The Greenwood School

14 Greenwood Lane, Putney, VT, 05346-0534
Tel: (802)387-4545
Grades: 6 - 12 | 47 students
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The Greenwood School is a a boarding and day school for boys in grades 6 through 12. For over thirty years Greenwood has empowered bright and talented boys who face dyslexia, related language-based learning challenges, AD/HD, and executive function deficits 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.

School Overview:
The Greenwood School
School Type Special Education School
School Membership(s) New England Association of Schools and Colleges
The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS)
National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
Religious Affiliation Nonsectarian
Grades Offered Grades 6 - 12
Learning Difference Programs Yes
Learning Programs Supported Dyslexia, Language-based Learning Differences, ADHD, and Executive Function deficits
Year Founded 1978
Student Body
Total Students 47 students
Student Body Type All-boys
% Students of Color 6% (VT School Avg.: 8%)
Students by Grade
 
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers 25 teachers
Student : Teacher Ratio 2:1 (National school avg.: 13:1)
% Faculty w/Advanced Degree 77%
Average Class Size 4 students
Classroom dress code Casual
(Khaki pants or jeans and a collared shirt)
Finances and Admission
Admission Deadline None / Rolling
Yearly Tuition Cost $65,800
% on Financial Aid 13%
Average Financial Aid Grant $10,000
Acceptance Rate 70%
Admissions Director Melanie Miller
Admissions Associate Aria Carter
Sports
Total Sports Offered 4 sports
Sports
Baseball Basketball
Cross Country Soccer
Extracurriculars
Total Extracurriculars 19 extracurriculars
Extracurriculars
Archery Canoeing
Cross Country Skiing Disc Golf
Fencing Filming/Digital Arts
Hockey Inline Skating
Metalwork on the Forge Model Club
Mountain Biking Photography Club
Pottery Robotics
Rock Climbing Skateboarding
Skatepark Snowboarding
Woodworking

School Notes:

    • In order to maximize every boy's 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 effective, 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's 100-acre, forested campus on a Vermont hillside offers miles of trails for hiking, biking, and cross-country skiing; a 3-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 "average" 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's safe and supportive community, however, our students feel they are finally understood, and they experience the academic success they deserve for their efforts. 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: 06/15/2012

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Nearby Schools:

The Greenwood School
Gr. 6-12 | 0 mi. away
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Gr. 7-12 | 4.2 mi. away
The Grammar School
Gr. PK-8 | 5.5 mi. away
Saxtons River Montessori School
Gr. Nursery/Preschool-PK | 5.6 mi. away
Vermont Academy
Gr. 9-12 | 5.6 mi. away

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