MileStone Academy High School

Enrollment is OPEN:
Apply Online or Give Us A Call (215) 663-1160

Now Enrolling 9th, 10th, 11th, & 12th Graders!

Step 1

The first step of the admissions is complete the form below and get familiar with how we succeed.

Step 2

Secondly, you will connect with MileStone’s Director of Education, Michelle Brown. You and Mrs. Brown will have a conversation about MileStone and if it is a good fit for your family.

Step 3

Take a personal tour of MileStone Academy by scheduling an appointment. Your child will have the opportunity to shadow a few classes to help gauge their comfort levels.

Step 4

After deciding MileStone is the right fit for your family, you will begin the enrollment process.

Click here to learn about MileStone Academy’s admission process.

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MileStone Academy fosters a safe, collaborative space to educate high school students with complex learning challenges. Using a research-based approach to teaching, our educators support students by cultivating their strengths, supplying individualized lesson plans, and applying strategies for success. With a 5:1 student-to-teacher ratio, students have access to individualized lesson plans. They are encouraged to be self-starters, use new technology, or fund a field trip. By learning to adapt teaching to how their students learn, Milestone Academy gives everyone the necessary tools to build a future they want and deserve.

MileStone’s highly qualified faculty and staff help students who experience a variety of challenges, including:
- Language-based learning differences
- Reading comprehension
- Anxiety
- ASD
- ADHD
- Auditory and visual processing
- Executive functioning
- School avoidance
- Bullying
- Social and emotional development
MileStone Academy Students Learn To:
- Meet deadlines
- Complete homework
- Take useful and organized notes
- Organize and write essays
- Reading with strong comprehension
- Prepare to take tests
- Participate in class
- Use technology to improve organizational skills
- Our faculty fully understands our students’ strengths and challenges.
- We help students to better understand their personal learning challenges, strengths and goals.
- Our multi-sensory instruction stimulates visual, auditory and tactile senses to enhance memory.
- We integrate study skill strategies with subject area knowledge to enhance academic proficiency.
- Technology is integrated and individualized to enhance individual learning and to help students develop organizational skills.
- Our teachers use the latest evidence-based teaching interventions to help students develop strategies and tools that enable them to succeed.
- We help students build self-advocacy skills to help them overcome frustrations, leading to academic achievement and social success.
- Student teacher ratio is 5:1.