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    West End Day School

    West End Day School

    5.0(1 review)
    2.1 miUpper West Side

    My 9 year old son just started his 3rd year at this wonderful school, and it has been amazing for…read moreus! They really understand him, and his social-emotional issues. The small class size allows for very individualized attention. He is (like many of the students) an uneven learner. He reads and does math way above grade level, but needs help with writing and expressive language (but some children have more typical learning difficulties). Each family is assigned a social worker to meet with on a regular basis, and the social workers also go into the classrooms to work on social skills through "friendship" and "games" groups. There is a "black & white" notebook that goes back and forth every day, providing a means of valuable communication between the teachers and parents. He has met some great friends here, and there is a warm parent community. We can speak freely with each other about our children's "issues" - we're all in this together! So happy we found this little gem of a school! P.S. The Parents' Association hosts a wonderful lecture series on a variety of topics, mostly concerning special needs children.

    From the owner: West End Day School is a small, nurturing, specialized school for children who may not be well…read moreserved by the conventional system. We offer a social and emotional perspective to learning while maintaining a challenging mainstream curriculum. Our teachers work hand-in-hand with social workers and other specialists to respond as a team to all aspects of a child's development. Children flourish here. Our school is a place where our youngsters can form successful bonds that perhaps did not develop in other school settings. Every day, they are given the tools and techniques they need to feel safe, to succeed, and to feel a sense of achievement. And they have fun learning and forming positive relationships, often for the first time.

    Academics West

    Academics West

    3.8(13 reviews)
    1.7 miUpper West Side

    Based on our family's experience, I would urge parents to do extensive research before enrolling…read moretheir child at Academics West. We found the school to be defensive when concerns were raised and lacking in transparency about its practices and classroom environment. Tuition is extremely expensive, and families should carefully review the financial policies, as refunds may be limited or unavailable. One of the most upsetting aspects of my child's experience was hearing students screaming while they were being locked in what the school referred to as anger-management or de-escalation rooms. This created an environment that our kiddo found frightening and emotionally distressing. Ultimately, it was not the supportive setting we had expected for a student with learning differences.

    Parents, please look past the slick admissions package they hit you with and the glad-handing of…read morethe founder as he meets you at the door. A.W. is an LLC masquerading as a school. Their teachers are underpaid, under-equipped and over-worked, and it shows. They're not happy and this transfers to the students. Their mission is a good one, but their model and their methods fall well short of their ideals; for example: they stress transactional consequence as their primary management tool of student behaviors, even at the upper school level where this is laughably ineffective. Lastly, nobody wants their child at a school where the staff--all the way up to administration and even the founders--are laughing at them in the most derisive ways when they are not around.

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