Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Beacon High School is a private day school located in Watertown, Massachusetts. It is a therapeutic, alternative, co-educational program designed for students with emotional or psychiatric problems, as well as mild to moderate learning disabilities. It serves approximately 60 students, ranging in age from 14-22.Beacon High School was founded in 1971 in Brookline, Massachusetts as New Perspectives School; in September 2006 it moved to its current location in Watertown. In 1995, Beacon High School became affiliated with Walker [1], a program that serves children in grades K-8 with serious behavioral, emotional, and psychiatric difficulties, as well as learning disabilities and some autism spectrum disorders. However, students do not typically progress from the Walker School directly to Beacon High School. The schools serve slightly different populations, and typically a Beacon High School student has had unsuccessful placements in public or other private schools prior to his or her enrollment at Beacon High School [2]. Students at Beacon High School are not placed in a specific grade level, and in some cases may take more than four years to graduate, due to unsuccessful previous placements or time spent in other treatment facilities. Students are also not assigned letter grades for their assignments, and are instead given written evaluations. All students are assigned a staff therapist, and are required to meet with this person weekly, as well as to attend a weekly session of group therapy.Beacon High School is Chapter 766-approved [3] by the Massachusetts Department of Education and certified by the Watertown School Committee [4] to grant diplomas.. }
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- Beacon_High_School_(Watertown,_Massachusetts) abstract "Beacon High School is a private day school located in Watertown, Massachusetts. It is a therapeutic, alternative, co-educational program designed for students with emotional or psychiatric problems, as well as mild to moderate learning disabilities. It serves approximately 60 students, ranging in age from 14-22.Beacon High School was founded in 1971 in Brookline, Massachusetts as New Perspectives School; in September 2006 it moved to its current location in Watertown. In 1995, Beacon High School became affiliated with Walker [1], a program that serves children in grades K-8 with serious behavioral, emotional, and psychiatric difficulties, as well as learning disabilities and some autism spectrum disorders. However, students do not typically progress from the Walker School directly to Beacon High School. The schools serve slightly different populations, and typically a Beacon High School student has had unsuccessful placements in public or other private schools prior to his or her enrollment at Beacon High School [2]. Students at Beacon High School are not placed in a specific grade level, and in some cases may take more than four years to graduate, due to unsuccessful previous placements or time spent in other treatment facilities. Students are also not assigned letter grades for their assignments, and are instead given written evaluations. All students are assigned a staff therapist, and are required to meet with this person weekly, as well as to attend a weekly session of group therapy.Beacon High School is Chapter 766-approved [3] by the Massachusetts Department of Education and certified by the Watertown School Committee [4] to grant diplomas.".