Teenlife-Logo
    Link

    Check out our latest guide: Your Future in STEM 2024!

    Greenwood School

    Details

    • Listing Type: Private Schools
    • Residency: Day
    • Type: Special Needs, Therapeutic
    • Grades Offered: Below 6th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
    • Country: United States
    • Affiliation: The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS)
    • CEEB: 100771
    • Tuition Day: $15,000
    • Enrollment: 171
    • Special Needs Served: Learning Differences, Autism Spectrum, Other Developmental Disability
    • Financial Aid: Grants/Scholarships
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    Write a Review

    Overview

    One of the premier schools in Jacksonville, Greenwood offers ADHD support, dyslexia resources, and a full curriculum for students with learning differences and difficulties. Academic accommodations are tailored to meet students learning styles, and to lead from concrete skills to abstract thinking.

    A Greenwood School Student:

    • Is smarter than his or her grades reflect
    • Has difficulty with organization and time management
    • Cannot keep up with the written workload
    • Needs a parent to spend 2 to 3 hours each night helping with homework
    • May forget to turn in homework or loses classroom assignments
    • Exhibits behavior that is conducive to a positive learning environment

    Greenwood Schools academics are enriched by a humanities department that includes art, drama, music, and physical education. In addition, opportunities for technology instruction and implementation are available in the classrooms, the computer lab, and in the library/media center. Unlike other schools in Jacksonville, Greenwood School gives students a unique opportunity to learn in the style that suits them best: auditory, visual or hands-on. Whats more, every classroom at Greenwood School offers six laptop computers for in-room student use. Teachers and students benefit from a sophisticated network of media technology available in the classrooms and media center.

    A rarity among schools in Jacksonville, Greenwood School is home to a remarkable natural environment. Ten acres of protected wetlands provide a backyard science lab that presents students with the opportunity to interact with nature up-close and in person.