From cooking to gardening: High Road School of Cecil County student’s get hands-on experience

Between our 90 standalone day schools and 90-plus In-District Classroom partnerships across 17 states, SESI serves nearly 8,000 special education students every year—many of whom have been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

From cooking to gardening: High Road School of Cecil County student’s get hands-on experience2023-11-30T09:31:55-05:00

What is Autism Spectrum Disorder?

Between our 90 standalone day schools and 90-plus In-District Classroom partnerships across 17 states, SESI serves nearly 8,000 special education students every year—many of whom have been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

What is Autism Spectrum Disorder?2023-11-09T12:02:11-05:00

Excel Academy of South Shore Students Take their Shot at Inaugural Summer Basketball Camp

While other students might be taking it easy this summer, 25 students from Excel Academies’ South Shore, Englewood and Roseland campuses, part of the Chicago Public Schools’ Options Network, took their hoops skills to the next level at a basketball camp hosted at Excel Academy of South Shore. The camp was sponsored by the schools and Xsposure Runs. Summer 2023 marks the first year of the camp, which will become an annual event thanks to Chicago Public Schools Out-Of-School time (OST) funds and other supplemental grants and donations. The clinic provided students direct high-level mentoring and coaching to build and hone [...]

Excel Academy of South Shore Students Take their Shot at Inaugural Summer Basketball Camp2023-08-18T08:50:16-04:00

Former Sierra School of Antioch Student Maintains Honor Roll at Local District High School

With graduation around the corner, Janae W., a former honor roll student at Sierra School of Antioch, is set to earn her diploma from Antioch High School with a 4.0 GPA. Before transferring back to her home school during her senior year, Janae had attended Sierra School of Antioch since the sixth grade. There, she excelled Janae’s first day of sixth grade at Sierra School of Antioch. academically, making honor roll repeatedly. For Janae, academics weren’t her biggest challenge, her behavior is where she struggled the most. Janae’s mother, Tiara, reflects that during the early days at the [...]

Former Sierra School of Antioch Student Maintains Honor Roll at Local District High School2023-06-01T12:25:11-04:00

Safe Achieve Academy Students Win 2023 CAAEL Spelling Bee

Four students from the Safe Achieve Academy, part of the Chicago Public Schools’ Options Network, made school history when they won the Chicago Area Alternative Education League (CAAEL) Spelling Bee. While the team initially took part in the spelling bee just for entertainment, they walked away with a historic win, in part due to encouragement to do their best and a little competitive spirit from Terrance Sirleaf, a behavioral specialist at Safe Achieve Academy. “We had very little time to study for the event. We put in a lot of crunch-time hours. When we arrived, we were under the impression [...]

Safe Achieve Academy Students Win 2023 CAAEL Spelling Bee2023-05-17T11:04:17-04:00