point of sale and billing technology, check-in and check-out security systems, electronic recurring billing, contract writer, scheduling of staff linking directly to major payroll vendors, scheduling of students, and business analysis functions.

“We are excited to have Athena as a partner,” stated Sid Nelson, Senior Vice President of Paramount Acceptance Corporation. “It was obvious to me from our preliminary discussions that Athena wanted to make their payment system as easy as possible for their franchisees so they could focus on education,” said Nelson.

About Athena Learning Centers

Founded in 2011, Athena Learning Centers is a community of year-round Learning Centers where children go to improve their math and reading skills. Each franchised Athena Learning Center offers the Athena Advantage℠ package of powerful solutions to help all students meet high standards and prepare them to succeed in school and in life. Athena Learning Centers are open for enrolled children at least five times per week during after-school and weekend hours. Children are encouraged to attend two to four times per week for best results. Athena Learning Centers believes that success can be learned and have designed their programs with the goal of making students better mathematics and literacy learners. Athena Learning Centers focus is on franchise expansion in the Eastern United States, with more than 30 locations slated to open within the next year. For more information, please visit http://www.athenalearningcenters.com or call (855) 422-6532

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Athena Learning Centers Launches U.S. Franchising Operations and Plans to Bring 30 locations to the NY/NJ/PA by 2013

PRINCETON, NJ. (May 31, 2012) – Athena North America, LLC, franchisors of Athena Learning Centers of Princeton, New Jersey, launched franchising operations and will offer the industry’s most innovative solutions for students K-12. As a franchise investment opportunity, Athena Learning Centers partnered with best-in-class providers of education products and services to create the Athena Advantage℠ package to use in each of its franchised locations nationwide. This package of instructional programs will give the Athena Learning Centers’ the competitive edge in the marketplace.

Co-Founders Mark Mele and Deven Klein, who have a combined 42 years work experience for franchise companies and a combined 24 years of which are in the supplemental education industry, launched the company. “The supplemental education industry is highly fragmented, and we saw a need to help students in a way that is more aligned to what students are learning in school today along with the expectations placed on them through testing,” says Mele, who is CEO of the company.

Klein, who is COO/General Counsel, also sees a terrific opportunity for potential franchisees. “We are going to provide a clear alternative to what exists in this space in terms of royalty, territory protection, payment systems, and overall franchisee relations,” Klein stated.

Athena Learning Centers – Great Solutions for Top Student Performance

Athena Learning Centers partnered with Pearson Education, the leader in education services. Through the partnership, Athena Learning Centers selected programs to use in each of its franchised locations nationwide. As the leading education services company, Pearson is serious about student achievement. As one of the pioneers of the American standards movement, Pearson Education has contributed to the development of the Common Core State Standards for use in Common Core states.

In addition to proven methodology and personally focused instruction in Learning Centers placed in local communities throughout the U.S., Athena also offers online learning solutions for students powered by Virtual Nerd. Virtual Nerd uses their patent-pending Dynamic Whiteboard® online instructional platform to help students learn. Virtual Nerd currently offers hundreds of tutorials in Middle Grades Math, Pre-Algebra, Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Geometry, and Intro Physics. Virtual Nerd is best in class when it comes to online tutoring.

Athena Learning Centers has also partnered with The Princeton Review® to offer the best preparation for high stakes tests for students in PSAT®, SAT®, SAT® subject tests, and AP® subject tests. For over 30 years, The Princeton Review’s methods and techniques have remained the gold standard in the test prep industry.

About Athena Learning Centers

Founded in 2011, Athena Learning Centers is a community of year-round Learning Centers where children go to improve their math and reading skills. Each franchised location offers the Athena Advantage℠ package of powerful solutions to help all students meet high standards and prepare them to succeed in school and in life. Athena Learning Centers are open for enrolled children at least five times per week during after-school and weekend hours. Children are encouraged to attend two to four times per week for best results. Athena Learning Centers believes that success can be learned and have designed their programs with the goal of making students better mathematics and literacy learners. Athena Learning Centers focus is on franchise expansion in the Eastern United States, with more than 30 locations slated to open within the next year. For more information, please visit http://www.athenalearningcenters.com or call (855) 422-6532