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The Lewis School of Princeton

53 Bayard Lane, Princeton, NJ, 08540-0854 -

School Notes Overview:

Founded in 1973, The Lewis School and Clinic are among the earliest groups of educators in the country to innovate, develop and implement curriculum-wide multisensory education, science-based student assessments and neuroscience-based teacher training within a structured and nurturing traditional school environment. The School's philosophy is best described by its founder, Marsha Lewis, "Our students' gifts and promise are as important to us as are their needs to repair scholastically. At The Lewis School, learning problems are understood, not as disabilities, but as differences: the expression of remarkable and diverse capacities of human thinking and perceptions. The purpose of a Lewis School education is to prepare students, who may struggle with language-based learning difficulties related to dyslexia, attention deficit and auditory processing, to thrive academically, as they learn to restore the confidence and self-esteem they need to achieve their scholastic and personal best." For the past 35 years and long before multisensory methodology was accepted by mainstream educators, The Lewis School's curriculum included the now 'widely acclaimed' teaching approaches of Orton-Gillingham, Slingerland, Childs and Wilson Reading. In the realization that no single teaching approach could address the many diverse needs of bright, unorthodox learners, despite how excellent that method might be, The Lewis School was among the first to integrate these approaches, one with the other. As Marsha Lewis described during an interview with The New York Times, "We don't just teach our students compensation measures; we teach them working strategies. Our hands-on teaching approaches actively engage the many senses of the brain in the learning process, allowing students to automatize and internalize instruction, rather than reinforcing their inherent reliance on passive, rote memorization." With more than 180 students enrolled at The Lewis School, the daily curriculum is dynamic, challenging, competitive and completely multisensory. Whether the student is a first grader learning the basics of sound-symbol association, or a teenager ready to take on Advanced Calculus at a college preparatory level, The Lewis School curriculum is designed to meet the needs of each individual student. The Lewis Clinic for Educational Therapy continues to serve as the foundation for instruction and learning. Having an organization that is rooted in the science of learning gives Lewis a unique perspective. The Lewis Clinic administers nationally- normed standardized tests and uses a comprehensive selection of diagnostic and perceptual instruments, which are administered without the influence of pre-determined biases or prior diagnostic opinions. Students and parents are often relieved to find what they thought was a disability is actually a different way of learning that is unique to the child. At The Lewis Clinic families will find clearly defined, plainspoken, independent assessments that carefully examine their child's learning strengths and weaknesses. This is helpful to teachers, parents and students alike because, according to Marsha Lewis, "Children need an education that is in touch with them the way they really are." It is our goal to work specifically and diligently to help students overcome scholastic weaknesses and build academic strengths—to help them to succeed where they have fallen short in the past. Lewis School graduates, who once struggled in school, have gone on to distinguish themselves in higher education and professional life. They are compelling proof that this kind of change is possible. The Lewis School and Clinic continues to stay on the cutting-edge of research, exploring the brains ability to learn and readily adapt and deliver new concepts directly to faculty and the classroom. Innovations, like the virtual chemistry labs adapted for the use of learning different students, is only one example of the programs being sponsored by The Lewis School and Clinic....

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School Overview:

	The Lewis School Of Princeton
School Type	Special Education School
School Membership(s)	Council for Exceptional Children Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA) Institute for Independent Education Other special emphasis association(s)
Religious Affiliation	Nonsectarian
Grades Offered	Grades Nursery/Preschool - 12
Offers Post-Graduate Year	Yes
Programs for Learning Differences	Yes
Learning Differences Supported	Language-based Learning Differences related to Dyslexia, Auditory Processing and Attention
Year Founded	1973
County	Mercer County, NJ
Student Body
Total Students	180 students
Student Body Type	Co-ed
	This School	(NJ) School Avg.
% Students of Color	n/a	36%
Students by Grade
	Unspecified Grade Placement - 180 students
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers	35 teachers
Average Class Size	10
Classroom dress code	Formal (Khaki Pants/Skirts and Collar Shirt)
	This School	(NJ) School Avg.
Teacher : Student Ratio	1:4	* 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
Tuition Notes	Tuition varies according to student's placement level; e.g. PreK, Lower School, Middle School, Upper School or Post-Graduate
Head of School	Marsha Gaynor Lewis
Admissions Director	Cindy Steward
Admissions Associate	Rebecca Malotke-Meslin
Sport
Total Sports Offered	8
	Sports
	Basketball	Cheering
	Dance	Soccer
	Softball	Swimming
	Tennis	Track and Field
Extracurricular
Total Extracurricular Organizations	6
	Extracurriculars
	Drama Club	Dance Troup
	Yearbook Club	Art Club
	Culture Club	School Newspaper

School Notes:

Founded in 1973, The Lewis School and Clinic are among the earliest groups of educators in the country to innovate, develop and implement curriculum-wide multisensory education, science-based student assessments and neuroscience-based teacher training within a structured and nurturing traditional school environment. The School's philosophy is best described by its founder, Marsha Lewis, "Our students' gifts and promise are as important to us as are their needs to repair scholastically. At The Lewis School, learning problems are understood, not as disabilities, but as differences: the expression of remarkable and diverse capacities of human thinking and perceptions. The purpose of a Lewis School education is to prepare students, who may struggle with language-based learning difficulties related to dyslexia, attention deficit and auditory processing, to thrive academically, as they learn to restore the confidence and self-esteem they need to achieve their scholastic and personal best." For the past 35 years and long before multisensory methodology was accepted by mainstream educators, The Lewis School's curriculum included the now 'widely acclaimed' teaching approaches of Orton-Gillingham, Slingerland, Childs and Wilson Reading. In the realization that no single teaching approach could address the many diverse needs of bright, unorthodox learners, despite how excellent that method might be, The Lewis School was among the first to integrate these approaches, one with the other. As Marsha Lewis described during an interview with The New York Times, "We don't just teach our students compensation measures; we teach them working strategies. Our hands-on teaching approaches actively engage the many senses of the brain in the learning process, allowing students to automatize and internalize instruction, rather than reinforcing their inherent reliance on passive, rote memorization." With more than 180 students enrolled at The Lewis School, the daily curriculum is dynamic, challenging, competitive and completely multisensory. Whether the student is a first grader learning the basics of sound-symbol association, or a teenager ready to take on Advanced Calculus at a college preparatory level, The Lewis School curriculum is designed to meet the needs of each individual student. The Lewis Clinic for Educational Therapy continues to serve as the foundation for instruction and learning. Having an organization that is rooted in the science of learning gives Lewis a unique perspective. The Lewis Clinic administers nationally- normed standardized tests and uses a comprehensive selection of diagnostic and perceptual instruments, which are administered without the influence of pre-determined biases or prior diagnostic opinions. Students and parents are often relieved to find what they thought was a disability is actually a different way of learning that is unique to the child. At The Lewis Clinic families will find clearly defined, plainspoken, independent assessments that carefully examine their child's learning strengths and weaknesses. This is helpful to teachers, parents and students alike because, according to Marsha Lewis, "Children need an education that is in touch with them the way they really are." It is our goal to work specifically and diligently to help students overcome scholastic weaknesses and build academic strengths—to help them to succeed where they have fallen short in the past. Lewis School graduates, who once struggled in school, have gone on to distinguish themselves in higher education and professional life. They are compelling proof that this kind of change is possible. The Lewis School and Clinic continues to stay on the cutting-edge of research, exploring the brains ability to learn and readily adapt and deliver new concepts directly to faculty and the classroom. Innovations, like the virtual chemistry labs adapted for the use of learning different students, is only one example of the programs being sponsored by The Lewis School and Clinic. For information about The Lewis School & Clinic, The Afternoon Education Program, Summer Study, or Speech Therapy, please call 609-924-8120 or visit us at www.lewisschool.org.
Profile last updated: 09/16/2009

In the News:

Princeton's Lewis School to host second annual walk-a-thon Oct. 24 (Pennington Post)
posted on October 21, 2009 at 03:25:56 pm
Proceeds from the event will go toward Lewis School scholarships and upgrades.
Public meeting wrap (Bucks County Courier Times)
posted on October 6, 2009 at 05:00:27 pm
Public meeting wrap for October 6
Calendar of Bucks meetings today (Bucks County Courier Times)
posted on September 23, 2009 at 03:15:12 pm
Calendar of Bucks meetings for September 23

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School Zip Statistics:

About This Zipcode (08540)	School Zip (08540)	(NJ) State Average
Population (Approximate)	43,397 people	8,413,990 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree	75%	36%
Population Average Age	35 years old	36 years old
Average Household size	2.4 persons	2.7 persons
Median Household Income	$90,977	$57,061
Avg. # of Rooms in Household	6.5 rooms	5.6 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure	38 years old	46 years old
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Median Value of Housing Unit Zipcode (08540) What's a Zindex? Subject to Zillow Terms of Use
% Owning / % Renting	70% / 30%	62% / 38%