Student Support Program
Spectrum students learn to navigate social contexts and practice effective communication alongside their neurotypical peers to gain meaningful relationships and experiences that prepare them for independent success in college and beyond.
Our program exemplifies our commitment to authentic diversity, specifically neurodiversity. Students are fully integrated with their neurotypical peers in all academic classes as well as campus-wide activities. Our students are supported daily in developing executive functioning skills, social skills, and self advocacy, which translate into students’ everyday lives after graduation.
The program was created for students in grades 6-12 who meet the diagnostic criteria specified in the revised DSM-5 for Autism Spectrum Disorder Level 1.
Our deeply personalized admissions process provides applicants the opportunity to get to know our community as well as for us to recognize each applicant as an individual on their own journey towards greater learning and beyond.
For further information about New Roads School's Student Support Services, please contact:
Sarah Fahey Durantini
Director of Student Support Services K-12
sdurantini@newroads.org
sdurantini@newroads.org
Prospective students should be on the high functioning end of the Spectrum
Students must be able to handle the neurotypical college preparatory academic rigor that New Roads School offers at both the middle and upper levels
ENCORE (Envisioning New Creations: Original Revolutionary Ensemble) is a creative, ensemble-based theatrical program for middle and upper school students who are passionate about performance and storytelling. Through acting, improvisation, voice, movement, and design, students will collaborate to create original works from the ground up.
ENCORE encourages exploration across all aspects of dramatic arts- on stage and behind the scenes.
This inclusive program emphasizes imagination, teamwork, and stepping outside your comfort zone in a supportive environment. No prior experience is required.
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New Roads School is a college preparatory K-12 private independent school in Santa Monica, CA, serving over 515 elementary school, middle school and high school children from the greater Los Angeles area. New Roads School provides an inspired educational program from which an authentically diverse student population, mirroring the rich diversity of Los Angeles, develops a personal dedication to learning, a respect for independent thinking, and an expanding curiosity about the world and its people.
NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICY AS TO STUDENTS New Roads School admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.