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“The teachers and staff define this school, making it a caring place. A safe place. The kind of place that can change a child’s life.” Check out our latest blog post on a TJS family’s journey from struggle to safety.
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In this blog post, we share how The Joy School “measures the gain, not the gap”, and creates a support system that sets students up for success!
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Read about The Joy School’s reflective journey through our current reaccreditation process for the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest.
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In this blog post, we highlight our 6th graders recent work, the skills they learned along the way, and how TJS teachers include social and executive functioning components into their academic curriculum!
In this blog post, a former parent shares her TJS experience and her son becoming a “happier, more balanced child!”
In this blog post, we share how TJS works to unlock their students’ learning potential!
In this blog post on our inaugural Alumni Backyard Bash, we recognize the successes of our former students and share an emotional night filled with connection, celebration, and commemoration!
In this blog post, we share how our 4th graders built self-confidence in a TJS school play!
Our Community
Brady King
Middle School Language Arts Teacher
Kids know they're in a safe place at TJS because we don't penalize students for what they don't know or what they can't do. Instead, we celebrate what they learn to do and the progress they make.
Rebecca
Rising TJS 6th Grader
Teachers at TJS have time to prep you for when you mainstream to a new school. They don’t rush you. You’re learning a lot of the same things other schools teach, but in a better way – a way that makes sense for you. There is still homework, but the teachers know your ability, so it goes smoother.
Ian Williams
Alumnus
In addition to boosting my confidence, The Joy School taught me it is okay to be different. It is okay to acknowledge my disabilities while I work on managing them. TJS is different from other schools.
Georgia Thomas
Alumni Parent
After Alex's first year at TJS, I really saw a difference. She was making friends, and she even seemed excited to go to school. It wasn't, "I don't want to go," anymore.
Ben
1st Grade Alumnus
I learned how to do minus math problems at TJS. When I was in kindergarten, I didn’t really know how to do 18 minus a number equals a number. We only did plus. Now I can do minus too.
Robert & Linda Walker
Alumni Grandparents
No matter what vocational path our grandson chooses, we are convinced he will be successful and that his success will in no small part be attributable to his years at TJS. As grandparents, we are profoundly grateful he found his way to The Joy School.
Laura Mireles
Current Parent
My son needed to be somewhere that understood not all kids learn the same way. Somewhere that understood the value of teaching to the child, not teaching to the test. That's why we sought out The Joy School.
