Middle school teacher Ms. Farrah strives to make her science concepts come alive through collaborating with other disciplines, like the arts. 

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!  

At TJS, our Learning Specialists serve a variety of students with different learning differences and diagnoses. In this blog post, learn how Mr. Justin, one of our Learning Specialists, has incorporated a daily mindfulness practice into his classroom that helps support students' social-emotional and academic goals. 

In this blog post, Learning Specialist Ms. Farah explains why she chose a dissecting unit for her fourth and fifth graders and how it was a lesson in biology as well as a lesson in developing important social-emotional skills like self-advocacy and positive mindset. 

Summer programs at The Joy School are a great way to bridge the gap between school years in a relaxed environment, and for younger students, summer programs are a great way to prepare for their first year of school. Learn more about The Joy School summer programs by reading our most recent blog post!

In this blog post, we talk with our Instructional Technologist, Christine Dinh, and discuss three assistive technology tools that can help students who have dyslexia.

In this post, we discuss scaffolding with Andrea Dorr, our Transition Coordinator and former math teacher, to help you better understand this term and help you visualize how it's used in our classrooms. We also explain the integral role scaffolding plays as Andrea evaluates students' readiness to transition into other schools.

To foster strong partnerships with parents, our speech-language team regularly hosts coffee talks, where they provide valuable strategies that complement those taught in our specials classes. These talks offer a unique opportunity for parents to connect with our team and gain insights into how they can support their children's language and cognitive development at home