https://www.greenwood.org/page/about/overview Founded in 1978 in rural Putney, VT, the Greenwood School`s small enrollment and non-institutional environment provide parents and students a clear alternative to larger, clinically-modeled schools, and to mainstream schools that have added hours of outside remedial tutoring and support programs to their standard curricula. Greenwood awakens talent in young people with complex learning profiles who have not yet found themselves in traditional school environments due to the following learning disabilities: *dyslexia specific language-based learning disabilities and/or learning differences (LD)
receptive language and/or expressive language deficits deficits in executive function attention deficit disorders such as ADD or ADHD disorders of written expression dysgraphia speech and language needs
In order to maximize every student's potential, all classes are
integrated so that students learn and apply literacy and
organizational skills across the academic program.
Greenwood students develop strengths and awaken hidden talents
in well-developed enrichment programs such as 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 students to internalize organizational skills and
strategies in all areas of their lives.
Our support services include Speech and Language Therapy, Math
Tutorials, Social Emotional Learning, Occupational Therapy and
Cognitive Training
Interscholastic sports and non-competitive 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 V. 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.
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The average private school tuition in Windham County, VT is $31,216 for elementary schools and $40,639 for high schools (read more about average private school tuition across the country).
Inspired by Greenwood Students, Ken Burns Launches Nationwide Gettysburg Address Challenge (2014)
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, award-winning director and producer Ken Burns has launched a national effort to encourage everyone in America to video record themselves reading or reciting the speech. Burns was inspired by his work with Greenwood students in filming The Address, a feature-length documentary to be released April 15, 2014.“[W]e have to look no further than the story of a tiny school in Putney, Vermont, the Greenwood School, to understand why this speech ...
