The Bridge Program is an alternative schooling option
that provides a full-time school day, offering four core curriculum courses of math, English/language
arts, social studies and science. Electives may include foreign language, art, business,
study skills, computer literacy and many other subjects. The Bridge Program is structured to provide
your student both one-on-one instruction, as well as group interaction involving small class sizes
of between two and five students, four days per week, age and grade appropriate.
Classes are held at our center in Wilmington.
In the Bridge Program, we work to determine your child's strengths and non-strengths. We foster a
nurturing environment where children can grow and walk in their strengths, and understand the
benefit of interdependence as they work with others in areas of non-strength.
The Program teaches thematic, integrated units that help students make connections across the curriculum.
Character traits and current events are emphasized in the daily homeroom, so that students are tuned into
the needs of the world around them, and the vital part they can play in finding meaningful solutions to
issues and problems in our society. In addition, field trips are taken each year.
Alternative teaching methods to match learning styles
Experienced, degreed, caring instructors
Confidence boosting and success coaching
One-on-one and small group settings
Four core curriculum subjects, and nearly endless electives to choose from
For more information or a free consultation, please contact us at (302) 594-0754.
The perfect fit. We all want that for our children. The schools they attend, the company they keep, the activities
they take part in- all of these are vital components that make up our child's school years. And we want those years
to be positive, memorable AND run smoothly.
As we well know, it doesn't always work out that way. Our children may hit an academic or social snag and we find
ourselves heading down a different road than the one we had intended. It's frustrating and overwhelming. We may
not find the right people to help us know what the next best step is for our children and we seem to dead end in
discouragement and despair. But there is hope!
The Bridge Program at Back to Basics Learning Dynamics, Inc. has been developed and designed with your child in
mind. Our mission is to help your child through the transitions of life.
Our experienced and degreed instructors work as a team to customize and tailor our integrated curriculum to the
needs and abilities of your child. The teaching staff is dedicated to the growth and development of your child
academically, socially, mentally and emotionally.
One of our primary goals is to partner with you as parents for your child's success. We want to bridge the gap
between school and home so that we provide you with a cohesive plan that works for you and your family.
This is a season, a chapter in the life of your child and it won't last forever. Though at times it may
seem like there is no end in sight to the difficulties and challenges, you will come through this and will
look back on all the growth and learning that took place. Let us help you navigate this road, let us help
you get up and over the bridge and get your feet securely placed on the other side.
Is Wilmington's Back to Basics Learning Dynamics school still one of the area's best kept secrets? Just listen to
what some of the successful students of this full-service educational facility are saying, and you'll soon see
that the secret won't be one much longer.
There are two major components to what Back to Basics calls its state-approved Alternative Schooling Option.
"The Bridge Program provides a full time school day, offering four core curriculum courses of math,
English/language arts, social studies and science," says Beverly Stewart, M.Ed., the founder of Back to Basics
Learning Dynamics.
"Electives may include foreign language, art, business, study skills, computer literacy and other subjects.
The Bridge Program is structured to provide your child both one-on-one instruction, as well as group interaction
involving small class sizes of between two and five students, four days per week, age and grade appropriate."
The other major component is the Back to Basics Home Schooling option.
"Our Home Schooling option includes a one-on-one learning environment, but with a team of instructors assigned
to your child," says Stewart. "Flexible scheduling, choice of location, along with full or part-time options are
all available."
"We are staffed for a maximum of 20 students for any school year, and we are quickly approaching that maximum now,"
Stewart explains. Parents realize that "one size does not fit all" when it comes to traditional schooling.
And many of Back to Basics grads go on to college.
So what are parents and students saying about the Back to Basics schooling experience?
Ken and Karen Roth recently wrote Beverly saying that "Nothing seemed to help until we started at Back to Basics
with their full-time home schooling program. The one-on-one teacher to student ratio along with the customized
study schedule is working. After one marking period our daughter now has an overall grade point average of 90.
She does not resist getting up in the morning to go to school and everyday is a good day. Her teachers are excellent.
The administration and teachers at Back to Basics are to be commended for the way they truly leave no student behind."
Stewart has more than 27 years of educational experience. In addition to the Bridge and Home Schooling programs, Back
to Basics offers tutoring in over 50 subjects, academic and intelligence testing, contract services to districts,
individual schools, and the government' translating and interpreting serviced, and operates a state-approved summer school.
Educational consulting services for parents are also available. "We offer a wide range of educational services tailored
to meet the specific needs of your child. Whether it be academic preparation requiring close, hands-on interaction,
developing improved self-esteem skills, or providing the kind of positive reinforcement that will allow your child to
move on to the next challenge, we have the experience and training to make an immediate impact on your child's
educational success."
Back to Basics is not restricted to young learners in need of alternative learning methods. Judy Harper wrote Beverly,
"Back to Basics had a real challenge in teaching me a foreign language. As a University of Delaware student in her
mid sixties, they enabled me to receive a B+ each semester by providing excellent instruction. They listen to your
needs concerning the time and place that is best for you to learn; they act on that need to match you with an excellent
instructor and then, to keep their standards high, they ask for your feedback. Whether a person is six or sixty, I am
confident that Back to Basics will make it enjoyable to learn."
Back to Basics Learning Dynamics will also instruct in your home, school, or office.
Maybe you've already tried once to find an alternative learning environment for a child who was just
not "getting it" in the conventional educational setting. Whether it was a private school or a home school
alternative, you soon discovered that alternative was still not producing the results and success you
know your child is capable of. Now you're frustrated and confused - and worried there maybe something more
seriously wrong than motivation, confidence or esteem.
This would be the time to call Back to Basics Learning Dynamics, and receive a thorough student evaluation by
professional educators with a proven track record of success. "We offer a wide range of educational services
tailored to meet the specific needs of your child," says Beverly Stewart, M.ED., and the founder of Back to
Basics Learning Dynamics. "Whether it be academic preparation requiring close, hands-on interaction, developing
improved social interaction skills among your child's peers or building the kind of positive reinforcement that
will allow your child to move on to the next challenge, we have the experience and training to make an immediate
impact on your child's educational success."
Stewart began Back to Basics as the sole employee of a one-on-one tutoring program in 1985. Twenty years later,
Back to Basics employs 85 professional, degreed tutors offering instruction in over 50 different subjects.
Back to Basics has served the needs of over 9000 students in the tri-state area. "One of our primary goals
is to partner with you as parents for your child's success," says Back to Basics Education Director Donna Duffy.
"We want to bridge the gap between school and home, so that we provide you with a cohesive plan that works for
you and your family."
That plan is the Back to Basics "Bridge Program," an alternative schooling option that provides a full-time
school day, offering four core courses of math, English/language arts, social studies and science. Electives
include foreign language, art, critical thinking, study skills, business courses, computer literacy, and more.
The Bridge Program was inaugurated in 2003, and currently can maintain a fulltime enrollment of up to 18 students.
"Admission is based primarily on our assessment of our own suitability to provide your child with the
tools for success," says Duffy. "We also work to determine your child's strengths and non-strengths. We
foster a nurturing environment where children can grow and walk in their strengths, and understand the benefit
of interdependence as they work with others in areas of non-strength."
Students in the Bridge Program have the opportunity to learn in both one-on-one and small group, multi-age
settings. The Program teaches thematic, integrated units that help students make connections across the
curriculum. Character traits and current events are emphasized in the daily homeroom, so that students are
tuned into the needs of the world around them, and the vital part they can play in finding meaningful solutions
to issues and problems in our society. In addition, field trips are taken each year.
The Bridge Program is structured to provide your child both one-on-one instruction, as well as group interaction
involving small class sizes of between two and five students, four days per week, age and
grade appropriate.
"We are continuing to develop programs to continue to meet the needs of parents and children, as their children
experience these transitional times in their lives," says Stewart. In fact, Back to Basics is already expanding
the Bridge Program to develop an Individual Student Plan (ISP) designed to assist parents when it is time to
move their child from the Program and integrate back to a conventional educational environment.
"The ISP is a more formalized assessment and academic plan, providing a more comprehensive, cohesive and
cooperative metric for measuring your child's progress in the Bridge Program, as well as providing a realistic
set of expectations for when your child returns to a more conventional school environment," Duffy explains.
Stewart has more than 27 years of educational experience, and Duffy founded and operated a school for Arab-American
children, grades 1-12, in Israel. In addition to the Bridge Program, Back to Basics offers tutoring in more than
50 subjects, academic and intelligence testing, contract services to districts and individual schools, operates
a state-approved summer school, as well as home schooling and translating/interpreting services. Educational
consulting services for parents are also available.
Of the Back to Basics Bridge Program mission, Duffy says, "We try to see the next level for your child and then
tap that potential through nurturing and a team approach that helps your child eventually see that next level
on his or her own."
"We can help you navigate this road," says Duffy, "and help you get up and over the bridge and get your
feet securely placed on the other side."
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The Bridge Program is an alternative schooling option
that provides a full-time school day, offering four core curriculum courses of math, English/language
arts, social studies and science. Electives may include foreign language, art, business,
study skills, computer literacy and many other subjects. The Bridge Program is structured to provide
your student both one-on-one instruction, as well as group interaction involving small class sizes
of between two and five students, four days per week, age and grade appropriate.
Classes are held at our center in Wilmington.
