Program Description
The REAL School is an adventure-based Alternative school with minimally restrictive components of Day Treatment for students with extreme social, emotional, behavioral, and academic needs from RSU#14 and several other districts in Southern Maine. We provide highly individualized, strengths-based educational programming to illuminate, celebrate, and leverage the inherent gifts in each student. We are successful in meeting the needs of a widely diverse student demographic, including disaffected students with no identified disabilities, students with learning and/or emotional disabilities, and students with lagging social/cognitive skills or other health impairments. The Hard Rock Café’s “Love All Serve All” motto best describes our admission requirements – any student in grades 7-12 who has failed to thrive in other school settings may find hope at The REAL School.