THE LANG SCHOOL

Intellectual or creative engagement is key to student fit at Lang, regardless of how traditionally productive a student has been in past school settings. Often, our students are not inspired to challenge themselves in more conventional programs. Before they arrive at our doors, these high potential learners might say school is boring; their teachers might consider them “lazy” or underachieving; these students might resist or even refuse going to class or school altogether. 

The typical Lang School student is able — with the collaboration and support of staff, parents, and outside/previous providers — to capitalize on our individualized interventions, groupings of affinity and ability peers, and differentiated classroom-based instruction. 

While one or more cognitive subtest scores on formal testing may be in the superior range, it is not uncommon for there to be significant discrepancies between strengths and areas of relative challenge. Our students often display precocious interests and curiosities that are reflected in a preexisting area of passion and commitment.  Our high potential and gifted learners also have identified learning challenges, such as ADHD, anxiety, executive functioning  struggles, language-based and specific learning difficulties (including Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, and Dyscalculia), or high functioning autism. We can generally provide support for ASD (Level 1) students who don’t require significant 1:1 support and/or in-school ABA therapy.

The Lang School is not a therapeutic school designed to support significant emotional challenges and as such pronounced externalizing behaviors, frequent dysregulation, and physical and verbal aggression are uncommon among our students. Lang learners are socially motivated and ready for a rigorous but supportive classroom-based education.