A school that embraces multiple intelligences, constructivism, and alternative learning styles.
Serving Middle and High School Students
Kentwood Academy offers an innovative program that provides educational and therapeutic services to students whose educational and emotional needs are beyond that which traditional school settings can offer. The program is designed for students whose academic, personal, or disciplinary circumstances have necessitated those educational services to be delivered in a smaller, non-traditional setting.
Kentwood Academy provides a warm, supportive, structured environment in which all students feel welcomed and accepted. The dignity and worth of each individual is recognized and the importance of individual differences and potentialities are celebrated. A problem solving approach is modeled by teachers, counselors, and paraprofessionals to help students learn to cope with the stress they encounter at school, home, in their community, and in every day life.
"We need to look at the problems our children face like we look at a leaky bucket. If the bucket has six holes in it and we plug only five, we still have a leaky bucket. To make a difference we have to collaborate. We have got to develop a comprehensive program to take care of the multiplicity of problems children face."
