The Greenwood School.

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The Greenwood School

Introduction

Founded in 1978, the Greenwood School is a junior boarding and day school for boys ages 9 to 14 at time of admission. Greenwood empowers bright and talented boys who face dyslexia, related language-based learning challenges, ADHD and executive function dicits, with the skills necessary to bridge the gap between their outstanding promise and present abilities. Greenwood offers a comprehensive, individualized remedial program balanced with an emphasis on enrichment programs designed to awaken students hidden talents. The result is a school that transforms lives by providing the best environment possible for students with specific learning challenges to realize their academic, social, and creative potentials.

Overview:	The Greenwood School
School Focus	Junior Boarding School
Grades (Boarding)	Grades 4-9
School Type	All-boys
Support for ADD/ADHD Students	Yes
Supports Learning Differences (LD)	Yes
Religious Affiliation	Non-denominational
Year Founded	1978
Campus Size	100 acres

Student Body
Enrollment	47 students
Percent Students of Color	6%
Percent International Students	5%
Percent Students Boarding	90%

Academics and Faculty
Saturday Classes	No
Classroom Dress Code	Casual
Average Class Size	4
Teacher : Student ratio	1:2
Number of AP Courses Offered	n/a
ESL Courses Offered	No
% Faculty with Advanced Degree	65%
Summer Program Offered	Yes

Finances
Endowment Size	n/a
Yearly Tuition (Boarding Students)	$58,700
Yearly Tuition (Day Students)	$45,460
Percent Students on Financial Aid	12%
Average Financial Aid Grant	$49,858

Admission
Application Deadline	None / Rolling
Acceptance Rate	70%
Director of Admissions	Melanie Miller
Associate Director of Admissions	Eric Pals

Sports:
Total Interscholastic Sports Offered	4
	Interscholastic Sports
	Baseball	Basketball
	Soccer	Wrestling

Extracurricular:
Total Extracurricular Organizations	12
	Extracurriculars
	Archery	Canoeing
	Cross Country Skiing	Downhill Skiing
	Fencing	Inline Skating
	Model Club	Mountain Biking
	Rock Climibing	Skateboarding
	Snowboarding	Woodworking

School Notes

In order to maximize every boy potential, all students receive a language tutorial that is specific to his unique learning style and needs, all teachers are remedial language specialists, and all classes are integrated so that students learn and apply literacy and organizational skills across the academic program.
Greenwood boys develop strengths and awaken hidden talents in well-developed art, drama, music, woodworking and athletics programs.
Diagnostic-prescriptive teaching that is multisensory, structured, and sequential ensures fective, individualized programs for all students.
Highly structured academic and residential programs enable Greenwood boys to internalize organizational skills and strategies in all areas of their lives.
For boys who demonstrate a need, Greenwood offers Speech and Language Therapy, Math Tutorials, Social Pragmatics, and Occupational Therapy.
Interscholastic sports and noncompetitive sports are open to any student who wishes to participate.
Greenwood 100-acre, forested campus on a Vermont hillside offers miles of trails for hiking, biking, and cross-country skiing; a 2-acre pond for canoeing, fishing, and ice skating; and a skate/bike park equipped with a halfpipe and dirt jumps.
The Greenwood applicant should possess verage cognitive skills as measured on the WISC IV. When looking at borderline test scores it is encouraging to see variability in subtest scores that suggest areas of strength.
Some Greenwood applicants may exhibit avoidance behaviors due to frustration and low self esteem resulting from their learning challenges. Once in Greenwood safe and supportive community, however, our students feel they are finally understood, and they experience the academic success they deserve for their forts. Greenwood does not accept students with primary social, emotional, or behavioral difficulties.
The Greenwood School is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and is approved by the state of Vermont and the New England Association of Independent Schools.
Profile last updated: 11/10/2009