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Chrysalis School

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Home
Video tour
Our Staff
Photo Gallery
Student Art & Film Fest
Educating at a Distance
Pay Tuition
Reporting abuse
  • Home
  • Video tour
  • Our Staff
  • Photo Gallery
  • Student Art & Film Fest
  • Educating at a Distance
  • Pay Tuition
  • Reporting abuse
  • Home
  • Video tour
  • Our Staff
  • Photo Gallery
  • Student Art & Film Fest
  • Educating at a Distance
  • Pay Tuition
  • Reporting abuse

(321) 422-4171

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Offering virtual and onsite services

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(321) 422-4171

a different kind of school

a different kind of school a different kind of school a different kind of school a different kind of school

Offering virtual and onsite services

Contact Us

About Us

Our Mission

Our Curriculum

Our Curriculum

We provide parents and teachers with the tools to grow healthy, successful families and classrooms. We employ the latest information from the fields of Psychology, Education, Applied Behavior Analysis, Nutrition, and Health & Wellness. 


Recently, our mission has expanded in response to challenges associated to CoVid10. We are committed to 

We provide parents and teachers with the tools to grow healthy, successful families and classrooms. We employ the latest information from the fields of Psychology, Education, Applied Behavior Analysis, Nutrition, and Health & Wellness. 


Recently, our mission has expanded in response to challenges associated to CoVid10. We are committed to providing a rigorous internet-based education until every student feels safe to return to the classroom.


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Providing services to McKay and Gardiner scholarship students as well as private pay.


We're here to serve your learner, 

onsite and online.






Our Curriculum

Our Curriculum

Our Curriculum

Chrysalis School is a private academic track Montessori school with an ambitious curriculum and a family-centered approach. We serve students from kindergarten through twelfth grade. In addition to typically developing children, we also serve children with special educational needs. Today "special education" is a much broader and more inc

Chrysalis School is a private academic track Montessori school with an ambitious curriculum and a family-centered approach. We serve students from kindergarten through twelfth grade. In addition to typically developing children, we also serve children with special educational needs. Today "special education" is a much broader and more inclusive term than it was historically. Special needs include autism spectrum, chromosomal disorders, specific learning disabilities, processing difficulties, and attention disorders.


In response to  CoVid19 we have expanded our curriculum to include web-based learning, direct instruction with teachers on our HIPAA secure live video platform, web-based behavioral support, and a rich array of web-based social activities. We are also pleased to say that our Music and Art programs are alive and well online. Visitors are welcome to view our recent Student Art & Film Festival.

Other Services

Our Curriculum

Other Services

We also offer Applied Behavior Analysis, Cognitive Behavior therapy, and educational therapies, including Phono-Graphix®, developed by Geoffrey McGuinness along with our director Dr. Carmen McGuinness. 

Read research on Phono-Graphix®


Fully Integrated Virtual School

In March 2020, we built a Canvas virtual platform offering fourteen classes 

We also offer Applied Behavior Analysis, Cognitive Behavior therapy, and educational therapies, including Phono-Graphix®, developed by Geoffrey McGuinness along with our director Dr. Carmen McGuinness. 

Read research on Phono-Graphix®


Fully Integrated Virtual School

In March 2020, we built a Canvas virtual platform offering fourteen classes for K-12th grade, to serve the needs of our students during the CoVid19 pandemic. Our online campus will remain open through the coming 2020-2021 school year, and until ever single student feels safe to return to school. 


Contact us to discuss how we have risen to the challenge of teaching children with learning disabilities online, and to discuss your options for onsite and virtual programs.


Download and read our white paper Educating at a Distance: A Redistribution of Roles.

Our Unique Instructional Design

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Overview of the Model

Overview of the Model

Overview of the Model

No two children are alike. That's why we don't place children in specific grades or classrooms. Our youngest students spend two to three years in our early grades program with Maria Gomez. By second grade, students enter a clinical education platform, where instruction is delivered by a team of teachers and therapists, each with 20+ years

No two children are alike. That's why we don't place children in specific grades or classrooms. Our youngest students spend two to three years in our early grades program with Maria Gomez. By second grade, students enter a clinical education platform, where instruction is delivered by a team of teachers and therapists, each with 20+ years of experience.  Clinical instruction is provided by Geoffrey McGuinness and Sheryl Schmucker through both direct instruction and monitored practice. Our study hall and break room are monitored by Dr. Carmen McGuinness.


Visit our staff photo gallery for details about our highly specialized staff.

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Clinical Instruction

Overview of the Model

Overview of the Model

Direct Instruction

Direct  instruction is provided by Geoffrey McGuinness and Sheryl Schmucker through both pull-out and push in clinical instruction.


Monitored Practice 

Once new lessons are provided, students are encouraged to use their developing skills and information under  observation of their teachers so that errors can be corrected r

Direct Instruction

Direct  instruction is provided by Geoffrey McGuinness and Sheryl Schmucker through both pull-out and push in clinical instruction.


Monitored Practice 

Once new lessons are provided, students are encouraged to use their developing skills and information under  observation of their teachers so that errors can be corrected rather than practiced.


Independent Practice

Our study hall, monitored by Carmen McGuinness, EdD, BCBAd, is an area for independent practice of skills. 


Reinforcement

Students receive regular breaks between periods of work, so that they learn the benefits of a job well done.



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The Arts

Overview of the Model

The Arts

Music

Students also receive music and performance classes. We have two to three live and film performances each school year. And we end the year with a film festival of shorts, produced by our students.


Studio Art

Our Art teacher, Marla E instructs ever student each Friday. Our May art show attracts professional artists who show alongside our students.

Download Documents

Here you will find our calendars, policies, registration forms, and research. Click on a file to download. 

School registration form (pdf)

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Distance Education Wihite Paper by school administratorDr. Carmen McGuinness (pdf)

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Chrysalis School Calendar Term 2 2021 (pdf)

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Chrysalis School Student and Parent Policies website (pdf)

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OrtonAnnals (pdf)

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Tuition Agreement 2021 (pdf)

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Contact Us

Call or email to schedule a school tour and to speak with our director Dr. Carmen McGuinness.

Chrysalis School

1173 Spring Centre South Boulevard, Altamonte Springs, Florida 32714, United States

talk (321) 422-4171 text (352) 988-7723

Hours

Monday - Friday: 7:30am - 5:30pm

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Chrysalis School and Center for Change

1173 Spring Centre South Blvd, Suite B Altamonte Springs, FL 32714

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