Educational Services

During a child's tenure in the Hoffman Homes for Youth treatment program, they attend the on-campus school program on a daily basis. A teacher and teacher assistant from the Lincoln Intermediate Unit # 12, a division of the Pennsylvania Department of Education, staff each of the eleven on-campus Emotional Support special education classrooms. .

Hoffman Homes for Youth provides and maintains the school facilities.  A library, classrooms, lunch cafeteria, computer lab, and gymnasium are some of the school facilities available to our children.

Instruction is provided as part of a beneficial expanded school calendar that includes 180 days of school.  School starts at 8:30 AM and ends at 2:00 PM.

2007-2008 School Year Calendar

The overall purpose of the school program is to provide a positive experience that will meet the social and emotional needs of each child as well as to assist in the development of their respective functional skills needed to meet specific academic tasks.  These individual needs are addressed through the development and implementation of an Individual Education Program (IEP).  All education programs require parent/guardian approval.

Individual and group instruction provides creative and flexible methods of meeting the needs of each child.  Programs such as Title I Language Arts and Math are provided to eligible children.  These programs, with a counseling emphasis, compliment the classroom teacher's provisions of reading, writing and math skill development.  Crisis counseling and intervention services are also provided throughout the day on an as needed basis.

Other educational services include:

• Academic awards assemblies at the end of each marking period for recognizing academic and behavioral growth.
  
• Reading challenges to encourage leisure reading skills.
  
• Frequent, state of the art presentations and live performances with a focus on positive life choices.
  
• Life Skills Therapy is coordinated by the education department but is a therapy and available with team approval for children ages 14 and up.

Special Presentations and Activities:

First day of School - August 1

Summer Break

Fourth marking period Academic Awards Assembly
June 7 - Last day of school and Carnival Celebration of Success

Fast Horses:  Native American music and dance presentation
Scholastic Book Fair to raise money for purchasing books for our 
school library

Spring Break - April 2 - 6
Reading Challenge Reward Skating Party: Children rewarded for 
reaching the 3000 book milestone
Third Marking Period Academic Awards Assembly
Career Exploration with Chef Carey Ehly: Students experienced the 
field of culinary arts

Technological Music Show - Brent Daniels from Los Angeles provided 
entertainment to the students through digital music and a message of 
perseverance
Anti-Violence/Anti-Gang Assembly - State Trooper Ed Asbury provided 
older students with the dangers and tell-tail signs of gangs and what 
to do to avoid violence in the home, schools and communities.
Pennies for Patients - The students collected $2,703.37 for the 
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society; check presented on March 29

Reading Challenge Continues - Students participated in a skating 
party as a reward for reaching the reading criteria at the halfway 
and three-quarter points.
Waiting: The Smart Choice - An assembly for older students about the 
dangers of teen pregnancy, STDs, and AIDs
Rhinestone Roper Show - Assembly for all students about the life of a 
cowboy
Charlotte Blake-Aston - Storyteller, narrator, and singer of African 
culture presented a program sponsored by the Adams County Arts Council

Career Exploration - Veterinarian Technician,, Rebecca Blevins 
discussed the field and schooling needed to be a Vet. Tech.
Basketball Demonstration - A Totally Courageous Basketball Show with 
a message of pursuing your dreams and sticking with it through life
Multicultural Presentations - Students in all classrooms explored 
countries of the world