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School For Learning Disabled May Expand To Century
May 8, 2015
There could be a new school in Century’s future, and area residents had the opportunity to learn more about it during a free lunch on Saturday.
East Hill Academy operates schools for children with learning disabilities in Pensacola and Milton. They have entered the Century Business Challenge, which will provide $25,000 in startup cash and a location, in hope of opening a similar academy in Century to serve the North Escambia area.
East Hill Academy is a private non-profit organization providing educational services to children (grades 1-12) with Autism and other related disorders. The school seeks to help students succeed when otherwise their learning disabilities make it impractical to place them in a regular school setting. East Hill currently serves about 60 students.
“The teaching philosophy of EHA is based on the belief that education should be designed to encourage each student’s unique potential and character. The learning experience should be structured, supportive and participatory. The school environment should be a dynamic and nurturing place of learning, where respect is a part of the educational process,” according to the school’s website.
The meeting concerning the possible “Century Academy School” was held Saturday.
Pictured: East Hill Academy on Garden Street in Pensacola. Courtesy photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
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4 Responses to “School For Learning Disabled May Expand To Century”
My daughter was the fist child to attend EastHill. It is a wonderful program. I was born and raised in Century. Century families deserve to have a choice of sending their very special children to a good school. I have no doubts about Barbara and staff having the ability to have three wonderful schools. By growing more families can have hope that their child can receive the best educatin possible. We started in Sunday school rooms 12 years ago, this simply amazing. Thank you EastHill.
As a parent with a student at EA I can say it is an excellent school. However the expansion at the Garden Street school has a few of the parents concerned. There is no longer room for the kids to have outside activities and the classroom are getting too full vs what they were and what the idea we were all told was to keep them small, We all know the need it great…. but things seem to be going in a different direction over the past year or so. The parents concerns need to be addressed.
That would be AWESOME! I was just discussing the need for this type of school in the North end of the county. Some of our kids ride over five hours total for the opportunity to attend a school that meets thier needs. I really hope they get it. Maybe we could use one of the two old Century/Carver schools.
This will be a great addition to the Century area. I worked at this school when it was in East Hill. It is a very good school and does a lot of good work with kids who would otherwise be left behind. I hope that they do decide to branch out up here!