About Stephen Hayes

Stephen Hayes is General Academic's Vice President. Stephen created the curriculum for our ISEE, SAT, PSAT, and ACT services, and he is always happy to talk shop about any of your academic needs. Stephen loves to travel abroad, especially if it’s to Iceland! He graduated from Houston Baptist University with a BA in English in 2010, and he has been a Texan since age 4.

Houston’s National Merit Semifinalists for 2025-2026

Houston's Graduating Seniors Outperform The 2025-2026 National Merit Scholarship Competition is another good year for Houston-area high school seniors. There were 583 seniors who scored in the top 1% on the PSAT to earn the celebrated “Semifinalist” designation and will go on to compete for the National Merit Scholarship. [...]

, 2025-09-15T10:58:32-05:00September 10th, 2025|Schools|

ISEE Test Score Improvement, What to Expect

During the 2024-2025 fall testing cycle, just over 300 Houston-area students prepared for their ISEE and SSAT private school admissions tests with General Academic. While every child’s situation is unique and results cannot be guaranteed, we are delighted to see such excellent outcomes from this year’s cohort. In particular, our [...]

, 2025-05-15T17:20:57-05:00April 8th, 2025|ISEE|

Houston’s National Merit Semifinalists for 2024-2025

Houston's Graduating Seniors Get Smarter The 2024-2025 National Merit Scholarship Competition is looking to be a good year for Houston-area high school seniors. There are 582 seniors who scored in the top 1% on the PSAT to earn the celebrated “Semifinalist” designation and will go on to compete for [...]

2025-09-15T11:30:52-05:00September 11th, 2024|Schools|

Our COVID-19 Offerings and Precautions

We are operating all services "as normal" while taking every precaution in the face of the continuing pandemic threat. We are closely monitoring the ongoing covid threats including the emergence of new variants and continue to follow local and CDC guidelines. The vaccination rate among our team is over 98%. [...]

2022-03-10T10:37:59-06:00March 1st, 2022|Uncategorized|

Managing Learning During COVID-19 Disruptions

The global COVID-19 pandemic has severely disrupted the academic year for Houston-area students. As of this writing, private and public schools are ordered closed through the end of the 2019-2020 academic year. Academic Schedule Disruptions due to Covid STAAR end of year testing is suspended per [...]

2020-09-24T16:56:19-05:00March 16th, 2020|Uncategorized|
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