Glenforest School
PO Box 4046
West Columbia, South Carolina 29171-4046

1041 Harbor Drive
West Columbia, South Carolina 29169

Toll Free: 1-800-849-7312
Voice: (803) 796-7622
Fax: (803) 796-1603

Email: edithb@clemson.edu

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We are located at 1041 Harbor Drive just off of I-26 and Hwy 378 in West Columbia, South Carolina.

Upcoming Events

Chatting with Dr. Joel Sussman. Come ask Dr. Sussman any or all of your questions about Attention Deficit Disorder or learning differences in children and adults. Dr. Sussman will come for conversations with parents the third Thursday morning of each month from 8:30 - 9:15.

Glenforest School is a K-12 private, non-profit, day-school for students of average to above-average intelligence with learning differences and focusing issues.  Some of our students come to Glenforest and stay with us for a couple of years, receiving reading and math remediation, regaining confidence, and learning important strategies to help them return to their public school.  Other students find that they enjoy the small class size and family-like atmosphere here and end up staying and graduating form Glenforest and going on to college.  Our college preparatory and general diploma programs are fully accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).

Because our students learn differently, we teach them differently.  Many of our students are dyslexic and struggle with the written word.  At Glenforest, we have adopted PROJECT READ, a multi-sensory, sequential, direct concept method of teaching reading, writing, and spelling that is derived from the Orton Gillingham approach.  The students learn at their own pace in classes of no more than three.  Some of our students struggle with math.  Our approach is “hands-on,” in small classes, with one-on-one after school tutoring available, if needed.

At Glenforest, we do more than remediate our students.  We encourage their creativity and celebrate their uniqueness.  We recognize that many of our students have great artistic and musical skills, many love to act, many have a strong affinity to nature, and many are exceptionally gifted with their hands.  We celebrate their strengths as we embrace Howard Gardner’s concept of Multiple Intelligences.  Our rich curriculum allows them many opportunities for success.  On any given day at Glenforest, students can be seen taking photographs for the Year Book, building computerized robots, walking along our nature trail, or sketching Claire, our resident St. Bernard.  They might also be playing volleyball or weight training in our brand new gym.

At Glenforest, we are proud of our 23 years experience of working with students with learning differences.  But we are even more proud of the achievements of each and every one of those students who adopt as their own the school motto:  Refuse to Lose.

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