Landmark School
Coordinates: 42°33′09.70″N 70°50′04.32″W / 42.5526944°N 70.8345333°W
| Landmark School | |
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Embracing potential. Empowering lives. | |
| Location | |
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Prides Crossing, Massachusetts United States | |
| Information | |
| Type | Private, boarding |
| Religious affiliation(s) | None |
| Established | 1971 |
| Founder | Charles Drake |
| Head of school | Robert Broudo |
| Faculty | 305 |
| Grades | 2-12 |
| Gender | Coed |
| Enrollment |
460 Total 150 EMS 310 High School (148 day, 162 boarding) |
| Average class size | 4-8 students |
| Student to teacher ratio | 1:3 |
| Campus size |
18 acres EMS 27 acres High School |
| Campus type | Town |
| Color(s) | Blue and White |
| Song | Landmark School Song |
| Athletics conference | Eastern Independent League |
| Mascot | Vikings |
| Accreditation |
New England Association of Schools & Colleges; Massachusetts Department of Education |
| Publication | The Lantern |
| Newspaper | The Viking View |
| Endowment | $10,000,000 |
| Tuition |
$46,575 Day $62,000 Residential |
| Website |
www |
Landmark School in Beverly, Massachusetts is an American school for children with language-based learning disabilities such as dyslexia and executive function disorder.
History
Landmark School was founded in 1971 by educator Dr. Charles Drake with the goal of educating students whose reading, writing, spelling, and mathematical skills did not match their thinking and problem-solving capacities. In the beginning, there were only 40 students and a small group of teachers on one campus in Beverly, Massachusetts. Today, Landmark is much larger, serving over 450 students in grades 2-12 from 23 states and 10 countries. The current Headmaster is Robert Broudo. Landmark offers both a day program, boarding program and summer program.
In addition to the school, Landmark has established the Landmark Outreach Program which offers a comprehensive professional development program and publications that are based on applied educational research related to language-based learning disabilities. These include Landmark's "Six Teaching Principles" and more than 35 years of innovative instruction of students at Landmark School.
In the Fall of 1998 Collins Field which serves at the home of the Soccer and Lacrosse teams was built.
In the Fall of 2010 The Alice Ansara Athletics Center opened, and serves as the home of the Vikings Basketball, Wrestling, and Volleyball teams, and the Landmark Athletic Hall of Fame.
Notable Alumni
Gregory Kearney Landmark School 1971-1974 Editorial cartoonist for the Topeka Capital-Journal work was part of a finalist entry for the Pulitzer Prize in Public Service 1985