<p>New here. Looking for recommendations for smallish high schools in the Northeast
that have good Learning Skills support.</p>
<p>My son is entering his Junior year. He's intelligent, thoughtful and insightful,
and attends an excellent public high school. He has a passion for learning --
history & politics in particular (scored 780 on the World History subject SAT).<br>
And there's an IEP in place in an effort to mitigate Executive Function and ADHD issues.<br>
But at this point he's struggled to earn a low 'B' (up from a low 'C' last year).</p>
<p>Currently he's thriving in a short summer Learning Skills program; we're thinking
that a smaller, supportive (but academically challenging & rigorous) environment
might better allow him to thrive over the next two years.</p>
<p>Schools we've looked / are looking at:
■ Eagle Hill (per his current LS instructor, likely too remedial -- bar too low)
■ Kent's Hill (full)
■ Salisbury
■ New Hampton
■ Vermont Academy
■ Holderness
■ Storm King
■ Northfield Mount Hermon
■ Proctor Academy</p>
<p>Additional schools for consideration, success stories, cautions, recommendations & other relevant considerations invited & welcome.</p>
<p>Proctor. Know people who have sent their kids there and are VERY happy with it, including the dean of students at one of the better know New England prep schools. Excellent school with excellent support.</p>
<p>Neither NMH nor Cushing is geared to accommodate kids who need special support, as far as I know, so I wouldn’t think either of those would be the right choice, although I could be mistaken. </p>
<p>Storm King also strikes me as a “bar too low” school, although I have no personal experience to back that up - just the sense that I got.</p>
<p>Try posting in the prep school forum. Although it tends to focus on the rigorous prep boarding schools there are also those who could help on this topic. It is very late to be looking for next year, so many private schools will be filled, but I think there is a list through SSAT or something of schools that have openings.</p>
<p>Out of your list … I am liking Salisbury. Wonderful boys school on the hill, with some excellent teachers and a responsive administration. My son did a PG at Salisbury.</p>
<p>I’m going to throw Forman into the ring, but it might be a “bar too low” school.</p>
<p>Thanks very much for the feedback thus far. Please keep it coming.</p>
<p>@1012mom - Thanks for the SSAT list tip. Yeah, I’m painfully aware
that we’re way late to the game. At this point, we’re looking
for possibilities, not miracles (tho’ hope springs eternal …). Worst case,
our local school remains excellent – tho’ sub-optimal and harder for our son
than it needs to be.</p>
<p>We looked at Eagle Hill in Southport for our son, we were not impressed. A friend of ours sent her 2 sons to Trinity-Pawling in Pawling, NY. Both were bright but had processing and reading difficulties along with ADHD. One son went on to RIT and did very well, I don’t know how the youngest son is doing.</p>