About the School
The High Road School of Southern MD is located in LaPlata, Maryland,
which is in Charles County. High Road School of Southern MD
opened May 5, 2003. The student age range served is from 12-21,
grades 6-12. Students who come to the High Road School of Southern
MD have a wide range of disabilities. The school serves students
with speech or language impairment, emotional disturbance, specific
learning disabilities, or other health impairments. Outside
services that are provided are speech and language therapy,
and occupational therapy. High Road School of Southern MD follows
Charles County Public Schools Curriculum and is accredited by
the Maryland State Department of Education.
The High Road School of Southern MD currently has 20 students
enrolled into its program. Special emphasis is placed on small
class size, individualized instruction, and personalized academic
and behavioral interventions. As well, the school has a wide
range of curricular materials to allow teachers and students
the opportunity to experience a broad range of learning materials.
Student Success Story
John is a seventeen-year-old, twelfth grade student at the High
Road School of Southern MD. John has attended the school since
September 2003; he came to the High Road School from a residential
treatment facility, which he attended for approximately three
and a half years. John remained in the residential facility
for an extended period of time due to frequent absenteeism to
school and physically aggressive behaviors such as fighting
and threatening others. John has stated and demonstrates that
he has difficulties in reading and math; issues which are compounded
by his learning disability. He admits that many of his behavioral
outbursts were a result of frustration due to his learning disabilities.
Since his arrival at the High Road School, John has made tremendous
improvement both academically and behaviorally. Behaviorally,
John has had perfect attendance to school this first grading
quarter. His not missing a single day of school is remarkable
in comparison to his last school placement. As well, John has
not displayed a single behavioral outburst in school. John achieved
Blue Level within the first few weeks of school, and has maintained
that level for over thirty days. We are pleased to state that
John is the first student at the school to reach Gold Level,
which allows for greater student independence and also service
to the school community. Academically, John has also improved
greatly. He actively participates in all of his rotations, including
tutorials, computer work, and independent assignments. Also,
he has made academic progress in all subject areas. John’s
reading and math abilities have increased greatly due to 1:1
tutorials and his desire to learn from and interact with his
teacher. John is also a member of the school basketball team.
The staff at the High Road School is extremely proud of John.
He is a pleasure to have in the classroom and in the school.
John is courteous towards and respectful of staff members and
his peers. We look forward to continued success with John in
school, as he makes daily strides to improve academically and
behaviorally.
