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I am the parent of a 9 year old daughter who has previously attended a private christian school and public school. Everyone meant well and thought they were helping but UNTIL I FOUND THE HIGHLAND SCHOOL, no one ever did. There are so many things this school offers children who learn differently I could be writing forever. They have small groups so children get individualized instruction. They are taught how they learn best and at their level and do not move on until the concept is solid within the child. This atmosphere greatly inscreases the success of the child. This school also believes in reinforcing positive behavior by rewarding effort and success and does not punish for failure. This has made a tremendous difference in my daughter's life. She is not afraid to try because she knows she will not be labeled "slow or incapable". It also follows everything I have been taught about building up my daughter's self esteem and lowering her anxiety level by the experts at Kennedy Krieger Institute. At the Highland School, they help the "whole child". While teaching them academics the way they need to learn they also give them a voice and help them learn to advocate for themselves. This is something NO ONE has been able to help her with until now. From preschool to third grade at other schools, she NEVER would walk into the school and go to class by herself. She was afraid of everything. People making fun of her, failure, getting lost, being starred at, being bullied, etc. She went to The Highland School one day, I was also there in parent orientation when I told one of the educational specialist that my daughter would need someone to walk her to her classroom everyday. That administrator said "done, no problem". The second day when I pulled up to school and went to get out of my car to help her to whomever would be taking her to the classroom, my daughter stopped me. She said, "mom, I don't need you to do that hear at my new school, I am fine, they really like us here"...and off she RAN barely stopping to give the staff person at the door her name........and I pulled around to the parking lot and sat there and CRIED. This is how it should be! How it should have been for her all of those other years of her school career. She has made me get there 1/2 hour early EVERY day to be the first one there and we get up at 5:45 a.m. everyday to do that. One of the strongest messages I have gotten from this school, as I was told this and have experienced this........ At other schools, "fair is - everyone gets the same thing to learn", "fair at The Highland School is - everyone gets WHATEVER THEY need to learn". AND IT WORKS. My daughter was failing everything (with a $800.00 a month tutoring bill) and she is now getting 90 - 100% on everything I see graded. Sincerely, An Extremely Grateful Mom

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