Our Program
Educational Approach
High Potential, Low Achievement
  Today, many intelligent, articulate, even gifted adolescents find it impossible to cope with the gap between potential and accomplishment. Their lives are tangled in failure and fear of further failure....read more


Two Students Working
Bound for Success, Bound for College
We believe Robert Louis Stevenson is the only independent day school in the northeast primarily dedicated to teaching troubled adolescents with average to superior intelligence that have had serious difficulties...read more


Jose and Students
New Beginnings
NEW BEGINNINGS When fear and insecurity dominate, communication cannot succeed and achievement cannot occur. Curiosity seems dangerous; "trying" risks humiliation. Distrust inhibits self-expression in written work, in classroom responses, in personal...read more


Unburdened Parents
UNBURDENED PARENTS, RESPONSIBLE STUDENTS Adolescence is a time of growing independence, but this is not easily attained. The powerful influences of both family and school impact significantly on the student's striving...read more


The Special Stevenson Program
THE SPECIAL STEVENSON PROGRAM Robert Louis Stevenson is a small school by design. To provide an optimum level of personal attention, we limit enrollment to approximately 75 students. This allows a...read more


Seniors: A New Start
SENIORS: ENDING AND BEGINNING AGAIN Students who graduate from Stevenson not only have a solid educational foundation, but also a stronger awareness and acceptance of themselves. They have experienced real achievement....read more


Is Stevenson the Right Program?
IS STEVENSON THE RIGHT SCHOOL? Stevenson serves bright underachieving adolescents who have been unable to negotiate the academic, social and emotional pressures of the typical school environment. These students may have...read more


Curriculum
Curriculum Overview
Art The art program at Robert Louis Stevenson is designed cater to the needs of neophyte art students as well as students with more artistic experience. The program allows students to...read more


Academic Support
From the Learning Specialist
The Stevenson Approach to Meeting Our Students’ Learning Needs Whether a student has been diagnosed with a learning disability or not, here at Stevenson, we believe that every student has a...read more


Counseling
Counseling
The therapeutic aspects of Stevenson are woven into the very fabric of the program. A therapeutic milieu is achieved through the structures and culture of the school. Key to this...read more


College Counseling
College Counseling
The college advising program is designed to help students understand the college selection process so that they learn how to make sound decisions for their educational future. Stevenson aims to...read more


Technology
Use of Technology
Stevenson has an extensive laptop program ensuring that each student has full access to computers. Our primary goal is to integrate technology throughout the school so that our students will...read more


Upcoming Events

09/07 New Student Orientation 9am-12pm
09/07 Returning Student Orientation 1pm-3pm
09/08 New Student Classes 9am-1pm

Latest News

04/16 The Stevenson Story
04/16 A Founder's Memories


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