kingsbury

[Anonymous]

Does anyone have any feedback about their programing or how good of a school it is? We have been accepted here and I'm trying to get some more info.....Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have any feedback about their programing or how good of a school it is? We have been accepted here and I'm trying to get some more info.....Thanks!

Depends on the needs of your child. It has lower functioning students than say a Lab School. They seem to try to be the 'catch all' for all sorts of disabilities that affect learning. With that said, it has a strong reputation.

[Anonymous]

I have heard good things about the school.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

My 13-year-old has been at Kingsbury three years and has made very good strides in his learning and social development. He did two years in the lower school, where he made wonderful gains in reading. Now he is in the middle school and doing well. I am happy with the way the middle school is preparing the kids to be more mature and responsible.

Our son has supplementary speech instruction in a small group to boost his reading, and he does a social skills small group each week led by a psychologist who has worked with him all three years and knows him well. Because this is integrated into his school day and the teachers and specialists have access to each other, I feel I am in the best situation possible. I do not run to different providers after school, and all are working toward the same goals and sharing feedback with me formally in reports, and informally when I approach them.

Most kids at Kingsbury have social skill weaknesses and this is an important part of the curriculum taught by teachers as well as counselors. Counselor in the lower school was wonderful and very involved with the kids. I can also say that the teachers and administrators I worked with closely in the lower school were very proud to see our son maturing and moving up to the middle school. They clearly felt invested in him.

I have met wonderful, caring parents at Kingsbury as well who are open to sharing ideas about raising special needs kids. One down side, however, is that many of the kids live far away from one another, since the school serves the whole metro DC area. This can make playdates and social get togethers pretty hard to schedule.

I hope you will give Kingsbury good consideration. It is under new leadership for the past year or two and is focusing more narrowly on what it really wants to accomplish.

Regards,

Mollie Katz
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[Anonymous]

What would you say is the typical Kingsbury profile -- is it social and learning delays?

[Anonymous]

Kingsbury students have language-oriented learning disabilities and weak social skills. Many have attention issues. I think you can figure they have a sprinkling of other disabilities or delays along with these core characteristics, as speech therapy, physical therapy and psychotherapy are offered on site and added into children's programs if their IEPs call for it.