OUR MISSION IS TO SUPPORT OUR EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS ACHIEVE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND DEVELOP EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE THROUGH A RIGOROUS, SUPPORTIVE, PROJECT-BASED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
Heron School is a private, secondary school located in Moab, Utah serving exceptional 5th-12th graders. Heron School supports all learning profiles and specializes in working with both academically accelerated and neurodivergent learners including students labeled as twice-exceptional or “2e”.
(2e = academically accelerated in one or more areas of interest and has a qualifying learning <dis>ability such as autism, dyslexia, and/or ADHD).
- unlocking the gifts of exceptional students -
Academics + Educational Framework
Students of Heron School thrive through individualized, project-based curriculum that is developed around their strengths and interests. Driven by instructional scaffolding, Heron School supports students to participate in rigorous coursework and prepares students for graduation and life after secondary school. Heron School students may grapple with the traditional school system setting academically, socially, and/or emotionally due to their unique gifts and curiosity of learning…which is why Heron School utilizes a variety of classroom experiences such as one on one instruction, small classes with a 6:1 ratio, academic rigor, project-based courses, online coursework with oversight and facilitation, concurrent enrollment in college courses, ACT test prep, AP coursework and test prep, and an educational setting catering to both rigor and play.
Exceptionalities We Support
Exceptional students are all around us! Sometimes they seem engaged, driven, and display high achievement. Other times they seem bored, distracted, and lazy. Exceptional students can be highly creative, sensitive, and seek a breadth and depth of subject understanding. Exceptional students can also be perfectionists, rigid in thinking, and extremely detail oriented and myopic in their work. These exceptional students may already be labeled as ‘neurodiverse’ where they display their exceptionality in giftedness or in the form of a learning difference such as ADHD, ASD, dyslexia, and anxiety…or both. At Heron School we celebrate ALL learner profiles, and we specialize in providing accommodations for students with exceptionalities.
*Heron School is neither a therapeutic school nor a boarding school
our campus - Moab, Utah
Heron School is located in the heart of Moab, Utah. Moab is the gateway community to both Arches and Canyonlands National Parks. The campus is located just 3 blocks from Main Street, one block from the Grand County Public Library, and just a few blocks from the MARC (Moab Arts and Recreation Center), Star Hall, and the Moab City ballfields.
Additionally, the school is located next to the Sunflower Hill Inn, an iconic Moab property offering overnight accommodations to visitors of both the area and the school.
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contact
Please contact us if you have questions OR if you would like to make a referral on behalf of an exceptional student.
Head of School - emily@heronschool.com
c (435) 259-1659
Dean of Students - emilia@heronschool.com
c (435) 210-2152