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Excel Academy Central

By |2024-06-20T16:29:59-04:00August 31st, 2023|

Excel Academy Central Excel Academy Central offers an accelerated high school experience for students looking for a smaller, more personal setting, intensely focused on elevating social skills, emotional wellness, and academic success. Our school aims to succeed by developing meaningful relationships with each student to understand their individual needs, challenges, and strengths. From there, we provide care, support, and counseling to address the challenges our students are faced with outside of school, helping them to develop coping and problem-solving skills and guiding them on how to identify and implement solutions to help them focus on learning. When students feel safe, [...]

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Virtual School Counseling Page

By |2023-11-09T12:58:16-05:00July 17th, 2023|

Carly's Virtual Post-Secondary Counseling Page A note from Carly... I wanted to make it easier to connect to resources related to college, career searching, and financial aid! Check out the College Choice for information on choosing colleges, help with essay writing, and information on learning differences. Career Exploration provides sites that can help you identify your interests and what careers could be a good fit. The Financial Aid tab has many different websites and links to different scholarship opportunities that you can check out.  Be well, and as always, email [...]

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NewHope Academy

By |2024-10-28T17:32:43-04:00July 6th, 2023|

Programs| Blog | Newsletter | School Calendar | Staff NewHope Academy Where Bright Students Shine At NewHope, we provide students with average to above average intelligence with a small, safe, and supportive educational environment. Since its inception, hundreds of students have utilized our program; many of them returning to their home schools full-time and achieving success in college. Experience our school campus firsthand during a guided tour. REQUEST A TOUR 3250 N Arlington Heights Arlington Heights, IL 60004 (P) 847.588.0463 School Hours: Monday through Thursday 8:15AM - 2:30PM Friday 9:00AM - 2:30PM Once a [...]

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SESI’s Behavior Tip of the Month: Building Relationships

By |2022-12-30T15:04:43-05:00January 3rd, 2023|Blog|

One of the most important aspects of a positive school community is relationships—those between staff and students and between the students themselves. Building strong relationships helps us be proactive and preventative in how we approach student behavior; the better we know our students, the more we know how to help them be successful. Let’s talk about relationships within a school community, why they’re so important to the success of students, and how these relationships can be modeled in day-to-day interactions. Student-Staff Relationships Relationships between staff and students are at the core of a school’s community and culture. In fact, research [...]

High Road School of Southern York Receives ‘School of Distinction’ Honor

By |2023-03-08T12:20:28-05:00November 17th, 2022|Blog, High Road School: Southern York|

The High Road School of Southern York was recently named a 2022 School of Distinction for excellence in education by Cognia, a global nonprofit school improvement organization. As part of the School of Distinction program, Cognia identifies pre-K–12 education institutions that exemplify excellence in education and service to learners. Cognia selected High Road School of Southern York as one of 96 K-12 schools out of more than 1,500 institutions worldwide that were eligible for the 2022 recognition. “We are proud to work with Cognia and even more proud that our curriculum, passionate staff, and classrooms stand out on the [...]

High Road School at St. Joseph

By |2024-06-13T10:39:12-04:00November 16th, 2022|

High Road School at St. Joseph The High Road School at St. Joseph partners with the St. Joseph School District to support students with intensive needs. The academic, social-emotional, and behavioral needs of each student are met through high student-to-staff ratio, individualization and small-group teaching approaches and a comprehensive behavior management system. Our staff works in unison with the district to ensure that our students receive the maximum benefits from both district resources and those of our programs. Contact Us (P) (816)-671-4072 1211 N 18th St, St. Joseph MO 64501 Meet the Team [...]

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Specialized Education Services, Inc. Names Dawn Thomas President

By |2022-11-08T08:48:23-05:00November 7th, 2022|In the News, Press Release, Press Releases & Announcements|

Experienced operational leader will help guide the organization’s continued commitment to ensuring students with the greatest need receive a quality education PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Specialized Education Services, Inc. (SESI), a premier provider of education services for K-12 students who require additional educational and positive behavioral supports to overcome challenges that impede success in a traditional school setting, today announced the hiring of Dawn Thomas as president. Thomas will lead the growth and development of SESI’s special education and alternative education programs, as well as identify, attract and cultivate talent. “Dawn Thomas brings an impressive set [...]

Celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month

By |2022-10-31T09:22:59-04:00October 20th, 2022|Blog, California Landing Page, Sierra School of East Valley, Sierra School of San Joaquin, Sierra School of Solano County: Day Rehab, Sierra School San Joaquin, Sierra School: Antioch, Sierra School: Solano County, Sierra School: Sonoma County, Sierra Upper Sacramento|

Students at Sierra Schools of California celebrated National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15) with a classroom decoration contest. The friendly competition took place at the school level, with winning classrooms competing region-wide for the top honor. Teachers used the contest to help students learn about and honor the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America. Students in each participating classroom decorated a large bulletin board or wall space paying homage to the Hispanic Heritage Month theme. Each decorated area had to include relevant and interesting [...]

New Outdoor Play Space at High Road School of Peoria

By |2022-09-28T16:11:34-04:00September 28th, 2022|Blog, High Road School of Peoria|

Movement and physical activity are critical for students' overall well-being and now students at the High Road School of Peoria have a new outdoor space perfect for a range of activities. Recently the school community celebrated the opening of the new sport court with a ribbon cutting, balloons and cake. “Our goal is to make learning fun and the addition of the sport court provides another opportunity for students to enjoy themselves while learning new skills,” said Theresa Mortl Smith, regional vice president. According to the CDC, regular physical activity can help young people improve cardiorespiratory fitness, build strong bones [...]