Glenforest School is a K-12 private nonprofit 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 and end up staying and graduating from 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 multisensory, 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 small class sizes. 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 students many opportunities for success. On any given day at Glenforest, students can be seen taking photographs for the yearbook, building toy soldiers, feeding chickens, walking along our nature trail or sketching one of our many campus animals. They might also be playing volleyball or weight training in our state of the art gym.