Bowie Reading & Learning Center

🌟 Key Highlights: Bowie Reading & Learning Center / Day School

The Bowie Reading & Learning Center encompasses both a full-time independent day school and one-to-one tutoring services in Memphis, Tennessee. It is committed to providing personalized education for the individual learner, focusing intensely on strengthening confidence, knowledge, and strategies using supportive teaching styles and research-proven techniques.

🏫 Overview

• Type: Private / Independent School & Tutoring Center (Nonsectarian)

• Location: Memphis, Tennessee (East Memphis Area)

• Grades Served (Day School): Kindergarten (K) – 12th Grade

• Ages Served (Tutoring): Any age, preschool through college and beyond

• Enrollment (Day School): Approximately 90–100 students

• Core Mission: To strengthen confidence, knowledge, and strategies in each student by using supportive teaching styles and research-proven techniques. For the Day School, the goal is to advance students academically and confidently so they can, if possible, enroll in a mainstream school.

• Accreditation: Fully accredited by Cognia (formerly AdvancED) since 2007.

• Focus: Highly individualized education for students who need academic support due to learning differences (Dyslexia, ADHD, Anxiety, Autism, Asperger’s) or those who seek academic enrichment and test score improvement.

✅ What Makes the School Unique?

The Bowie Center is defined by its specialized approach, highly individualized instruction, and dual-program model:

• One-to-One and Small Group Instruction: The Day School model features highly individualized teaching, mostly conducted in one-to-one sessions or groups of two students. This ratio ensures maximum personalized attention.

• Specialized Learning Support: The Center was founded initially as a reading center and continues to specialize in using research-based programs like the Wilson Reading System® and Great Leaps Reading to support students struggling with reading, spelling, and writing disabilities (e.g., Dyslexia).

• Personalized Curriculum Design: The curriculum for each student in the Day School is customized by the Head of School to address specific learning styles and needs, keeping students in age-appropriate grade-level material while adapting the delivery method.

• Focus on Confidence and Social Skills: Beyond core academics, the Day School places a strong emphasis on building confidence and working on social skills through integrated group classes like art, physical education, music, and foreign language (French, Spanish, Latin).

• High College Acceptance Rate: Reports a strong track record of success, with approximately 75% of students going on to attend a four-year college after graduation.

• High-Quality Tutoring Program: The Tutoring Center offers expert one-to-one tutoring year-round in all subjects, along with specialized College Test Preparation for the ACT/SAT, and is an approved site for administering the ISEE (Independent School Entrance Exam).

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