The
School District Graham Windham, the
nation's oldest nonsectarian
child care agency, serving New York City's neediest children and families, was
founded in 1806. In 1967, the New York State legislature established the Greenburgh-Graham
Union Free School District, better known as the Graham School, to serve the residential
children at Graham Windham. The agency and school take special pride in a close
working relationship which continues to develop and implement a coordinated and
consistent educational program for each child. As
a Special Act School District, the Graham School provides a year round educational
program for approximately 300 pupils in Grades K-12 who are identified as emotionally
and/or learning disabled. Of those students, 165 live on the Graham campus and
135 are day students placed by home school Committees on Special Education. The
40 acre bluff overlooking the Hudson River includes a 38,000 square foot High
School building and a 68,000 square foot Elementary/Middle School building. A
state of the art 7,000 square foot gymnasium serves both Graham schools, the campus
and the community. The faculty and staff are committed to meeting the educational
needs of students who have previously experienced academic and/or social failure.
They have been able to reverse these negative patterns and teach pupils how to
successfully cope with the numerous demands of a complex society.
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