THE CARROLL SCHOOL AT A GLANCE The Carroll School is designed specifically for children with language learning disabilities, such as dyslexia. The school enrolls 270 students in grades 1-8 and has over 140 faculty and staff members. The Carroll School is located in Lincoln, Massachusetts, approximately 18 miles west of Boston, and has students from over 70 greater Boston communities.
Carroll teaches children to read, comprehend, and write through a structured, sequential, multi-sensory, systematic, alphabetic-phonetic approach to instruction. The principals of Orton-Gillingham are the foundation we use to allow children to learn through sight, speech, sound and touch. In addition to language and literature, mathematics, science, and history classes, every student receives an additional language class that may be an Orton-Gillingham tutorial or a small group instruction that addresses Oral Reading Fluency, Writing and Revision, or Comprehension and Text Structure. Classes for grades 5 – 8 have no more than eight students, while those for younger students and additional language classes are often smaller. The educational curriculum is enriched with Physical Education, Movement, Performing Arts, Studio Art, Woodshop programs, and Bounders, a physically and mentally challenging outdoor, non-competitive program. The use of technology in the curriculum enhances Carroll’s multi-sensory approach to education by providing innovative, interactive methods in teaching in part through the use of SMART Boards in conjunction with a variety of educational software and internet sites. The campus is fully wireless, and the school owns over 320 computers for use by students and teachers. Students in Grades 6 – 8 are assigned individual laptop computers for use with their school work. Younger children use The Writer ® and AlphaSmarts, as well as having access to desktop computers in labs and in classrooms. Summer@Carroll is a five-week, full-day program for children from the ages of 6-14 providing remedial reading, writing, and math classes in the mornings and camp-based activities in the afternoons.
The current tuition is $35,400 with approximately 17% of students receiving some form of needs-based financial aid awarded by the School. Because of the remedial nature of our school, tuition and related expenses may be eligible for a medical tax deduction.
The Annual Fund accounts for 5% of the operating budget. The goal is over half a million dollars. Last year 100% of the Board of Trustees, over 65% of the parents, and many alumni generously contributed to the Annual Fund. The Carroll School is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) and is a member of the Association of Independent Schools of New England (AISNE). The Massachusetts Department of Education has approved Carroll School as a private special education school program. For directions to The Carroll School click here.
Telephone: (781) 259-8342
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