Welcome to Pathways Academy
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We are in session, offering in-person & distance-learning options
August 10, 2020 – We are offering our families the choice of in person classes at the school, or distance learning via Zoom during the pandemic. Those of us at the school building are wearing face coverings, social distancing, limiting movement between rooms, cleaning frequently, and doing wellness checks of all people entering the building. It is our goal to provide in person education to those who are ready for it with a priority on safety for students and staff.
Pathways Academy is a private non-profit school for children grades K-12. We have a diverse range of talented students, who thrive in our warm and home-like environment. Many of our students have struggled in traditional and/or special education environments before coming to us. We specialize in helping children with unique learning challenges reach their full potential in a caring and encouraging environment. We customize each child’s education, working with students who have learning difficulties in reading, spelling, writing, math; focusing (such as ADD/ADHD); Aspergers or are on the autism spectrum. Pathways Academy is very proud to be accredited by the North Central Association.
Our Mission Statement
The mission of Pathways Academy is to provide a loving, nurturing, and learning environment for children with learning differences and emotional challenges that maximizes each child’s opportunities to succeed both academically and socially by utilizing standards-based curriculum that integrates technology through a variety of individualized and differentiated instruction.
Pathways in the News
CNN aired a news article about one of our students on the subject of childhood mental illness. We are proud to be a place that works with families struggling with all kinds of learning and emotional issues.
“Last year, Giovanni enrolled in Pathways Academy, a private school founded 11 years ago by a mother who, like the Cristinis, had trouble finding an appropriate public school program for her child. ‘The Cristinis’ story is not unique,’ said Jan Secunda, principal at Pathways, which teaches kindergarten through 12th grade. ‘Parents with kids with mental health issues really feel very isolated,’ Secunda said. Most of Pathways’ 27 students struggle with mental health problems, she said.
‘When your child gets a catastrophic disease, the family rallies around you,’ Secunda said. But because mental illness is poorly understood, parents like the Cristinis are likely to get patronizing advice, such as to punish the child more, she said. While children with mental illnesses can be shunned and bullied at mainstream schools, students at Pathways typically are tolerant of each other’s differences, Secunda said. ‘A lot of our kids here find friends for the first time,’ she said. (Albuquerque Journal, p.A2)
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