Preparation for college and beyond is the goal of Landmark's High School Program. The focus is skill acquisition and achievement for students with dyslexia. The High School Program is centered on the development of language and learning skills, including reading, writing, spelling, and vocabulary. All students share the same athletic and extracurricular activities, residential houses, and facilities.
Individualized Approach | Core Curriculum | One-to-One Tutorials
Expressive Language | Preparatory Program | Electives
Eric Alexander Memorial Library
Individualized Approach
The curriculum addresses the spectrum of needs for students with language-based learning disabilities. Through daily tutorials and small classes our goal is to teach students to become independent learners. Landmark designs an individualized program for each high school student and continually assesses his/her needs to determine the appropriate approach to remediation. Academic and campus directors use these assessments to assign specific courses and levels that challenge each student's personal strengths.
One-to-One Tutorials
The cornerstone of our successful model is the daily one-to-one tutorial. Students meet and work closely with one tutor for the entire year. A customized tutorial curriculum is designed to remediate the specific language needs of the student, and may encompass such areas as decoding, fluency, phonological awareness, written composition, and organizational skills.
Core Curriculum
The core curriculum covers the traditional subjects – math, social studies, science, language arts, and oral expression – as well as study skills and electives. Classes are limited to no more than eight (8) students and skills are taught in every classroom. Computer technology is also integrated across the entire curriculum.
Expressive Language
For students who need intensive help with oral and written communication, Landmark offers courses in expressive language skills. Rigorous oral and written language remediation is provided through an integrated curriculum, to reinforce the relationship between listening, speaking, reading, and writing. A certified speech-language pathologist serves on the faculty to assist teachers.
Preparatory Program
When high school students progress to within one year of their grade level, their case manager may consider a transition to the Preparatory Program. While students still receive the structure and tools they need, the pace is likely to be a bit faster. Students learn and practice essential organizational, study and advocacy skills needed for transition into independent learning in a traditional classroom or higher education setting. Class sizes are slightly larger, with eight to twelve students.
Students take six required academic courses, including grammar and composition (culminating in a senior research paper), literature, social studies, mathematics, science, and study skills. They also choose from more than a dozen electives that round out their learning.
Electives
Other Landmark curriculum offerings include the Performing Arts
(dance, drama, music and technical theater), auto mechanics, art and portfolio development, publishing and creative writing, woodworking, computers, physical education, early childhood development, radio broadcasting, and boat building.
For more information about Landmark electives, see
The High School Curriculum Guide.
Eric Alexander Memorial Library
The Eric Alexander Memorial Library provides the school community with access to an ever-expanding print collection of over 8,000 reference and circulation materials, a DVD/Video collection, periodicals and more. A bank of wireless computers offers online research as well as use of electronic databases.
