GREENGATE SCHOOL

Since 2002 Greengate has educated and supported bright children with learning differences in reading, spelling or writing. As we have grown, Greengate's role has expanded, becoming a dyslexia resource for the community, training teachers, parents and growing community awareness of the issues surrounding those with these learning differences.

Unfortunately, as children with leaning differences (LD) struggle to succeed, many deal daily with verbal abuse and humiliation from their peers. Even though many of these kids are gifted, students with learning differences can become disheartened, unsure of who they are and what they can do. Whether it’s their inability to complete class work at the same pace as others, the embarrassment they feel when asked to read aloud, or the stigma of being shuffled off to special classes, their self-esteem suffers and it becomes increasingly difficult to motivate them.

At Greengate, teachers actively engage children’s learning through all of their senses. Sight, sound, touch, and taste and smell all have a role to play in the effective acquisition of new skills and concepts and in review. Orton-Gillingham structured, multi-sensory language teaching methods form the basis of daily individualized tutoring and language lessons for beginning students. Research shows that reading instruction that is explicit, systematic, sequential and cumulative benefits children with reading difficulties (dyslexia). Daily individualized tutoring for all students provides opportunity for crucial practice and review.

Low student-to-teacher ratios allow teachers to know students as individuals: to support their needs, nurture their strengths and pace their instruction appropriately. In this way, students can progress as quickly as they are able or as slowly as they need.

Greengate School's mission is to educate and support bright children who have specific learning differences in reading, spelling or writing so that they may realize their full potential. We work daily to help our students achieve their goals, educationally and in other important aspects of their lives.

Greengate is accredited by the Southern Association of Independent Schools (SAIS), and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). Greengate School is also one of only 12 schools in the nation with an instructional program accredited by the Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators.