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Our mission is to maximize the potential of the child with learning disabilities through excellence in education. The Hillside School is a recognized benchmark institution and has set the standard for educating children with these disabilities.
We originally opened our doors to 10 students at the Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit in Emmaus, PA in 1983. Six years later, we moved to our current seven-acre home in Lower Macungie Township.
Our students are intelligent children who learn differently from their peers, and therefore need a different approach to match their learning style. Students may be diagnosed with a language-based learning disability like dyslexia, which affects reading; dysgraphia, affecting writing; dyscalculia, affecting math; or processing disorders and demonstrate difficulty with executive function skills, attention, and focus.
Children attend Hillside from kindergarten through eighth grade. We prepare students by supplying them with the skills and strategies needed to succeed well beyond the halls of Hillside. We help children make a seamless transition into and out of Hillside. In the last 35 years, over 1,000 students have successfully transitioned from Hillside to various public, religious, or private schools.
