What kind of student is best served at TBS?
We are not looking for one narrowly-defined, cookie cutter type of learner. We have a more balanced view of learning, one that starts with admitting bright, curious, and motivated students. But no school can meet the learning needs of all children. We admit one child/one family at a time, carefully balancing the range of learners in any class so that we are able to meet the needs of all the students in the class, including students who require additional resources for either remediation or enrichment. There are specialized schools that do a great job with students with learning differences; our school admits a select number of students with learning and social differences whom we think we have the resources to support, and who can benefit from being integrated into a mainstreamed program. We do not subscribe to the idea that there is a fixed notion of ‘intelligence;’ we believe that all children and adults come with a range of ‘multiple intelligences’ that often can be supported throug
