Our Vision
About Us, Our Team & Our Community
Why Choose Us?
The Educational Philosophy of New Generation is based on the belief that all students can learn and want to learn. As a Doctor of Educational Psychology, Founder and Director Paula Gorman has studied extensively the mental processes involved in learning – simply put: how the brain learns. As such, we have sought out sound and proven curriculum that indeed supports brain-based learning processes, curriculum demonstrated to be effective with students in actual classroom settings. We use such research-based curriculum in all core subject areas wherever possible.
Every student is tested upon entrance to determine at exactly what level he or she is functioning. We then design a course of study using research based curricula which meets each child at their individual level and moves them, as rapidly as possible, to the next academic level. Students are again tested at the end of the school year to determine progress made. It is not unusual for students to show several years’ academic gain in a single year. The average annual gain is about two to three years in Mathematics, Reading and Language Arts.
WHO WE SERVE
NeuroDiverse
NeuroDiverse is a subsection of New Generation that is dedicated to those students that have different neurological needs that may not be ready for a classroom size of 15 which is New Generations typical classroom. NeuroDiverse classroom sizes range from a very small group of 1 to 4 students, to a mid range group size of 8 students. While a child is at NeuroDiverse they are being taught both educational, emotional regulation and social skills so that they can eventually be mainstreamed into the traditional New Generation classrooms. NeuroDiverse classrooms have sensory stimulation sections for students that just need a time to decompress and have been retrofitted to eliminate many of the traditional classroom triggers of the NeuroDiverse population. Bobby Kelly is the administrator of the NeuroDiverse program. She has a masters degree in special education and has worked extensively with the NeuroDiverse/Autistic population. Additionally, support is offered to parents by our Case Manager Kelly Nail for linkage to other services and in home support.
Elementary
Elementary program works with students K through 6th grade under the headship of Mrs. Lori Perry. Mrs. Perry has been with New Generation for 6 years and has 20+ years experience in education both public, private and montessori. New Generation realizes that some 6th graders are not ready socially or emotionally for a middle school environment, therefore 6th grade is offered both in the middle and high school setting as well as in the elementary program. Students in all of the elementary programs are offered a rich academic program that is standards based and is designed to meet the child at their level and take them to the next. As such, some students entering into kindergarten may be placed in the first grade curriculum as they are ready for it. Additionally, some students that may not be ready for the next higher grade may end up in the lower grade grouping to reiterate the skills so that the children can reach mastery or deep knowledge of the content. No student is retained as every individual develops at their own pace. Retention is the biggest contributing factor of high school drop rates. New Generation feels it is our responsibility to meet the child at their level and take them to the next level be that advanced placement and or remediation.
Middle/High School
Middle and high school is 6th through 12th grade. Mrs. Sari Holcombe is over this program and was the second employee of New Generation way back in 2005. Mrs. Holcombe has a rich foundation in the methods used at New Generation and understands its philosophical underpinnings. 6th through 12th grade students are evaluated and placed in the math and language arts curriculum based upon that evaluation. Math, reading and language arts are skills based and you need to know the earlier skills to accomplish the later. As such, similar to our elementary programming, students are working at the level that they can easily demonstrate mastery or deep knowledge and take it to the next level in a systematic incremental manner. Due to this approach we have students that participate in dual enrollment and make several academic years growth in a single year. Science and Social Studies are more traditional in their approach as this is content not skill driven but both of these subject matters are taught from a Christian perspective. New Generation middle/high school also has a full day each week designated to life skills and Christian teaching. During this day the students are taught bible, attend chapel and learn basic life skills such as: filling out an application, balancing a checkbook, conflict resolution and or stress reduction skills. While New Generation is a Christian school and does teach the Bible. We do not discriminate against those that are not Christian, we do ask that they, however, participate in chapel and Bible study in a respectful manner.
The vision of New Generation School is to reach the spiritual, educational and emotional needs of the diverse students in Columbia County and the surrounding counties. We will accomplish this by providing sound Biblical counsel as well as individualized education and emotional interventions, in a caring and accepting environment.
NEW GENERATION CHRISTIAN
SCHOOL IS ACCREDITED THROUGH COGNIA!
Cognia is the largest community of education professionals in the world. We are a non-profit, non-partisan organization conducting rigorous, on-site external reviews of PreK-12 schools and school systems to ensure all learners realize their full potential. While our expertise is grounded in over a hundred years of work in school accreditation, Cognia is far from a typical accrediting agency. Our goal isn’t to certify that schools are good enough. Rather, our commitment is to help schools improve.
Combining the knowledge and expertise of a research institute, the skills of a management consulting firm, and the passion of a grassroots movement for educational change, we serve as a trusted partner to 32,000 schools and school systems—employing more than four million educators and enrolling more than 20 million students—across the United States and 70 other nations. Cognia was created through a 2006 merger of the PreK-12 divisions of the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA CASI) and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools on Accreditation and School Improvement (SACS CASI)—and expanded through the addition of the Northwest Accreditation Commission (NWAC) in 2011.
For more information regarding Cognia, please visit Cognia’s website by clicking HERE.
“Every scripture is given by the inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.”
(2 Timothy 3:16-17, NIV)