The New Community School vs. Dominion Academy
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School Overview
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Overview
Our Mission: The New Community School empowers bright, talented students who are challenged by dyslexia and related learning differences.
The innovative and research-based college preparatory curriculum uses a customized educational approach to build skills in language and math and to foster academic and personal strengths igniting the passions and gifts of unique minds.
Dominion Academy is a therapeutic day school for children who are in need of a smaller school setting due to a lack of success in a large public school environment or who are otherwise in need of an alternative school setting.
Currently, all of the students have an Individual Education Plan (IEP) and are associated with a disability related to academics and or behavior.
Our goal is to provide a therapeutic setting in which our students can learn to identify the areas of weakness, strengthen them through staff support and return to public school if appropriate or to complete their education with us.
Our focus is both on behavior/emotional improvement and academic success. Students receive individual and group counseling throughout the week and older students receive vocational skills and career prepatory training.
Our behavioral system is based on Positive Behavior Intervention and Support, where a student is reinforced for exhibiting positive choices and redirected/retaught when negative choices occur.
Grades Offered
5-12
1-12
Blue Ribbon School
No
No
Offers Post-Graduate Year
No
Yes
Learning Difference Programs
Yes
Yes
Learning Programs Supported
Dyslexia and related learning differences
Autism,Developmental Delay, Emotional Disability, Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disabilities, Other Health Impairment, Specific Learning Disability (Dyslexia, Dyscalcula), Speech or Language Impairment
Year Founded
1974
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Students Body
Total Students
229 students
58 students
Student Body Type
Co-ed
Co-ed
% Students of Color
10%
69%
Students by Grade
Students by Grade
Kindergarten Students
-
2
Grade 1 Students
-
2
Grade 2 Students
-
3
Grade 3 Students
-
5
Grade 4 Students
-
5
Grade 5 Students
12
3
Grade 6 Students
27
5
Grade 7 Students
34
6
Grade 8 Students
40
5
Grade 9 Students
34
4
Grade 10 Students
12
7
Grade 11 Students
30
6
Grade 12 Students
40
5
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers
57 teachers
8 teachers
% Faculty with Advance Degree
67%
75%
Average Class Size
6
9
Number of AP Classes
2
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Teacher : Student Ratio
1:4
1:7
Classroom Dress Code
Casual
Casual
Finances and Admission
Admission Deadline
None / Rolling
None / Rolling
Tuition Cost
$35,000
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Tuition Notes
2023-24:
$34,600 grades 5-8
$35,000 grades 9-12
Funding for Special Ed. students provided by CSA/FAPT
% on Financial Aid
30%
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Acceptance Rate
n/a
90%
Admissions Director
Carolyn Tisdale
Joshua Lutz
Admissions Associate
Margie Gray
Faith Thomas
Sports
Total Sports Offered
10
3
Extracurriculars
Total Extra-curric.Total Extracurriculars
6
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Extra-curric.Extracurriculars
Drama, Music, National Honor Society, National Thespian Society, Various Clubs, Visual Arts
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