Heartsping, Inc. vs. Horizon Academy
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School Overview
Top Rankings
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Horizon Academy ranks among the top 20% of private schools in Kansas for:
Category
Attribute
Advanced Degrees
Overview
The Heartspring School provides a warm, loving environment for children with multiple disabilities, where teams of specialists discover and develop the whole child.
A residential and day school, Heartspring students come to Wichita from all over the nation, giving their parents the peace of mind knowing that their child's needs are made priority number one.
Heartspring Pediatric Services help children from infants to toddlers to adolescents.
Our therapists, audiologists, medical staff and psychologists work together to assess the development of each child.
Our therapies are fun, our facilities feel like home, and our people love what they do.
We offer free screenings that evaluate the development of your child from birth to age five.
Heartspring Hearing Center provides technology and expertise that can change the way people live with hearing loss.
We offer a full array of hearing services provided by trained and licensed audiologists for individuals of all ages.
Horizon Academy's mission is to empower students with a primary diagnosis of dyslexia, dysgraphia, and/or dyscalculia, to become effective learners and confident self-advocates. Some of our students may also have ADHD. We are unable to serve students who have a diagnosis that is of an emotional or behavioral nature.
Horizon Academy is the only private school in the Kansas City area that specializes in educating students with language-based learning disabilities. Horizon Academy's goal is to help students with the skills they need to be successful in academics, social skills, organizational skills and self-advocacy, so that they can successfully return to a traditional school.
The average length of attendance at Horizon Academy is three years, with students attending between 2 - 5 years.
The student body is coeducational and serves students from K through 9th grade.
Students have average to above average intelligence, but are still falling through the cracks in traditional schools.
Horizon Academy serves students from a 75-mile radius in the Kansas City area.
Students are funded privately by parents and/or through need-based scholarships provided by the school. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEQNIlG3HGM
Grades Offered
4-12
1-9
Blue Ribbon School
No
No
Offers Post-Graduate Year
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No
Learning Difference Programs
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Yes
Learning Programs Supported
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Learning Disabilities, Dyslexia, ADHD, Language-based differences, Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, Auditory Processing Disorder
Year Founded
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1999
Students Body
Total Students
71 students
112 students
Student Body Type
Co-ed
Co-ed
% Students of Color
25%
11%
Students by Grade
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Students by Grade
Grade 4 Students
1
-
Grade 6 Students
3
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Grade 7 Students
1
-
Grade 9 Students
4
-
Grade 10 Students
8
-
Grade 11 Students
17
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Grade 12 Students
19
-
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers
13 teachers
12 teachers
% Faculty with Advance Degree
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90%
Average Class Size
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12
Teacher : Student Ratio
1:5
1:9
Classroom Dress Code
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Casual
(Khaki pants/skirt/jeans and school logo shirt or sweatshirt)
(Khaki pants/skirt/jeans and school logo shirt or sweatshirt)
Finances and Admission
Admission Deadline
None / Rolling
None / Rolling
Tuition Cost
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$29,950
Tuition Notes
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Tuition includes therapy services on-site (Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language Therapy, and Counseling), as well as technology training, intensive reading (Orton-Gillingham), Multisensory Math, and Written Expression.
% on Financial Aid
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36%
Average Financial Aid Grant
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$9,500
Admissions Director
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Laura Mombello
Sports
Total Sports Offered
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1
Extracurriculars
Total Extra-curric.Total Extracurriculars
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5
Extra-curric.Extracurriculars
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Basketball or Running Clubs, Private Music Instruction, Science/STEAM Clubs, Swimming Club (seasonal), Variety of Art Clubs