Most families in the Bent Tree neighborhood send their children to schools in the Richardson ISD or Dallas ISD. For students with dyslexia, ADHD, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, or auditory processing disorder, those classrooms can be a difficult fit. Class sizes are large, teaching methods follow a one-size-fits-all model, and accommodations only go so far.
Fairhill School is located at 16150 Preston Road, Dallas, TX 75248, less than 10 minutes south of Bent Tree. We are a college preparatory private school built from the ground up for students who learn differently.
Why Bent Tree Families Choose Fairhill
Dallas has several private schools that accept students with learning differences. What sets Fairhill apart is specialization. We do not add accommodations to a standard curriculum. The entire program was designed for students of average to above average intelligence who have learning differences.
Our faculty have 12-15 years average tenure and 70% hold advanced degrees in fields related to learning differences. They are not learning on the job. They chose this work because they understand these students. Your child will learn how their brain works, develop strategies that leverage their strengths, and build the self-advocacy skills they will carry into college and beyond.
Every classroom, every day. Teachers know your child by name and catch struggles before they become failures.
Our graduates arrive at college knowing how they learn, what they need, and how to advocate for themselves.
Since 1971. 70% of faculty hold advanced degrees with 12-15 years average tenure teaching students with learning differences.
What Changes
At Fairhill, every student has a learning difference and every teacher specializes in teaching students who learn differently. There is no stigma, no need to explain, and no feeling of being singled out. Your child joins a community where learning differently is the norm.
Students engage with multisensory instruction across all subjects. Executive function coaching teaches organization, planning, and time management as academic skills. Teachers catch struggles in real time instead of after a failed test. The result is students who stop compensating and start thriving.
Fairhill is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Credits transfer fully, and transcripts are recognized by universities nationwide.
The Difference
Richardson ISD / Dallas ISD: 25-30 students per class Fairhill: 7 students per teacher
Richardson ISD / Dallas ISD: Standard curriculum with accommodations Fairhill: Multisensory instruction designed for LD
Richardson ISD / Dallas ISD: Student with an IEP or 504 plan Fairhill: Student at a school built for them
Getting Here
Take Preston Road south from Bent Tree. Fairhill is on the east side of Preston Road, between Arapaho and Belt Line. Door to door, most Bent Tree families report an 8-10 minute commute.
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