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Grove School
Grove School believes education is a continuing process that does not end
at the classroom door. We aspire to maximize our students’ considerable
educational abilities through individualized instruction and insight-oriented
psychotherapy based on interpersonal relationships. We stress the development of
sound group living skills, yet we recognize the need to deal with each child on
the basis of that child’s individual problems.
Grove School is for emotionally
troubled boys and girls 11 years of age and older with average or
above average intelligence who have been unsuccessful in making a
satisfactory adjustment in their homes, schools, or social
relationships. Our students may have attention deficit disorder, low
self-esteem, and may be hyperactive, obsessive or depressed. Most
graduates attend college.
Grove School’s large staff
enables us to design and implement academic and extracurricular
programs appropriate to students’ individual needs. We carefully
monitor and alter these programs to match the changes that take
place in each student’s personal and social development. We attempt
to meet each individual at their functioning level, to utilize their
interests, and, through therapeutic re-education, help them achieve
academic and personal success. All students are seen two times per
week in individual psychotherapy. An important part of our
Activities Program is ASTEE©, Alternative Therapeutic and
Educational Experiences. This includes Adventure, Caribbean and
foreign travel.
The general philosophy of Grove
School is based on a supportive, psycho-educational approach
delivered through academic programming structured in a holistic
milieu. Academic plans are determined to meet the needs of each
student and where appropriate incorporated into the IEP/CSP.
Students graduate the Grove program when they successfully complete
the academic requirements for the high school grades, 9 through 12,
as established by the state of Connecticut and Grove School.
Students are placed in classes based on their academic level, age, and
social-emotional development. The student-teacher ratio is about 5:1. Class size
is generally 5 or 6 and does not exceed 10. There is a supervised 1 1/2-hour
evening study period in the dorms. Students in need of extra help must spend
additional time in a supervised after school study hall.There are four marking periods during the course of the academic year. Remedial
assistance and additional tutoring are readily available.
The School offers a twelve-month program with four vacation periods, each of
about two weeks' duration. Intensive, individualized work is carried on during
the regular academic year. The therapeutic and academic work of the summer
session is accompanied by extensive educational and enriching activities.
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