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Resident Voices Making Change

July 28, 2023

Structure and Support in a NYS-Approved Special Education School

The therapeutic special education program incorporates academic, behavioral and emotional support in a comprehensive learning environment to help each child achieve new skills and confidence, and return to their home school district with the best chance of success.

Green Chimneys School offers:

Enriched academic curriculum meeting New York State standards

Experiential learning environment

Innovative nature-based approach

Focus on individual needs and abilities

On-site clinical services and therapeutic support

High staff-to-student ratio

Certified special education professionals

Two Campuses

Green Chimneys School Brewster Campus serves day and residential students in grades K–12. The Clearpool Campus in Carmel, NY provides smaller classes and a more intimate environment for day students in grades 4–8.

Brownie

With the completion of an elaborate new habitat built by Green Chimneys’ woodshop students, the Farm Science classroom was able to welcome Brownie into her new home. Brownie previously lived alone in her cage in the farm and wildlife office, but guinea pigs do best in larger environments. The new habitat allows her to live in a herd as she would in the wild, with many places to hide and ways to practice her skills. Brownie has always been a social creature, and she has taken over the guinea pig herd but is a very peaceful leader.