Classes & Curriculum

With a 1:3 classroom staff-to-student ratio, Farr Academy provides the opportunity to develop exceptional individualized instruction — including specific approaches for learning disabled students as well as academically advanced students with social-emotional barriers to learning  — and to modify the curriculum to address those needs.

While developing trusting alliances with students, our Teacher/Counselors help them move past emotional obstacles to learning — such as anger, indifference, and painful memories of past experiences. Small classes enable attentional, distractibility and impulsivity problems to be addressed more easily. Structured group activity and learning is also emphasized in order to encourage pro-social interpersonal skills.

At Farr Academy, we are proud to offer a well-rounded education.  Our Studio Art and Woodshop classes, which also provide venues for students participating in the Farr Works internship program, offer hands-on outlets for creativity and self-expression from planning to project completion.

Spanish classes are also available to all students, from those just beginning to learn a second language to those for whom it is their native tongue, where the emphasis may focus on the history and culture of Spanish-speaking communities.

Working with students to remediate areas of academic struggle and specific learning disabilities is a reflexive part of the Farr classroom experience. This includes one-on-one tutorials when needed — whether a student has a specific learning disability (i.e. dyslexia), needs help in a particular subject, wants to pursue an area of strength/interest, or would simply benefit from a one-to-one relationship.