The Register Citizen (Torrington, CT)
Glenholme School to celebrate 50th annniversary
WASHINGTON — Founded as an independent institute in 1968, The Glenholme School devoted the next five decades growing into an innovative leader in special education. In 2018, Glenholme will celebrate its first 50 years and set a course for the next half century.
Glenholme, formerly a horse farm for Hackney show ponies, was generously donated by Jean White Van Sinderen to Devereux in 1968. The bucolic property, comprised of over 100 acres and dozens of buildings, became The Glenholme School with the purpose of educating special needs students who were without quality services essential to leading successful lives. Since then, the school has positively impacted over 3,000 students from around the world who are challenged with high functioning autism, ADHD, OCD, Tourette, depression, anxiety, and various learning differences.
Preparations for the anniversary began in 2016 and activities are planned across all facets of the school throughout 2018. In late June, The Glenholme School will mark the highpoint with a gala event suited to such a momentous occasion.
Glenholme Executive Director Maryann Campbell said, "This is an incredible milestone for Glenholme, as evidenced by many of the individual successes we have seen walk through the doors of the school. From the sixties and up through today, there have been incredibly talented people who chose this field to help others who needed to learn to help themselves given their disabilities.”
Glenholme 50th Anniversary event sponsorship opportunities are available. Please direct sponsorship inquiries to Courtney Delaney, director of Glenholme Development, at 860-8687377 or cdelaney@devereux.org.
Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health — The Glenholme School is an independent, coeducational, special needs boarding school for young people with high functioning autism spectrum disorders, ADHD, OCD, Tourette, depression, anxiety, and various learning differences. The program provides a treatment milieu designed to build competence socially and academically. Our learning environment supports and enhances the ability for young people with special needs to succeed. Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health is a leading nonprofit behavioral health organization that supports many of the most underserved and vulnerable members of our communities. For more information about The Glenholme School and its program, visit http:// www.theglenholmeschool.org/.