I just want to highlight another school with impressive academic support We only attended an open house and not a revisit, but I feel what a school chooses to show you at open house says a lot about it.
New Hampton - I’d consider this the most impressive academic support program we saw. I loved that the academic dean could tell you exactly how the program worked and even knew which kids were in the program. To me, this highlighted that their AS program was truly integrated into all aspects of their academic program. The director of the program was also impressive in how she could talk about both the depth and breadth of the program. Their ability to know exactly what students were doing in class and conference with teachers seemed to work like a well oiled machine. Their academic dean also teaches English and was able to provide specific examples of how academic support has worked with him on accommodations and how he has sought their help when he felt he needed it.
We saw many kids from a very well known school for dyslexic students on this tour, which tells me that they have had previous students that were very successful in this program. (We saw the same students at Brewster).
Not only did we love the AS program, but we also loved everything about this school. I can’t understand why we don’t hear more about it on CC.
Kimball Union was another school we loved with a great program that they highlighted at open house, I just can’t remember as many details.
Both programs sent parents weekly feedback (I believe, I could be wrong on the timing of feedback, but it was frequent and consistent)
Before the application process, I sent inquiries to a number of schools asking if they could look at DS neuropsych to see if he would be a good fit. Both New Hampton and Kimball Union’s responses were the most detailed which made me very comfortable with the level of communication one would receive if they had a child in the program.