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Miracle Meadows School [website] Rt. 1, Box 289-B, Salem, WV, WV 26426 US | |
| Phone: | 304) 782-3628 [Main] |
| Ages: | 7-17 |
| Gender: | Boys and Girls |
| Description: | Miracle Meadows School (MMS) is a school for boys and girls, 7 to 17 years of age, who are experiencing difficulty relating in a positive way to family, school, church, or community. Specifically, MMS enrolls boys and girls who are experiencing defiance, dishonesty, school failure, trouble with the law, spiritual disinterest, poor social skills, and other behavior that is harmful to them and to society. MMS is a Seventh-day Adventist boarding school that operates 12 months a year. |
| Student Profile: | Learning experiences at MMS are designed to meet the needs of students with any of the following characteristics: Defiant toward authority Dishonest (lying, stealing, sneaking) Truant or failing in school Broken relationships with parents, God, others Use of alcohol, drugs, and tobacco Poor social skills Low self-image, discouraged Poor work skills Irresponsible, undisciplined Destructive, aggressive Dismissed from other schools Miracle Meadows School is NOT designed to meet the needs of students with mental retardation, serious psychiatric disorders or serious chemical dependency. |
| Academics: | Miracle Meadows School provides both elementary and high school education. High school students are taught through a combination of teacher led curriculum and a self-paced program of study used in conjunction with tutors. MMS is recognized by the West Virginia Department of Education as an Exemption K school (private school designation) and credits are accepted by all schools across the US usually without any difficulty. Miracle Meadows School is a testing site for the SAT, ACT and PSAT. Students in elementary school are taught together in one classroom by an elementary school teacher. Because many students who come to MMS are behind in school, an accredited self-paced program is available for most classes designed to allow the student to “catch-up”. Classes such as math and science are taught by teachers in a class setting using textbooks. High school classes offered at MMS: Basic Math Pre-Algebra Algebra I Algebra II Geometry English 9th English 10th English 11th English 12th Biology I Biology II Physics Spanish I Spanish II Social Skills (required) Physical Education Bible (all levels) Computers (Internet access is strictly limited) |
| Activities: | Has a choir, drama club, art class and generally encourages artistic development in our students. |
| Counseling: | Has one on one counseling with students as well as student group learning sessions included in the program. |
| Campus: | commodates up to 35 students in 2 home-style dormitories. A new boys’ dorm is currently being built that will enable us to increase enrollment to 40 students. Is located on 200 acres of Appalachian hills |
| Family Involvement: | Parents and family members must be willing to attend regular Parent Education weekends (once every 3 months) and must be willing to work with Miracle Meadows in the development of their child through family group sessions and regular Incorporates family learning sessions with participating family members during parent visits to campus. communication with staff members. |
| Length of Stay: | It takes years for a child to learn the behavior that is now causing a crisis in the family. That sort of behavior is not unlearned overnight. It takes most children a year to a year and a half before they are ready to go home. However, there are exceptions and some children leave sooner and some later. In order for MMS to be effective, a child should not be told a time frame for leaving. The expectation must be that the child will not leave until they are ready and this readiness is determined by the MMS staff in conjunction with the parents. |
| Philosophy: | Simply stated, our goal is to enable students to return home as quickly as possible. In order to achieve that goal, we provide a low distraction environment and focus on 4 major domains of growth: 1) the spiritual domain; 2) mental domain; 3) physical domain; and 4) social domain. Students are held accountable by staff members and other students for all of their actions in a highly supervised, structured environment. |
| Staff: | Has 28-30 staff members, many who come from all over the world. |
| Specialties: | MMS is a non-profit 501(c)(3) parochial boarding school recognized by the state of West Virginia Department of Education. MMS was started in 1988 and received non-profit status in 1990. It is an approved member of the Adventist-Layman’s Services and Industries, the official organization of Seventh-day Adventist Supporting Ministries. However, unlike other parochial boarding schools, we specialize in at-risk teenagers. While the Seventh-day Adventist Church operates a worldwide Christian education system consisting of thousands of schools, MMS is currently one of only 3 schools worldwide which enrolls secondary and elementary students who are defiant, deviant, disrespectful, failing in school, and in trouble with the law. MMS is the only SDA school that is willing to accept aggressive and violent students. Students are NOT expelled because of misbehavior. Besides regular academics, MMS students are taught social skills, respect for authority, effective work habits, communication skills, and aided in working through disruptive family issues. Hundreds of students from all over the United States and foreign countries have been helped in getting their lives back on track through the program at MMS. |
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304) 782-3628 [Main] | |
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