Joan Macy School

Joan Macy School is a specialized non-public school in La Verne, CA, providing a highly supportive educational environment for girls within a Residential Treatment Program. The school is specifically designed to serve students with learning disabilities, offering small class sizes of twelve or fewer to ensure focused, individualized attention. Each classroom is staffed by fully credentialed specialized instruction teachers and a teacher's aide to facilitate personalized learning and academic growth.

The curriculum focuses on fostering both academic success and independence through robust vocational and life skills development. Students can engage in a wide array of specialized programs, including consumer life skills, computer lab, woodworking, art, photography, sewing, and quilting. To help students build essential real-world competencies, the school also offers practical opportunities such as teacher assistant training and work experience/ROP programs.

A key strength of the Joan Macy School is the seamless integration of therapeutic and educational supports. There is full coordination between the school's teaching staff and the counseling staff at David & Margaret, ensuring that a student's educational plan is closely aligned with their therapeutic needs. This holistic approach helps students overcome learning challenges within a stable, nurturing, and nonsectarian setting.