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Learning Skills Academy

1247 Washington Rd., Rye, NH, 03870-0387 -

School Notes Overview:

Learning Skills Academy is a private, non-profit day-school located on the New Hampshire seacoast serving students in grades four through twelve, ages 8 to 21. We are a small, close-knit community of seventeen qualified staff, most with multiple educational certifications, and up to twenty-six students. ...

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School Overview:

	Learning Skills Academy
School Type	Special Education School
School Membership(s)	Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA) Council for Exceptional Children National Association of Private Special Education Centers
Religious Affiliation	Nonsectarian
Grades Offered	Grades 4 - 12
Offers Post-Graduate Year	Yes
Programs for Learning Differences	Yes
Learning Differences Supported	Language-based learning disabilities; speech and language impairments; other health impairments; nonverbal learning disabilties; dyslexia; dysgraphia; dyscalculia
Year Founded	1985
County	Rockingham County, NH
Student Body
Total Students	26 students
Student Body Type	Co-ed
	This School	(NH) School Avg.
% Students of Color	n/a	8%
Students by Grade
	Unspecified Grade Placement - 26 students
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers	11 teachers
% Faculty with Advance Degree	80%
Average Class Size	5
Classroom dress code	Casual
	This School	(NH) School Avg.
Teacher : Student Ratio	1:3	* Ntl. Public School Avg. » 1:16
School Days in Calendar Year	180 days	180 days
Hours in School Day for Students	7 hours	6 hours
Finances and Admission
Admission Deadline	None / Rolling
Yearly Tuition Cost	$39,000
Head of School	Karen E. Staines, MSed
Admissions Director	Karen E. Staines

School Notes:

Our mission is to enrich the lives of students by igniting and nurturing individuals' academic, social, and emotional potentials in a dynamic community which honors divergent learning styles.
Each year, the curriculum is presented through the prism of a school-wide and year-long theme. Our 2008 -2009 theme was The Art and Science of Communication, which blended physical science and early western civilization. For 08-09, we are moving into: From Evolution to Revolution.
Language-based instruction is used in all classes and students spend as much time as they require in our Language Lab. Individualized programs facilitate development of decoding, encoding, fluency, comprehension, visualization, and phoneme segmentation skills.
Our Speech and Language Pathologist and Occupational Therapist provide individual and group therapies, as appropriate.
Friday schedules alternate between field studies which enrich the classroom curriculum and Adventurelore, an outdoor adventure-based counseling program that develops self-confidence and group cooperation skills.
Profile last updated: 07/24/2008

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1,000 Seacoasters volunteer for United Way Day of Caring (Portsmouth Herald)
posted on September 10, 2009 at 06:20:30 am
PORTSMOUTH — Nearly 1,000 people from 35 companies in the Seacoast traded their BlackBerrys and suits for shovels and blue jeans Wednesday as part of the United Way's 18th annual Day of Caring.

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School Zip Statistics:

About This Zipcode (03870)	School Zip (03870)	(NH) State Average
Population (Approximate)	5,182 people	1,235,735 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree	63%	37%
Population Average Age	44 years old	36 years old
Average Household size	2.4 persons	2.5 persons
Median Household Income	$63,152	$52,816
Avg. # of Rooms in Household	6.4 rooms	5.5 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure	53 years old	40 years old
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% Owning / % Renting	81% / 19%	66% / 34%