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Causes: Education, Elementary & Secondary Schools, Literacy
Mission: The mission of the phillips academy is to provide a comprehensive, positive educational program for youth with complex behavioral, social, emotional and educational needs. Through collaboration with our families and the referring school districts, tpa strives to enhance the quality of students' lives and enable them to reach their full potential in society.
Programs: The phillips academy (tpa) offers instruction that is aligned with the common core standards, using a blended learning model, to allow for the greatest degree of personalization and differentiation of learning. Students receive specialized services including speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, and assistive technology, as needed. High school students work in the community with a job coach, accessed community college classes with support, and receive vocational and transition services to prepare them for post-secondary life. Students' social-emotional development is supported by the provision of mental health services, community building activities, restorative justice practices, and engagement in an educational program that fosters the development of social-emotional learning. Executive functions are addressed in the design and implementation of instruction and in the coaching and strategies provided to students. In addition, the sports and electives programs provide students with physical and artistic outlets and development. A number of middle school and high students make sufficient gains to return to a more mainstream educational setting. Those who graduate from tpa complete either the diploma track, which prepares them for further education at a community college or entry into the work force, or the vocational high school track, which culminates in a certificate of completion with additional district support until the age of 22.