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My son will be a senior at Fairhill next year. He has been a Fairhill Falcon since the second grade. While at Fairhill, he has maintained an A average, won the State championships for soccer, entered and won various Science Fairs, studied acting, art, photography and served on student government. He has visited Washington, DC and London, England on school trips. He has attended Homecoming dances and Prom. The main point is that he has had an extremely challenging school career while Fairhill has been preparing him to cope with his dyslexia when he goes to college. A lot of the credit goes to the teaching staff and administration, the program they offer and the attitude that you should never let a little learning difference get in you way.
I have a 7th grader completing her first year at Fairhill School. She got a beating in other schools that destroyed her self-esteem even though she did well with much parental help. I felt that I had to be her coach, tutor, and teacher with other private and public schools we tried. At Fairhill she is now self confident, highly competitive, and strives for excellence. She is self driven and has become self sufficient in all her studies. I never thought she would be able to write a 5 page reseach paper on her own but she won awards for the great work she did. My role as a parent now is to help her manage her time so that she can get her projects and studying done. This school is the best sacrifice I ever made for my intelligent dyslexic child. Every learning disabled child deserves a school like this.
I graduated from Fairhill in 2002. I truly believe that Fairhill gave me all the necessary tools I needed to succeed. I am a business graduate student and a successful entrepreneur. This school did a wonderful job of making sure that all students were surrounded by entrepreneurial minds and were exposed to people in all aspects of the business world. I must say that while this school is known for the amazing work they do with A.D.D. and Dyslexic students, this is not a school for a child with more serious learning disabilities. It is an extremely competitive and challenging environment. The Winston School and The Shelton School are better suited for more difficult cases, Fairhill is simply too fast paced for a student with other disabilities which I'm assuming is one reason for the extensive I.Q. and aptitude tests. I recommend Fairhill for gifted students with ADD or Dyslexia.
Fairhill has been great for us. Our son has attended for 4 years. Academically very high standards, opportunity for numerous extracurricular activities and parental involvement is strong.
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