New Tuition Free Charter School

A student with The Arc of Palm Beach County. TYLER BENSON PHOTOGRAPHY / COURTESY PHOTOS

The Arc of Palm Beach County debuts Bodwell Academy, a tuition free charter school that will serve students aged 3 to 22 with varied levels of intellectual and orthopedic disabilities.

Bodwell Academy is a $2.5 million expansion of The Arc’s Courim Center in Riviera Beach. The remodeled facility provides six individual classrooms for preschool, middle school, and high school students, which allow them to learn separately but interact on campus.

“Bodwell Academy provides people with disabilities the opportunity to have an entire life span of care because they can stay at the same school until adulthood and then join our career programs,” says Bairbre Flood, The Arc’s head of schools. “The Arc can now bridge the education gap that currently exists between our clients’ teenage years and adulthood, which will give them consistency and ease their parents’ minds.”

Bodwell Academy is formatted into a lower and upper school with specialized services. The lower school offers a cutting-edge approach to educating preschool through eighth-grade students who are unable to walk and talk independently and equips them with a solid foundation in communication, mobility, sensory needs, and academics.

Bodwell Academy is a tuition free charter school in Riviera Beach.

The upper school serves students in grades 6 to 12, including postgraduates up to age 22, and provides a specialized curriculum focused on daily living and employment to help them transition into independent living. Up to 80 students can attend the school, with 40 in each program.

To learn more about The Arc of Palm Beach County’s educational services, visit arcpbc.org .

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