Our Mission

Porter Academy is dedicated to educating children by utilizing individualized programs that are appropriate to each student’s developmental level and learning style.

Our Beliefs

• Children can reach untapped potential when provided with
• appropriate small group instruction
• social guidance
• therapeutic support
• Children are best able to succeed academically and socially when the school
• utilizes a whole-child approach
• simultaneously develops academics and foundational abilities (e.g., processing skills, attention, motor skills)
• promotes development of self-esteem and intrinsic motivation
• Regular assessments are necessary to determine the most effective intervention for each child

Our Students

We serve children Pre-Kindergarten through 8th grade who have difficulties with language processing,dyslexia, attention (ADHD), sensory processing, visual processing, auditory processing,motor skills (dyspraxia), organization, social skills, and self-esteem.

Our Approach

At Porter Academy, we take an individualized “whole child” approach.  We understand that not all children fit into a mold in regards to what they need to succeed.  We bring the expertise of teachers, therapists, and administrators together to develop a comprehensive understanding of each child.  This enables us to determine the most effective interventions (academic, social, developmental, and emotional) for that particular child.  We enable the child to experience success both through modifications and through remediation of underlying difficulties. The modifications allow for immediate success; the remediation leads to lasting success. Both lead to improved self-esteem and internal motivation to learn. 

Program Components

• Curriculum: Reading, Spelling, Language Arts, Handwriting, Math, Science, and Social Studies are taught to all students
• Academic Techniques
  • small groups to allow for individualized assistance
  • multi-sensory learning activities
  • a variety of well-established learning disorder and regular academic programs, adapting the lessons to the particular needs of the children and creating our own materials where appropriate
  • layering of information to facilitate retention
  • differentiated learning in order to provide children with a just-right-challenge and allow them to progress at their own rate and in their own way
• All students receive therapy within a group setting
  • Speech Language Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Music Therapy
  • Therapeutic activities incorporated into the classrooms that reinforce those skills being developed during therapy sessions
• All students participate in specials
  • Art
  • Physical Education
  • Sign Language
  • Library
  • Computer Lab
• Students have the option of participating in Integrated Listening Systems (iLs), a program that develops the vestibular and auditory sensory systems with resultant benefits in academics and social functioning.




Accreditation

Porter Academy is fully accredited by The Georgia Accrediting Commission, Inc.  We are members of the Georgia Independent Schools Association and the Georgia Association of Private Schools for Exceptional Children.

Porter Academy, Inc. is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) tax exempt school that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, or national origin in providing services to the public or in employment practices.