School Profile

Student Profile
• Ages 5 to 13 – Kindergarten through Grade 6
• Average to superior intelligence
• Children with language-based learning differences such as a specific reading, writing, spelling, and/or math disability

The Program
• Diagnostic, prescriptive, and therapeutic
• Language-based to improve academic skills
• Mulitisensory to increase each child’s opportunities for learning
• Individualized and child-centered to work with each child’s strengths and learning needs
• Structured to ensure clear expectations of behavior and academic success
• Learning and management strategy implementation
• Collaborative language lessons
• Assistive technology support

The School
• Total student/faculty ratio 6 to 1
• Maximum of 8 students in a classroom
• A majority of our student graduates attend college
• Approximately 43% of Hillside students receive financial aid
• Students come from 24 districts in 7 counties in the greater Lehigh Valley and surrounding areas in eastern PA
• Active parent group
• Accredited by Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary Schools
• Membership in CASE (Council for Advancement and Support of Education), NAIS (National Association of Independent Schools), PAIS (Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools), and ADVIS (Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools)