THE CARROLL SCHOOL AT A GLANCE

The Carroll School is designed specifically for children with language-based learning disabilities, such as dyslexia. Carroll’s Lower School is located at 1841 Trapelo Road in Waltham, MA and serves 152 students in the 1st through the 5th grades. Our Middle School is located at 25 Baker Bridge Road in Lincoln, MA and serves 200 students in the 6th through the 8th grades. Our 9th grade program, Carroll Nine, is located on our Lincoln campus and has 16 students. Our students are from over 70 different communities.

At Carroll, we teach our students to read, comprehend, and write through a structured, sequential, multi-sensory, systematic, alphabetic-phonetic approach to instruction. The principles of Orton-Gillingham are the foundation we use for teaching reading (decoding) and spelling (encoding) to our students. Thirty-five Orton-Gillingham tutors provide individualized reading and language instruction and over forty Language Focus Area classes provide small group instruction in a student’s area of greatest academic need.

Our student to faculty ratio is 2.5 to 1. In the 1st and 2nd grades, the maximum number of students in a classroom is six. In the 3rd through 5th grades, the maximum number of students in a classroom is seven, and in the 6th through 8th grades, the maximum size is eight. Small classrooms allow Carroll’s teachers to a deliver customized education to each student.

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.

The educational curriculum is enriched with Physical Education, Movement, Performing Arts, Studio Art, Woodshop programs, and Bounders, a physically and mentally challenging, non-competitive program.

Carroll provides a challenging and supportive 9th grade with a curriculum that mirrors that of local college preparatory schools. Performance expectations will be high while targeted support will be given in order to help students achieve these high standards. Carroll Nine also provides direct and personal service in planning transition to their next high school placement.

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 interactive whiteboards and a variety of educational software and internet sites. Both campuses are fully wireless, and the school owns over 500 computers for use by students and teachers. Students in the 6th through the 9th grades are assigned individual laptop computers for use with their schoolwork. Students in the 1st through the 5th grade utilize computer labs equipped with desktop computers, as well as mobile laptop carts and Writers for classroom computer access.

Our School’s summer programs include Summer@Carroll, a five-week, full-day program for children from the ages of 6-14 that provides remedial reading, writing, and math classes in the mornings and camp-based activities in the afternoons.

The tuition for the 2011-2012 year is $39,057 with approximately 17% of students receiving some form of need-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 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.

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