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Go to child profileBrighton Launch is a private program for young adults 18+ with challenges. It is an innovative, all-inclusive day program focusing on Job Preparation Training, Work Placement, Independent Living Skills, Community Skills, Private Matters, Language, Literacy & Numeracy, and Social Skills.
What learning looks like now: Our goal is to continue to provide educational programming for our students, using a combination of tools such as email, Google Meet (video conferencing built into our G suite), and Google Classroom. We keep the structure of the students' days close to our regular programming, with online classes and independent work. The students’ virtual day at Launch begins daily at 10:00 each morning and ends at 3:00 in the afternoon. Students access video conferencing via a calendar invitation sent by their Group Leaders. Video classes start at the top of each hour . Facilitated teaching continues (with breaks) until 3pm. At 3pm students have scheduled Independent Work.
BrightonLaunch is, for the families that enroll, a life-changer. The students enter an environment that is as empathetic as it is supportive, one in which they experience a community of peers, some of them for the first time. That alone can be transformative. The intention, as they say so beautifully, is to create “lives of success”—that they use that terminology is a great entrée to the focus of the program. Students are engaged through their strengths and talents, rather than any supposed or perceived deficits. They call the school a “launch pad” which is great, too—the program looks ahead to next steps, including entrée into social and work settings beyond the walls of the school. Instruction is informed by a wealth of expertise and experience. In all that and more, there’s certainly a lot to love.
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Zoology |
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Acting | |
Dance | |
Drama/Theatre | |
Graphic Design | |
Music | |
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Computer science | |
Robotics | |
Web design |
Flexible pacing style | offered |
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Subject-streaming (tracking) | |
Multi-age classrooms as standard | |
Ability-grouping (in-class) as common | |
Frequent use of cyber-learning (at-their-own-pace) | |
Regular guided independent study opportunities | |
Differentiated assessment |
Full-time programming is offered for all students which is exclusively focused on one or more special needs.
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Learning strategy and study counselling; habit formation | |
Extra support and minor accommodations for children experiencing subclinical difficulties |
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Extra support |
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Full-time gifted program (parallel to rest of school) | |
Part-time gifted program (pull-out; parallel to rest of class) |
Curriculum delivery: This information is not currently available.
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Custom subject enrichment (special arrangement) | |
Custom curriculum compacting (special arrangement) | |
Guided independent study (custom gifted arrangement) | |
Cyber-learning opportunities (custom gifted arrangement) | |
Formalized peer coaching opportunities (specifically for gifted learners to coach others) | |
Custom subject acceleration (special arrangement) | |
Career exploration (custom gifted arrangement) | |
Project-based learning (custom gifted arrangement) | |
Mentorships (custom gifted arrangement) |
Habits and behaviour reporting | Gr. 12 to Gr. 12 |
Parent-teacher meetings | Gr. 12 to Gr. 12 |
This information is not currently available.
This information is not currently available.
12 | |
Day (3 days/week) | $21,000 |
Day | $27,900 |
Grades | Gender | Living Arrangement | Enrolment | |
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Group 1 | Gr. 12 to Gr. 12 | Coed | Day | 30 |
Total enrolment | 30 |
Average class size | Varies |
% of international students (total enrolment) | 5% |
Number of different nationalities within student population | N/A |
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Day Enrollment | 27 |
Class Size | 9 |
Assessment | Required | Grades |
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Interview | ||
SSAT | ||
SSAT (out of province) | ||
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Entrance Essay |
Day students: January 01, 1970
Offer mid-year entry:
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Application fee: N/A
Registration fee: N/A
Deposit:
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This is the percentage of applicants typically accepted into the school. So if 50 students are admitted out of 100 applicants, the school has an overall acceptance rate of 50%.
Average graduating class size | N/A |
Students accepted into post-secondary studies upon graduation | N/A |
Percentage of students who attend post-secondary institutions outside of Canada | N/A |
Students who attended a Ivy+ school Number of students in the past 5 years that that attended one of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Stanford, University of Chicago, Oxford or Cambridge (UK) | N/A |
Brighton Launch Graduates’ Post-Secondary Studies:
This information is not currently available.Aggregate of All Schools’ Post-Secondary Studies:
Career planning | N/A |
Internships | N/A |
Mentorship Program | N/A |
University counseling | N/A |
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