The Lighthouse School of Ojai

PROGRAM

Our homeschool support program serves students in grades K – 12. Some students may be identified as gifted and many of our students are diagnosed or meet the criteria for diagnosis of a learning disability or other childhood disorder such as autism or AD/HD. However, these labels have little meaning at the Lighthouse School. We subscribe to a growth mindset, which is shared with all of our students and their families. We know that all of our students have strengths and understand that we all have areas where we need to improve. As we work to increase our world knowledge, self-awareness, and social cognition, some specific academic skills we work to improve include:

• Reading Fluency
• Reading Comprehension
• Written Expression
• Listening Comprehension
• Verbal Expression
• Math Concepts and Processes
• Handwriting and Keyboarding Skills
• Study and Organizational Skills

 

CURRICULUM

The Lighthouse School of Ojai uses the Core Knowledge curriculum. Core Knowledge is based on the work of E.D. Hirsch, Jr. It provides a research-based curriculum, designed and tested by educators. This curriculum engages students in diverse historic, scientific, and cultural content. It is carefully organized so that topics across subject areas build on one another to broaden and deepen students’ knowledge and skills and the approach creates a foundation for interdisciplinary explorations. The wide array of subject matter enables strong reading comprehension and critical thinking- the keys to educational success!

METHODOLOGY

In addition to the literature, language skills, science and history content, math concepts, music, and visual arts found in the Core Knowledge Sequence, our students benefit from our staff’s instructional expertise! We seamlessly integrate our understanding of the brain processes that maximize learning into our teaching methods. We use research-validated intervention techniques from programs such as Seeing Stars®, Handwriting Without Tears®, Visualizing and Verbalizing®, and Social Thinking®. By integrating activities designed to develop social cognition and language imagery into our teaching, we ensure that skills and understanding go hand in hand. We know that not all students have the same learning needs or express their knowledge in the same ways. That is why our students learn from readings and lectures, but also from discussions, projects, computer research, and field trips. Also, as in a traditional learning environment, assessment formats may include recall of facts and written summaries; however, oral summaries, debates, performances, artistic renditions, visual presentations, and critical thinking responses in the form of opinions are equally valued.

 

TUITION

Homeschool Support

• Annual Tuition – $24,650
• Payment Schedule
  • Deposit – $10,475 due upon enrollment
  • 9 monthly tuition payments of $1,575 due, beginning Sept 15 ending May 15

Independent Study Support

• Annual Tuition – $14,450
• Payment Schedule
  • Deposit – $5,000 due upon enrollment
  • 9 monthly tuition payments of $1,050 due, beginning Sept 15 ending May 15

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