The Frost School for troubled and autistic children and adolescents is a year-round school and therapeutic day program for grades one through 12. It provides a supportive and structured environment of schooling combined with daily and weekly counseling for the student and family. The school is a member of the Sheppard Pratt Health System, a private, non-profit health organization that provides services to adolescents, children and adults with developmental challenges. Based in Towson, the organization has 2,300 employees and 37 programs in Maryland, and Northern Virginia.
The school uses the Therapeutic Community approach to encourage good behavior, appropriate social interation and understanding. This approach has been expanded to incorporate The Lodge Program for middle and high school students. The program has teachers, counselors, a clinical director, and administrative support with a background in therapeutic education. Adolescents with autism and Asperger's Syndrome are a part of The Oakmont Program. Earning a high school diploma is a requirement. This is a graded program for students with pervasive developmental disorders, primarily autism spectrum disorders, such as Asperger's Syndrome.
A member of the Wootton cluster, Frost Middle School takes a collaborative approach to learning. Students, parents and teachers are each accountable for the intellectual, emotional and social development of students.
Frost offers a variety of intervention programs to support student learning including tutoring from residents of the neighboring National Lutheran Home & Village.
The school's special education curriculum includes a Learning and Academic Disabilities program.
St. Elizabeth School is an award-winning Catholic elementary school for boys and girls in preschool - eighth grade. The school is funded by St. Elizabeth Parish, a community-based church with more than 1500 families. The church focuses on community outreach and stewardship to others.
Kidsco provides kids an after-school program at Robert Frost Middle School. Among the activities Kidsco offers are supervised homework hour, sports, arts and crafts, music, card games, gym games and field trips. During the winter and spring breaks, Kidsco is open for the entire day. One to two staff members usually supervise the kids, depending on the number of kids present on a given day. The staff is required to take a 45-hour class on child care. The director must take a 90-hour class.
Rockville's oldest public high school and located in the heart of downtown, Richard Montgomery has long been a fixture of the community. Today, it is best known as the longtime home of an International Baccalaureate program that attracts students from around the county and is one of the tops in the world.
Newsweek regularly recognizes the school as one of the top 100 in the nation and it has received a Blue Ribbon in Education Award by the U.S. Department of Education.
With a diverse, international student population, the school's mission focuses on fostering life-long learning.
The school's namesake was the first American general killed in the Revolutionary War. Frederick County was split in 1776 into two new counties, one named for Montgomery and the other for General George Washington.
St. Patrick's Religious Education Center offers classes and education for kindergarten though the eighth grade. The curriculum is based on the Christ Our Life series. The high school program also uses the Life in Christ: Foundations in Catholic Morality, a text written by Ave Maria Press. Class attendance is mandatory.