NHA Still Accepting Applications for 2024-25
New Horizons Academy (NHA) still has openings for students for the 2024-2025 school year in specific classrooms. NHA is finalizing its 2024-2025 student enrollment at all three of its locations, so please get your applications in TODAY!
Currently, NHA serves special education students from over 25 different school districts from across nine Northwest Ohio counties through its regional special education PK-12 school campus at 220 Lawrence Ave. in Wauseon, its Greater Toledo Area Campus at 6201 Trust Dr. in Holland—just off of Airport Highway, and its Career Center and Special Grounds Coffee Shop at 854 S. Shoop Ave. in Wauseon. If you are looking for the right special education placement for your preschool to high school student, a place where your child feels like he or she fits in, consider NHA.
NHA’s Wauseon & Springfield Township Campuses:
- Are regional preschool to 12th grade special education schools
- Have a 1:2—staff to student ratio
- Specialize in individualized, personalized education
- Provide strong academics, community involvement, life skills classes, and vocational training
- Offer early intervention, (EI) conductive education (CE), sensory integration, occupational therapy (OT) & speech/language pathology (SLP)
- Participate in the College Credit Plus (CCP) Program
- Are Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) Schools
- Accept both the Autism & Jon Peterson Scholarships as payment in full.
NHA’s Career Center & Special Grounds Coffee Shop:
- Prides itself on small classroom sizes (4-7 students)
- Works with young adults up to age 21
- Targets functional academics, vocational skills training, and work study placements
- Provides on-site work study placements through its Special Grounds Coffee Shop including kitchen and food prep, counter and customer service work, and maintenance and cleaning
- Helps transition high school students and special needs young adults into community work study programs
- Provides job coaching and transportation to community work sites
- Community work site partners include Ace Hardware, Chief Supermarkets, the Fulton County Airport, Goodwill Industries, Home Restaurant, and with others coming on weekly.
Our mission is to help your child achieve the greatest independence possible through early intervention programs, classes, community activities, life skills training, vocational placements, and job coaching.
Steps to Enrollment:
- Call the school at 419-335-7272 for more information.
- Submit a copy of your child’s IEP or AEP & ETR for review.
- Schedule a school tour, interview, and student assessment.
- If accepted, complete student enrollment paperwork, and provide proof of residency.
- Complete and accept the Autism or Jon Peterson Scholarship.
For more information on New Horizons Academy or to schedule a tour, contact Admissions Coordinator Ronda Rupp at 419-335-7272 or via email at rondar@sarasgarden.org.
