Our Lady of Guadalupe,
pray for us!

"All shall be well,

all shall be well,

and all manner of

thing shall be well."

-Julian of Norwich

Writing Support
and
Special Needs Consulting

now offered by Psalm139Life

I am very excited to partner with Psalm139Life to offer Writing Support and Special Needs Consulting to enrolled and non-enrolled families, alike.

Determining a grade for a student's writing assignment can be quite challenging because despite the many rules about writing, grading an essay is still incredibly subjective.

Home educating parents have the additional challenge of trying to critique and grade their own children's papers, wondering if they're being too lax or too harsh.

It is for these reasons and more that Mrs. Celeste Cuellar has partnered with us to now offer these new services to parents and students, under her personal patronage of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

My Story - Mrs. Celeste Cuellar (QUAY-yar)

Celeste has worked in the field of education and counseling for over 30 years in faith-based organizations. For the past twelve years, she was a Homeschool and Special Needs academic advisor with Kolbe Academy, where she spent much of her time providing essay writing assistance and grading for students and parents.

Prior to Kolbe Academy, Celeste was a PreK-12 teacher, school counselor and administrator, a mental health therapist, and an adjunct college instructor. She has a Bachelor of University Studies with a dual concentration in History and English, and an MA in Counseling.

A convert to Catholicism, Celeste met her husband, Mark, when she worked in Lutheran campus ministry and he was active at the campus Newman Center.

Progam Offerings

Writing Support

Parent Grading Support
Student Writing Development

Special Needs Consulting

Coming soon!

About our Program

Determining a grade for a written assignment can be quite challenging because despite the many rules about grammar and spelling, grading the quality of the writing itself is still incredibly subjective.

I spent over eight years, while working as a homeschool advisor, helping parents learn to evaluate their students’ written work, and teaching students how to successfully write better essays. Reading hundreds of papers over those years impressed upon me the need for evaluations that consider multiple perspectives.

My approach is that all work will have a suggested grade for both content and grammar based on rubrics I’ve created, and there will be an additional grade tailored to the student based on their ability and effort. This allows parents and students to see progress toward meeting objective goals and recognition of the improvement of the student’s work.

While not all students have a gift for writing, I believe they can all learn to be technically proficient and write to the best of their God-given ability.

Writing Support Plans

Parent Grading Support

$125 - Paid in Full at time of enrollment

Limited to 20 Families

This plan is designed for parents who want to increase their knowledge and confidence in grading their students’ essays.

It may be used by more than one student in the family. Extensive feedback within the paper itself will help parents identify and correct problem areas in their students’ written work and provide insight for grading.

Parents will fill out an information sheet regarding their goals and concerns to allow me to address what’s most important to them. Grading rubrics created by me will be shared with parents to provide guidance, but parents are still the primary educators and will be responsible for the final grade for all work.

Five (5) papers will be evaluated during a semester which is defined as five months from the time of enrollment. To get the most benefit, the first paper should be submitted no later than 30 days after enrolling. Papers may be submitted individually or in a batch. Turnaround time is up to 5 business days per paper.

Provided there is room in the program, enrollments will be accepted at any time August 1st through May 31st.

Up to 1 hour spent on each paper with detailed feedback provided via a one-time email.

I'm interested!

Student Writing Development

$300 - Paid in Full or in 5 installments

Limited to 20 Families

This plan is aimed at students grades 8-12 with a goal of encouraging them to develop and fine tune their style.

No more than two students within the family may submit work. Extensive feedback within the paper itself will help students identify and correct problem areas.

Parents and students will fill out an information sheet regarding their goals and concerns to allow me to address what’s most important to them. Grading rubrics created by me will be shared with parents and students to provide guidance, but parents are still the primary educators and will be responsible for the final grade for all work. Students will receive a style guide used by the USCCB to learn how to cite quotations and other Catholic resources will also be utilized.

Ten (10) papers will be evaluated during a semester which is defined as five months from the time of enrollment. To get the most benefit, the first paper should be submitted no later than 30 days after enrolling. Each student may submit only ONE paper at a time and no more than two per month total.

Turnaround time is up to 5 business days per paper.

Provided there is room in the program, enrollments will be accepted at any time August 1st through May 31st.

Up to 1 hour spent on each paper with detailed feedback provided via email. Parents, or students with their parents’ permission, may correspond by email once per week to ask for assistance. Parents will be CCed on email exchanges between myself and a student. Four 30-minute phone or Zoom consultations are also available.

I'm interested!

*Definition of a Semester:

A Semester is considered approximately 20 weeks, either August 15 - January 15 or January 15 - June 15.

**Definition of a Paper:

A "paper" is defined as an essay of five to six paragraphs or less, approximately 1-3 typed double-spaced pages of 12-point font.

***Definition of Turnaround Time: