Bishop Hendricken High School is proud to announce a groundbreaking program which will give parents of children with special needs the “option” of benefiting from a Catholic Christian education. The Bishop Hendricken High School Options Program will provide high school age young men an opportunity to take part in a modified inclusion program by providing challenging academics to help prepare them for the transition from high school toward a life of independent living. Bishop Hendricken High School will be the fifth Catholic high school in the US with such a program and the first single-sex school of its kind.

Options students’ core classes will be conducted in small groups using a variety of hands-on activities, cooperative learning and interactive technologies to meet each student’s needs. Option students will be mainstreamed in physical education, health, and an elective course of their choice. During the elective class, each Option student will have a Bishop Hendricken student mentor to assist him in that class. Lastly, it will include life-skills and vocational experiences through a careers class, field trips and work experiences.

This program builds upon the Bishop Hendricken mission statement, which seeks to strengthen the relationship of all the members of the community with God through the development of the total human person: heart, mind, soul and body. The Options Program supports the belief that students with special needs, like all students, deserve the opportunity to maximize their academic, social and spiritual potential in a Catholic Christian environment.

The Options Program is scheduled to begin during the 2009-2010 school year and has been partially funded by a generous donation from a Hendricken benefactor.

For additional information about this revolutionary program, please contact:

Jay Brennan, Director of Guidance at 739-3450 ext. 114 or jbrennan@hendricken.com

Vincent Mancuso, Principal at 739-3450 ext. 122 or vmancuso@hendricken.com

Cara Fusco, Options Faculty at 739-3450 or cfusco@hendricken.com