About Greater Castle Academy private school Wilmington DE

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At GREATER CASTLE ACADEMY, we understand that the mental health of our students is just as important as their academic success.

We offer private, in-school counseling services for our families, students, & staff.

Our Counseling Services with our partner, Tomaro’s CHANGE, focuses on helping students who are facing challenges, including: family changes, grief & loss, neurodiverse learning abilities (ADD, ADHD, autism, dyslexia & more), past bullying, anxiety, stress, depression, low self-esteem, academic pressures, and social difficulties.

Join us at GREATER CASTLE ACADEMY SCHOOL, an impeccable model where differences are celebrated, and every student’s potential is unlocked. Together, we build pathways of success for all students.

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CELEBRATING YEARS OF EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION!

OUR COMMITMENT:
Personalized Learning: We offer tailored educational strategies and flexible teaching approaches to meet students where they are and help them achieve their goals.
Inclusive Community: Our school fosters an accepting, understanding, and diverse community where all students feel valued and included.
Specialized Support Services: A team of trained professionals provides targeted interventions, therapies, and resources to ensure students’ success.
Focus on Strengths: By recognizing and building on students’ unique talents and abilities, we help them grow into confident, self-advocating individuals.
Family Partnership: We collaborate closely with families to ensure a consistent and supportive approach both at school and home.
- It feels like home away from home.
- 4 FULL DAYS of classroom instruction
- The teachers are very caring
- The ability to choose classes based on each child’s specific needs
- Block scheduling to extend class time for student Q & A
- All scholars & families are treated with respect, regardless of race, gender, nationality, religion, or learning abilities.

What We Believe:

Mission & Perspective

Mission – Tammy R. Davis, Founder & CEO, executed the school in 2013 with the vision that no child should be left behind. The school offers integrated curricula that services ALL students individualized neurodiverse learning abilities, beliefs, & developmental domains, all in a loving & nurturing environment.

Perspective –The school is a community of teachers, staff and students committed to a particular mission imposed by concise research and impeccable results. In addition, the school provides a comprehensive moral and intellectual education for all students..

Quality education in Delaware

High Quality Education

Our teacher/student ratio is 1:8. This allows for better academic results through intimate teaching, individualized directed learning, flexible pacing and increased self-esteem. Students in the extensive Diploma Program receive Full-Service guidance of curricula planning during the high school years and assistance with all future plans after graduation. The Capstone educational modality is completed with an accredited transcript throughout high school and upon graduation.

Nurturing Environment

The building is setup for every scholar to have a feeling of personal belonging.
Children are influenced by personal experiences, their surroundings, and the significance of positive influences. We modernize the physical classroom and school facilities for all scholars to be comfortable and grow in an environment that fosters creativity, communication, community, citizenship, collaborative learning and ideal generational fitness.

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Our Principle Foundation

We believe in the principle that every child can learn when given the proper tools, time and attention. ALL students have the potential to be Greater.

Implementing Progressive Learning:
A student may be able to recite the different parts of a cell without truly understanding how a cell functions. Progressive learning uses integrated curricula that allows students to approach concepts and content thoroughly from multiple perspectives; deepening their conceptual understanding of each subject.

TEACHER OBJECTIVES

While teaching an integrated curriculum, the following objectives are intermingled:

- - ENCOURAGE – Encourage exploration with all the senses in new places, safely and with joy.
  - MENTOR – Mentor in basic skills, life skills, perseverance, self – assurance, and self- sufficiency.
  - REHEARSE – Rehearse and extend new skills, showing each scholar how to rehearse with new people and things.
  - CELEBRATE – Celebrate developmental domains, learning new skills and becoming a unique individual.
  - PROTECT – Protect from inappropriate disapproval, teasing, neglect, or punishment.
  - GUIDE – Guide behavior to keep each scholar safe and teach what’s acceptable as a responsible, caring person and citizen.
  - COMMUNICATE – Communicate richly and responsively with words, songs, literature, and media to introduce each scholar to the world of language and its many uses.
  - WE ENSURE these topics are embedded in our vital work to ensure engagement, along with meaningful and relevant learning is foremost. Our objectives allow our scholars to develop and prosper with a healthy, knowledgeable and cultural understanding of the world around them.

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Greater Castle Academy – the school specifically designed to meet the individual needs of every scholar!

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