Landmark School

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Coordinates: 42°33′09.70″N 70°50′04.32″W / 42.5526944°N 70.8345333°W / 42.5526944; -70.8345333

Landmark School
Embracing potential. Empowering lives.
Location
Prides Crossing, Massachusetts, USA
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(s) 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.landmarkschool.org

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 Prides Crossing, 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

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