NewHope Students are of junior high to senior high school age.  They are of average to superior ability and typically exhibit emotional difficulties that undermine their academic achievement and limit social interaction. While not all students have the same characteristics, NewHope students tend to:

• Be of Average to above-average intelligence;

• Withdraw socially and emotionally;

• "Slip through the cracks" until their problems are severe;

• Procrastinate, especially with homework assignments and long-term projects;

• Have talent in the arts and/or the potential for high academic achievement;

• Do poorly in physical education and other group-type activities;

• Use frequent illness as a means of avoiding school and may become school phobic;

• Appear sad, lonely, hopeless and/or depressed;

• Harbor anger and hostility but don’t act out violently in school or in the community; and

• May have mis/undiagnosed neurological problems that contribute to academic and social challenges.

NewHope Academy - 6289 W. Howard Avenue
Niles, IL 60714   (847) 588-0463