Welcome!
Bear Creek Academy is a therapeutic day school for students ages 11- 18 with learning and emotional disabilities. Our curriculum combines the general education courses required by the state for each grade level with a variety of engaging electives, community enrichment projects, and therapeutic activities designed to help our students achieve academic and emotional success. When learning is interactive and provides opportunities for personal growth, students become invested in their personal education and in turn begin to take ownership of their future.
Each classroom is staffed with an instructional teacher and a therapeutic advocate/teacher's aide. The daily classes will be in a small group setting, no more than 8 students per class, and provide students with needed accommodations and attention to meet their academic goals with success. The goal of the classroom is to provide students with a comfortable, safe environment for learning. Our small class sizes and in-school counseling interventions focus on helping our students learn social and emotional coping skills that they can utilize to learn more efficiently and to support their own personal growth.
In addition to our traditional academic classes, our teachers and therapeutic advocates engage in individualized and personalized instruction that utilizes diverse methods in environments beyond the classroom, from service learning opportunities within the community to powerful experiential outdoor adventures.
We are proud to be located in the Cumberland County Community Center, near the intersection of Route 45 and Highway 60. Our location in the heart of the county means that Cumberland, Buckingham, Prince Edward, and Powhatan counties now have affordable local access to private special education day school services. We believe that as a locally owned, community-based school we can effectively meet the educational, cultural, and economic needs of our community.
Latest News
For all the latest BCA news, check out our 2009 Spring Newsletter (PDF, 1.5 MB).
BCA Celebrates Opening of High Bridge Trail State Park
High Bridge Trail State Park celebrated the opening of 12 additional miles of trail and National Trails Day with a morning-long festival Saturday, June 6, at Riverfront Park on Main Street in Farmville. Gov. Timothy M. Kaine was the featured speaker for the event. Before the official celebration began, he took a moment to meet with some students and staff from Bear Creek Academy.
Bear Creek Academy helps maintain the Cumberland section of the High Bridge Trail as part of its Conservation Corps. Students from the school regularly walk the trail to pick up trash and large debris, learning about the importance of environmental stewardship while also insuring that the trail remains a beautiful and enjoyable destination for the local and regional community.
2009 Summer Programs Enrollment Opens
Bear Creek Academy will be offering 2 Summer Day Programs for students ages 11-18. These programs will be open to all youth and are not limited to students enrolled in our Day School Program. Our programs will include a variety of engaging activities and educational field trips. Lunch is included. For more information about program dates and tuition, download our Summer Program Information Sheet (PDF, 602 KB).
BCA Students Achieving Success
Students at Bear Creek Academy have been meeting or exceeding their academic and personal goals this year. We are proud to announce that several of our students to take an SOL test toward graduation have passed their tests, and that several of our students enrolled in our Reading Program are increasing their comprehension skills by multiple grade levels. We also have a student who has successfully achieved his personal growth goals and has transitioned back into the local high school.
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