Landmark School, Beverly: Landmark School, located in Prides Crossing, Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts, is an American school for educating students in grades 2-12 with language-based learning disabilities, such as dyslexia. Landmark School’s mission is to enable and empower students with language-based learning disabilities to realize their educational and social potential through an exemplary school program complemented by outreach and training, diagnosis, and research.
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Accreditation:
Landmark school is accredited by the New England Association of Schools & Colleges and the Massachusetts Department of Education.
Extracurriculars:
Education doesn’t end at the end of the class day. Landmark students are encouraged to explore interests outside of the classroom that build interpersonal and leadership skills.
Courses / Programs:
Landmark offers three programs on our two Massachusetts campuses:
- Elementary School Program
- Middle School Program
- High School Program
Lawrence Academy in Groton, (35 miles northwest of Boston) is a traditional New England prep school offering 2-4 week residential Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, and French language Summer Immersion Programs to American students in 7th-12th grades. Study Mandarin, Italian, French, or Spanish while living on campus alongside international students learning English and experiencing American culture. Prior language knowledge is not required for American students.
Mornings are spent language classes. In the afternoon, students participate in off-campus and on-campus cultural and sports activities. They practice their language skills with new friends while participating in evening language enrichment activities (skits or talent shows, bowling, mini-golf, etc.). Weekend excursions to Boston, NYC, the beach, or an amusement park allow for additional opportunities to practice language skills and develop lifelong friendships.
Students live in Lawrence Academy dormitories with international roommates and share their meals in the dining hall. This program is a true international cultural immersion experience.
Centrally located in Boston, MA, The Winsor School is a leading independent day school for academically promising and motivated girls in Grades 5-12. Its mission and dynamic urban setting make it a distinctive choice for Boston-area families. Year after year Winsor graduates go on to excel at the nation's top colleges and universities. Winsor’s reputation for academic excellence has drawn families for generations. The school encourages and expects the best from every girl. Girls expect no less from Winsor.
Winsor enrolls approximately 430 students from diverse cultural, racial and ethnic backgrounds. They hail from more than 50 different communities in and around the city of Boston.
Our teachers are bright, creative and caring individuals. They make their subjects come alive for students in small classes, with an average class size of 13 students. Nearly 20 percent have taught at Winsor for 20 or more years, and 89 percent have advanced degrees. In addition to teaching, they advise girls and lead clubs and activities.
Day Programs for Academically Promising Girls (Grades 5-12)
Departments and Courses include:
- Classical Languages
- English
- Fine Arts
- History
- Mathematics
- Modern Languages
- Physical Education and Health
- Science
Winsor builds time for clubs—a key part of co-curricular activities—into each student’s weekly schedule. Clubs include community service, Model United Nations, debate, drama and engineering.
The Teddy Bear Club Preschool and Kindergarten located in Newton, Middlesex County, MA, has an international flavor not only because of its French atmosphere and culture, but also thanks to the diversity of students who attend the program. We cater for children from Newton, Aubumdale, Waban, Chestnut Hill, Nonantum and surrounding communities. Over one hundred and fifty students constitute the Teddy Bear Club’s student body.
While at least seventy percent of our students are American, many families come from various parts of the world such as: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru and Russia. Our programs focus on the development of the whole child by enhancing the child\'s cognitive, physical, social and emotional skills. Children explore their world through active play, use of manipulatives, strong academic programming and nurturing guidance. They participate in well-organized, structured, bilingual learning experiences designed to stimulate and promote curiosity, imagination and independence.
Bilingual (French/ English) preschool and kindergarten programs:
* Le Petit Jardin program for children two to two years nine months.
* Le Moyen Jardin program for children two years nine months to four years old
* Le Grand Jardin is a pre-K program for children four to five years old.
* Le Jardin Maternel is a kindergarten program for children five years old and older, and also serves as a transitional kindergarten program for children slightly under age five.
Situated in Lexington, Middlesex County MA, Empow Studios After-School Club (ASC) is a unique enrichment program that brings together technology, arts, and play with specially designed after school programs and a range of tech & design camps offered in summer & year-round.
Whether your child is programming their first robot or creating a self-watering garden in Minecraft, we nurture their creative talent, build up their imagination, and spark interests that can open up new possibilities, while accommodating individual differences.
ASC is open on early release days and is a designated drop-off-location for the Lexington Public Schools Transportation Department.
In addition to general after school activities, Empow programs include one-day NanoCamps when schools are closed, weekend technology clubs, birthday parties, and private lessons.
Youth Empowered Action (YEA) Camp is a unique and inspiring residential summer leadership program in Massachusetts, California and Oregon for youth 12-17 years who want to make a difference in the world. YEA Camp Massachusetts is held at the beautiful Hilltop space of Nature’s Classroom in Charlton, an hour from Boston, and less than 3 hours from Manhattan. Our northern California camp will be held at the beautiful Quaker Center in Ben Lomond, Santa Cruz County, about two hours drive south of San Francisco. There will be two sessions in Oregon at Camp Adams in Molalla, Clackamas County, less than an hour from Portland.
At a week-long sleep-away program in a beautiful camp setting, YEA campers choose an issue of importance to them (for example, some have chosen climate change, racism, homophobia, homelessness, or animal rights) and they build the knowledge, skills, confidence, and community to take action on that issue once they get home.
- 1 week residential camps for ages 12-17
- Connect with what's important
- Learn about inspiring activists
- Create an action plan
- Learn to think strategically about issues
- Celebrate the accomplishments and our community
- Learn key activist skills
We also provide a monthly YEA Academy workshop in Portland, OR for youth, and there are plans to expand this program to other parts of the country.
Milton Academy is a private, preparatory, co-educational K-12 boarding and day school, located in Milton in Norfolk County, just 8 miles south of Boston, MA. Milton’s goal is to help students embrace a world larger than the one they know, to broaden their grasp of that world, and to deepen their understanding of themselves.
Milton Academy cultivates in its students a passion for learning and a respect for others. Embracing diversity and the pursuit of excellence, we create a community in which individuals develop competence, confidence and character. Our active learning environment, in and out of the classroom, develops creative and critical thinkers, unafraid to express their ideas, prepared to seek meaningful lifetime success and to live by our motto, "Dare to be true."
- Lower School program (Kindergarten–Grade 5)
- Middle School program (Grades 6–8)
- Upper School program (Grades 9 - 12)
Our curriculum covers:
- Mathematics
- English
- World Cultures
- Science
- Foreign Language
- Music
- Visual Art
- Performing Arts
- Technology Skills
- Athletics
- Drama
- Summer Programs...