COMMENTS ON GENERAL GROUPINGS

The Academy In Manayunk is a private school committed to helping students learn what is difficult for them, as well as encouraging them to soar in their areas of strength. All students who attend the Academy In Manayunk have average to above average intelligence and also have learning disabilities. Students are grouped primarily according to age and social maturity and each student’s academic work is individualized to ensure academic progress.  Encouraging the maximum growth of each child is our starting point at the Academy In Manayunk.

LOWER SCHOOL PROGRAM—Elementary and Intermediate

Lower school homeroom groups average eleven or twelve students each with one teacher and at least one assistant teacher. A 1:6 teacher-student ratio is maintained for all academic areas. Students range in age from 6 1/2 to 13.  We are an ungraded school and each group covers several grades.

In our classrooms, we utilize research-based reading and spelling programs individualized to meet the needs of each child. These programs include, but are not limited to, Fundations®, Wilson Reading Systems®, Lindamood-Bell®, and Read Naturally® to ensure that students develop decoding skills, fluency, vocabulary development and comprehension skills. Writing, mathematics and perceptual skills are developed through multi-sensory materials and individualized instruction.  Geography, history, ecology are woven into the classroom design and related to reading and math.  The students work individually or in small groups. Diagnostic teaching helps our teachers discover how each child learns best and how to accommodate the unique learning style. We subscribe to no one theory because no one approach or method works with all children.  

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