The Gow School Summer Program combines learning with fun! For several years Gow held a summer school for selected students on property he had purchased in South Wales,[3] and in 1926 he took the risk of starting a boarding school for a handful of boys. Its methods, still based on the work of Peter Gow Jr. and Dr. Samuel T. Orton, remain highly regarded among educators in the field of reading and literacy.
GSSP Admissions We encourage all families considering GSSP to fill out an application. Students also may participate in an intramural program and/or weight training. Thank you for using Camps.ca — An Our Kids platform. There are six dormitories (Rogers Ivie House, Ellis House, Cornwall House, Templeton House, Whitcomb House and Warner House), six academic buildings (Main Building, Isaac Arnold Library, Orton Hall, Reid Art Center and Wolbach Science Building and The Alice R. Gow Science, Technology and Robotics), The Gow Student and Athletic Center (with squash courts, indoor tennis, a weight and exercise room and hardwood basketball), the Weston Dining Hall, administrative buildings and faculty housing. The 4:1 student to faculty ratio allows focus on the remediation of language based learning differences (reading, written expression, spelling, dysgraphia, auditory processing disorder and dyscalculia) through a phonics based program known as Reconstructive Language, a near relative of the Orton-Gillingham method. Posterity Press, Inc., 2002, Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1585315370/gow/nnt2bpovpaxtxtgbrekf/reports.pdf, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gow_School&oldid=976862655, Educational institutions established in 1926, Private middle schools in New York (state), Therapeutic boarding schools in the United States, Articles needing additional references from June 2019, All articles needing additional references, Short description with empty Wikidata description, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, 146 students total: 135 boarding, 11 day students, representing 18 states, 23 countries, soccer, cross country, golf, rowing, basketball, squash, wrestling, ski racing, lacrosse, tennis and outdoor education, Brian Talma ’84, Olympic windsurfer, member of Professional Windsurfing Association (PWA) World Tour, Barbados Service Star recipient, This page was last edited on 5 September 2020, at 14:17. Trusted by Families since 1998. For students requiring additional support, individualized Executive Functions Coaching is provided.
The program combines morning classes with traditional afternoon and evening camp activities and weekend trips. Trusted by Families since 1998. That in itself can be transformational. The Gow School's five-week program is designed for students ages 8-16 who possess the potential to excel but who have struggled in school or who have been diagnosed with such learning disabilities as dyslexia, central auditory processing disorder, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, ADHD, and ADD. Gow is one of the few secondary schools in North America which has a CNC router—a complex milling machine that is used in the fabrication of the robots constructed each year by the robotics team. The Gow School Summer Program is for students who have been experiencing academic difficulties, or have been diagnosed with dyslexia or specific learning disabilities. For International students, English as Foreign or Second Language (ESL) services are also available. In his first years as the school's leader, such notable developments occurred as the transformation of the original gymnasium into the state-of-the-art George Reid Art Center. Boarding school life does not always allow lots of free time, but it has plenty of room for fun. He was accused in the report by students who attended Gow in the mid 90s. By combining a structured program and environment with flexibility, individualization, and room for fun, Gow provides a rich school experience that is precisely what dyslexic students need to learn and to enjoy learning. Matthew A. Fisher, Phone Number: The report was gathered by independent consultant Julia Hilliker and revealed claims and acknowledgment from alumni and two current faculty of inappropriate and forced sexual interactions, student bullying, and inappropriate verbal encounters.