Hopewell School [School & Transition Age]

Hopewell Schools offers an opportunity for older students to learn at their own pace in a safe environment.  In addition to our four preschool classes, we also have a “School Age” classroom and a “Transition Age” classroom.

Our School Age classroom is designed for children kindergarten through age 12.  The students in this class are working on the Extended Content Standards; which is the same content standards that children in public schools learn but it is modified down to meet them at their level.  This classroom is very hands on to help the children learn the standards.  The classroom uses a lot of adaptive equipment in order to help the children thrive.  We help the children get out of their wheelchairs (if they are in one) and use standers, gait trainers, adaptive chairs and more.  Our classroom is designed around the student needs. 

Our Transition Age classroom is designed for teenagers and young adults ages 13 until they graduate from our program which could be at their 22nd birthday.  This classroom is geared toward helping the students be prepared for life outside of the school building.  They work on life skills like going grocery shopping, shopping from a list, paying for purchases, going out to restaurants and more.  They like to interact with the Coshocton County Career Center (although this year with COVID we haven’t been doing that) to go to the Cosmetology lab to get their hair and nails done and go to the cooking class to learn about cooking skills.  We do our best to help the children learn how to be as independent as they possibly can so they can go on to do great things!