“We feel fortunate that our son was able to work with Dr. Beall over the summer. The personalized instruction and engaging approach resulted in significant improvement in our son’s grasp of grammar and analytical writing. His work with Dr. Beall gave him a needed confidence boost heading into his freshman year of high school. Dr. Beall has decades of teaching experience and a wealth of knowledge to draw from to tailor to the learning needs of your child. We highly recommend Dr. Beall as a tutor!” 

 

“My family will continue to work with Dr. Beall because after working with him, my child now has a deep appreciation for the books that they have read and analyzed together. He has also given guidance and support to improve my child’s writing. But most of all, our child is learning a love of the text and the ideas that literature offers.”

 

"Dr. Beall’s masterful knowledge of both academic texts and poetic pieces gave outstanding context to every text I read. Working with him allowed me to unlock a creative side that I didn’t know I had. He was open to my student observations and challenged me to provide original perspectives on every piece of work we went over and, in turn, his leadership more than prepared me for rigorous college writing. Under his guidance, I learned my own art of persuasion. I mastered how to apply this persuasive writing style to not only English academic writing, but also to all of my research writing for other classes."

 

 “From teaching Hemingway, to guiding students through Junior theses, and to spending countless hours helping Journal staff, Dr. Beall has been an integral part of the school for anyone lucky enough to interact with him. Taking his classes was truly a highlight of my thirteen years at Collegiate. Dr. Beall taught us to be better readers and writers and, by example, what it actually means to be intellectually curious — and to really care about what you do.”

 

“Dr. Beall is and was an intellectual power; proximity to him, whether in class, or while working on The Journal, always felt like an opportunity to learn.  His sheer wealth of knowledge—about everything from Dante to Irish poetry to proper placement of a comma—never ceased to amaze and impress me. While working with him on the newspaper, I also came to see his integrity at work.  With a clear sense of right and wrong akin to a Scout’s honor, Dr. Beall valued truth and fairness above all else, even if it meant delaying a story for one more interview or one additional perspective. His level of commitment and energy remain an inspiration to me now.”

 

“He was my first editor and genuinely one of my lifelong mentors.  And truly this is where you see the genius of Dr. Beall because he was not in those moments just an English teacher.  What he was doing was showing the potential beneath the surface—about the magic beneath the surface.  He has shown me that human beings are like any great line of poetry—that if you study that line and analyze that line you will see that there is so much more beneath the surface, so much more beauty to be explored, and so much more potential. It is so important to remember that humans are full of magic, and full of poetry and potential, and that’s what Dr. Beall has taught all of his Collegiate students.”

 

“Dr. Beall is one of the best teachers I've ever had (across high school and college). The attention to detail and rigor he demands with regard to exegesis and analysis has shaped the way in which I explore all texts that come across my eyes. Dr. Beall has an uncanny ability to get young students to care about and think about extremely complex texts, such as Dante's Commedia. Without having had Dr. Beall as a teacher, I would not only be a worse writer, but also a worse analytical thinker in life at large. I am tremendously grateful for everything he has taught me.”

 

“Dr. Beall always displayed a tireless commitment to his students, both in the classroom and on the newspaper. He was always encouraging his students to think deeper, work harder, and above all, figure out what a gerund was. His wide-eyed love for the books we read in class was infectious, and I remember him as one of the best teachers I had at Collegiate.  His high expectations brought something out in me and made me rise to the occasion, and I remember feeling like my writing improved more that year than any other.”