Suburban Life - Central Bucks/Montgomery - Issue #10 (October 2022)

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SL_PROFILE_New Hope Academy_Layout 1 11 / 3 / 22 1 : 46 PM Page 2 Seth Ball guides Keigo and Frankie through a biology research project . Licensed and approved in Pennsylvania to lose are very dangerous people . From and New Jersey , New Hope Academy the beginning , we talk a lot . We meet with ( NHA ) is a nontraditional private school parents , teachers , administrators , to try to in Bucks County , teaching students in find out what’s happening with a child so KathleenRosso - Gana , the Founder , President , grades6 through 12 . we can try to fix it . ” andExecutive Director of New Hope Academy NHA has two campuses i n Bucks NHA’s mission statement is simple yet County , one i n Yardley and another i n powerful : “ Head and Heart Before the Doylestown . When a family visits one of Brain . ” In other words , the school values the campuses to begin their tour , they not just a student’s education , but also will often hear the administration use his or her psychosocial and emotional words such as unique and powerful to development . The phrase encompasses describe the school . By the end of the many beliefs , values , and strategies of tour , the parents and their child tend to education that are ingrained i n each describe this one - of - a - kind place of learning teacher and student on a daily basis . as uniquely beautiful . They also feel the The student body is diverse , but each warmth , joy , and positive energy that child understands that NHA is for all stu - Kathleen Rosso - Gana , the founder , pres - dents who , for whatever reason , are not on ident , and executive director of NHA and thriving in the traditional school binsenviron - Motivational Educational Training Com - ment . Often , these students have experi - Ro pany Inc . , believes i s essential for real enced many of the same headaches and ody learning to take place . heartaches before finding an educational J by “ Kids come to us for many reasons , ” home at NHA . Therefore , they support to she says . “ When I founded New Hope each other in an environment of phocaring Academy , I wanted to create a place where and friendship . na any child who was not thriving in a traditional On that first tour of an NHA - Gacampus , setting for whatever reason can find their prospective families also notice a few ssoof place . Many of our students come to us the most important reasons that NHA Rois with a unique heartache , headache , or also academically successful : small class issue . This is one reason we seek to add size and a team of devoted , caring edu - joy to children’s lives . Children with nothing cators . Rosso - Gana describes the teachers of NHA as “ the best in the busi - Leigh Greacen shows Frankie some key paragraphs ness , ” as well as “ consistently from his reading assignment . happy , forever hopeful , and men - tally healthy . ” In American society , there i s much talk about the need to pri - New Hope Academy ? oritize mental health among today’s teen population . Rosso - 301 Oxford Valley Road , Bldg . 1701 Gana believes more needs to be Yardley , PA 19067 said and done to support teachers ( 215 ) 493 - 4200 in their responsibility to stay stable on their journey with mental 350 S . Main Street , Bldg . 303 health . She is proud to say that Doylestown , PA 18901 this is a priority at NHA . After all , ( 215 ) 345 - 9333 humans cannot give what they www.newhope.academy themselves do not possess . ? ChelseaBallard helps Brody to ?nd the right technique with his acrylic painting . SUBURBANLIFEMAGAZINE.COM VOLUME 14 ISSUE 2 | 81

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SL 1022 Education - FINAL_Dept 11 / 3 / 22 10 : 00 AM Page 1 and their teachers before the learning e process can begin , ” she continues . “ For E D U C A T I O N manystudents with special needs , the social piece is difficult for them and can hinder their learning . When we put them together in a small environment where they can get to know each other and their teachers on a smaller scale , it helps build their trust and their confidence , and their ability to believe in themselves . ” As students become engaged in the Set Up for learning process , they receive strategies to support their individual learning styles . “ We teach them memory skills , how to dissect a book in order to comprehend Success what’s going on in the story , how to write down and transfer what’s in their head Innovative programming and dedicated onto paper by talking ideas through or scribing for them when necessary , giving educators help students with learning them strategies to use to get the job done , ” differences move beyond their challenges . Rosso - Gana adds . “ Once the kids begin to understand how they learn , we have them BY MINDY TORAN continually practice and use those strategies or many students with language - based learning differences , the path to to work toward college or whatever comes life after high school may not be as clear cut as their peers . With guidance next for them . Our goal is to help the kids Fand support from their teachers and counselors , however , many of these learn as students , grow as people , and students can move beyond their challenges . Thanks to innovative programming focus on the future . ” and dedicated educators , a number of local schools devoted to addressing the The Vanguard School is part of Valley needs of these students are setting them up for success . Forge Educational Services in Malvern , “ It’s important to focus on the issues that have been preventing these students which specializes in special education and from learning , then focus on academic instruction , ” says Kathleen Rosso - Gana , employment support for students ages four president and executive director of New Hope Academy , a nontraditional school for through 21 . Vanguard students benefit from students in grades six through 12 , with campuses in Yardley and Doylestown . “ Our a curriculum that emphasizes life skills and philosophy of teaching is ‘ Head and Heart Before the Brain , ’ focusing not just on the job - readiness training , and also receive a student’s education , but also on their psychosocial and emotional development . “ typical school experience . ” School musicals , “ We work on developing a relationship and mutual respect between the students SUBURBANLIFEMAGAZINE.COM VOLUME 14 ISSUE 2 82 |

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