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Boarding School in Connecticut for Teens with Learning Difficulties
Forman School, Litchfield:
Founded in 1930, Forman School is a coeducational college preparatory school for grades 9-12 and PG exclusively dedicated to empowering bright students who learn differently. Forman’s expert faculty deliver unparalleled education for academically motivated students with identified learning differences such as dyslexia, executive function difficulties, or attention deficits.
Grade 9-12 + PG College Preparatory Courses:
Forman School expects all students to maintain a rigorous and balanced schedule. To earn a Forman School diploma, students must successfully meet our credit requirements.
All Forman students and faculty participate in Forman School’s Winterim, a rewarding exploration of subjects and ideas not usually studied in a traditional classroom setting. Students may not enroll in the same Winterim course twice during their time at Forman School.
Subjects Offered:
- English; Mathematics; History, including U.S. History; Science, including two lab sciences; Thinking and Writing; Strategies Instruction; Perspectives in Learning; Arts; World Language; Winterim, Community Service.
Extracurricular Activities:
- 26 competitive athletic offerings, extensive visual and performing arts programs, boat building, sign language, rock and jazz band, theater, videography and photography, and the Costa Rican Rain Forest Project.
Technology:
Technology plays a vital role in the Learning Center curriculum. Teachers provide students with assistive technology which will improve access to learning opportunities. Assistive technology is determined on a case by case basis and is related directly to a student's needs.
Winterim:
Winterim is more than a timely and educational break in the academic routine. It is an intentional program designed for students to discover and develop their individual interests and talents.
In lieu of classes before March Break, all Forman students and faculty participate in Winterim, the centerpiece of the Forman School’s commitment to experiential education. Winterim is an exploration of subjects and ideas not taught in a traditional classroom setting, allowing for examination of important issues and the pursuit of new endeavors.
Because students with different learning styles tend to excel as innovators, entrepreneurs, creators and leaders, Winterim is designed to give students experience in and opportunity for applying skills that lay a foundation for their talents.
Costa Rican Rainforest Project:
The Rainforest Project is a non-profit program dedicated to rain forest education through scientific research with young adults from Northwest Connecticut High Schools.
Our philosophy of students contributing to science helps slow down tropical deforestation and provide alternatives to slashing and burning precious rainforests. Through this program, The Forman School also fosters cooperative efforts between public and private schools.
Address:
12 Norfolk Road, Litchfield, Connecticut , USA
Turning Winds Academic Institute (TWAI)
Courses / Programs
Located in northwestern Montana, Turning Winds Academic Institute (TWAI) is an accredited, family-run, therapeutic boarding school for troubled teens (boys and girls) ages 13-18.We welcome students from Massachusetts, across the U.S., and students from around the world (TWAI is authorized to issue 1-20's for international students).
In our beautiful, peaceful, and safe location, we combine the benefits of a therapeutic boarding school, a wilderness program, and a residential treatment center (RTC).
TWAI has been serving struggling teens and their families since 2002, with an exceptional degree of success.
We provide an extremely high standard of therapeutic treatment to our students, and offer help for the following presenting issues: poor academic performance, behavioral problems, addictions, low self-worth, spectrum disorders, ADD/ADHD, and attachment disorders among others.
With a passion for helping young people in crisis, our clinical, educational, and operations staff are among the best in the country.
We are a small program (40 students) which means that we are able to provide a truly unique and customized approach for every student.
Typically our on site student to staff ratio is 5:1. The average stay at our residential treatment center is 12 months.
Parent Testimonial:
"We feel reassured that our son Chad is in good hands being guided onto the right track...We are really beginning to get our son back again! We thank you from the bottom of our hearts."
Therapeutic Boarding School
For troubled teens ages 13-18
- Middle School Program
- High School Program
- Credit Recovery
- Accelerated Learning
- College Preparation/ AP Classes
- SAT/ACT Testing Center
- Anti-Bullying Program
We also provide a GED program, and college courses.
We create a customized program for each student that requires a minimum of 3 months. However, best results for lasting success are realized through 6+ months of treatment.
TWAI graduates average a 3.5 GPA. It is common for a student to complete 1.5 years of course work in 1 year.
For troubled teens ages 13-18
- Middle School Program
- High School Program
- Credit Recovery
- Accelerated Learning
- College Preparation/ AP Classes
- SAT/ACT Testing Center
- Anti-Bullying Program
We also provide a GED program, and college courses.
We create a customized program for each student that requires a minimum of 3 months. However, best results for lasting success are realized through 6+ months of treatment.
TWAI graduates average a 3.5 GPA. It is common for a student to complete 1.5 years of course work in 1 year.
Phillips Exeter Academy
Courses / Programs
Phillips Exeter Academy is a co-educational residential school serving Grades 9 through 12, and post-graduate level in Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire (50 miles north of Boston). Exeter has a tradition of academic excellence, a distinguished faculty, and a long history of educating young people to find their place in the world. An Exeter education with college prep and advanced placement courses, study abroad options and summer programs prepares students to use the skills learned at school in all life's endeavors.
Exeter is truly and completely a residential school. Being a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week place where students live, learn and create their own community, being a diverse and even international community, and being able to educate in a way that is real and complete gives life to our mission.
At Exeter, we welcome students from farms, suburbs and cities, from five continents and every state, young people of every religion and ethnicity to be here, to live here, to learn here, and to be connected to each other as part of a unique community that seeks knowledge and goodness together.
Boarding Programs for Grades 9-12 & Postgraduate Level:
- Challenging College Preparatory Curriculum with 450 subjects including anthropology, art, classical languages, computer science, economics, English, history, math, modern languages, music, theater & dance
Also available:
- Advanced Placement Courses
- College Preparation Courses SAT & ACT
- Transition to American Culture & Language for International Students
- Special summer programs
- Challenging College Preparatory Curriculum with 450 subjects including anthropology, art, classical languages, computer science, economics, English, history, math, modern languages, music, theater & dance
Also available:
- Advanced Placement Courses
- College Preparation Courses SAT & ACT
- Transition to American Culture & Language for International Students
- Special summer programs
The Beacon School, Connecticut
Courses / Programs
Situated in Stamford CT, just 40 miles north of New York City, The Beacon School is an accredited, college-preparatory private school that offers specialized, residential academic programs for international students.Our Beacon Pathway Program and English Summer Immersion Camps offer students an opportunity to experience a comprehensive U.S. college preparatory curriculum while improving their English language skills, and living in the United States.
At Beacon, students with high-average to superior ability have the opportunity to pursue their passions, discover new interests, and develop their talents in an enriched academic setting guided by the tenets of gifted education.
Beacon’s mission is to provide an inspirational learning environment where students are free to be themselves, follow their passions, stretch their imaginations, and foster integrity.
Our students play an integral role in the development of their programs; we have found that by enlisting them in the educational process, we can instill in them a sense of ownership and personal direction.
Beacon Pathway Course:
- College Preparatory Coursework
- Intensive English Language
- Grade Appropriate Math, Science & History
- Athletics & Arts Electives
- Highly Regarded Test Preparation
- Double occupancy rooms for boarders
- Students leave Pathway with one year’s worth of credits at a US high school and admission to the best-fit school for you.
English Summer Immersion Camp:
- Duration: 3-6 weeks
- Accommodation in a hotel within walking distance of campus
- 25 hours of ESL Instruction per week
- After class activities with American peers
- College Preparatory Coursework
- Intensive English Language
- Grade Appropriate Math, Science & History
- Athletics & Arts Electives
- Highly Regarded Test Preparation
- Double occupancy rooms for boarders
- Students leave Pathway with one year’s worth of credits at a US high school and admission to the best-fit school for you.
English Summer Immersion Camp:
- Duration: 3-6 weeks
- Accommodation in a hotel within walking distance of campus
- 25 hours of ESL Instruction per week
- After class activities with American peers
Putnam Science Academy
Courses / Programs
Located in Putnam, Connecticut, Putnam Science Academy is a private boarding school for boys offering a comprehensive college preparatory program focusing on science, mathematics, and technology. PSA is a small structured school delivering a rigorous, innovative educational program. Our school offers small classes and a unique advisor program.
Students meet with their faculty advisors daily to address academic or personal issues. PSA recruits the international students all over the world.
PSA won the Connecticut Science Olympiad four years in a row and represented the state of Connecticut in National Science Olympiads.
Boarding School Programs for Boys in Grades 9-12:
- We offer a full high school program 9th-12th with a complete curriculum in each school.
- Offering traditional courses and extracurricular classes such as AP Math, SAT, ESL, JAVA, 3D Modeling, Web Design. Advanced Placement Program. High School Intensive English Program, Summer ESL Camp.
- We offer a full high school program 9th-12th with a complete curriculum in each school.
- Offering traditional courses and extracurricular classes such as AP Math, SAT, ESL, JAVA, 3D Modeling, Web Design. Advanced Placement Program. High School Intensive English Program, Summer ESL Camp.
Choate Rosemary Hall
Courses / Programs
Choate Rosemary Hall (Choate) represents the best in American secondary education. Located in Wallingford, CT (2 hours by car/train from Boston & New York), Choate is a private, college-preparatory, coeducational boarding and day school offering third form through sixth form (grades 9-12), including a post-graduate year option.
Our balanced curriculum offers students a firm grounding in the fundamentals of clear thinking and expression — with emphasis on individual development.
Students new to Choate sometimes ask what they need to do to "fit in." The answer is simple: Be yourself and get involved. Choate is a community that has long embraced students and faculty of many backgrounds, cultures, races, and beliefs.
What binds everyone together is not just the shared commitment to superior teaching and learning but the supportive atmosphere in the community. There is pride in the fact that there is no "typical" Choate student.
Boarding & Day Programs (Grades 9-12)
- We offer 240 courses with honors sections and have advanced placement in 26 areas.
- Curriculum: English, History, Philosophy, Religion and Social Sciences, Language, Mathematics, Science, Quantitative (Q Credit), Contemporary Global Studies...
- Signature Programs: Arts Concentration Program, The Capstone Program, Cum Laude Society, Directed Study, English Enhancement Program, Science Research Program, Senior Projects, Study Abroad...
- We offer 240 courses with honors sections and have advanced placement in 26 areas.
- Curriculum: English, History, Philosophy, Religion and Social Sciences, Language, Mathematics, Science, Quantitative (Q Credit), Contemporary Global Studies...
- Signature Programs: Arts Concentration Program, The Capstone Program, Cum Laude Society, Directed Study, English Enhancement Program, Science Research Program, Senior Projects, Study Abroad...
Academy Of The Holy Family
Courses / Programs
• The Academy of the Holy Family (AHF) is an accredited Catholic day and boarding high school for American and international young women in Grades 9-12. • Our school is located in Baltic, a town in the state of Connecticut in the New England region of north-eastern USA (approximately 2 hours from Boston and 2,5 hours from NYC).
• Our mission is to provide young women with a strong sense of Christian values and a challenging academic program empowering each individual to reach her spiritual, intellectual, moral and social potential. We welcome new students throughout the year.
• Owned and operated by the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Our Lady, Mother of the Church, we have a rich tradition of educating young women in excellence for over 130 years.
• Young women have opportunities to thrive in this nurturing atmosphere, allowing them to reach their full spiritual, intellectual, moral and social potential. Our graduates attend a wide range of colleges and universities across the country.
• College Preparation, Honors and Advanced Placement (AP) courses are available.
• Students attend small, family like classes taught by dedicated religious and lay staff.
• Subjects include: Religion; English; Mathematics; Science; Foreign Language; Social Studies; Fine Arts; Computer; Family Studies; Physical Education. ESL English is offered for our international students.
• We provide boarding for both American and international students.
• Students attend small, family like classes taught by dedicated religious and lay staff.
• Subjects include: Religion; English; Mathematics; Science; Foreign Language; Social Studies; Fine Arts; Computer; Family Studies; Physical Education. ESL English is offered for our international students.
• We provide boarding for both American and international students.