School Profile

Lifetime Learning Inc., Ahavat Limud School is registered as a K-12 school with the Florida Department of Education. The focus of the school is primarily high school students, with middle school and advanced elementary students accepted on a case-by-case basis.

The College Board code for the school is 101858. The school utilizes small classrooms, and a tutorial/mentoring approach.

The school is beginning its sixth year.

The Class of 2004 -- our first graduating class -- had an average SAT score of 1300, with 100% of its graduates matriculating to a two or four year college/university.

The average SAT score for the 2005 graduating class was 1020 with 66% of the graduating class currently matriculating to a two or four year college or university.

Students graduating from Lifetime Learning School have been accepted into the following schools:

• Antioch College
• Bergen Community College
• Broward Community College
• Bennington College
• Embry-Riddle University
• Evergreen State College
• Florida Atlantic University
• Hampshire College
• New College of Florida (The Honors College of Florida)

The curriculum for the college bound student is rigorous and chosen from the best on the market. So far none of the students has chosen to take AP courses; rather, they have focused on Honors coursework. Florida State Standards provide the starting point for requirements.

Each student’s course load is carefully chosen based on individual student needs, goals and interests.  A high degree of motivation, independence and initiative are required to complete the program which allows internships, cooperative work programs, a focus on learning while doing and hands-on type educational experiences. In order to complete courses, mastery must be demonstrated.

The current foreign languages offered at the school include:

• French
• German
• Hebrew
• Italian
• Classical Latin
• Latin American Spanish
• Thai

The above courses are utilizing the Rosetta Stone Language program with the exception of Latin, which utilizes the Cambridge Latin program.

The Language Arts program emphasizes mastery in areas of Grammar, Composition, Vocabulary, Spelling, and Literature. Elective English courses may be individually designed based on the learning objectives for the individual student.

The Mathematics program combines Algebra I and II into an integrated two-year course. The primary curriculum used is Videotext Algebra, which emphasizes understanding as opposed to rote learning. Their Geometry-Trig course is being integrated into the curriculum as it becomes available.

The Science program emphasizes extensive laboratory experience. Most students utilize the honors courses designed by Apologia Press including courses in Biology, Advanced Biology, Chemistry, Advanced Chemistry, Marine Biology, Physics and Advanced Physics. Students have also studied Astronomy.

The Social Studies program utilizes basic textbooks with a focus on moving beyond the textbooks and individualizing a hands-on curriculum. Students have traveled to foreign countries as part of their credits and taken various courses available in the community as well as traveling to historic sites in the US.

If you have further questions about the school, please feel free to contact director Francine Sherwood.

Imagine a learning environment that recognizes and supports the idea that people learn all the time, inside and outside of a school building. Imagine an environment that encourages and supports people to be a catalyst for their own learning and determining their own future. Lifetime Learning is such an environment. It is a school where everyone can learn in their own way, in their own time with people who inspire them. Lifetime Learning is a place where each person is assisted in managing charting, enriching and nurturing their own learning experience. The knowledge to succeed in life is acquired here and now.

At Lifetime Learning, each person is assisted to develop an individualized education plan that is based on their goals, their needs and their interests where mastery is the criteria for completion, not seat time and where the student and their abilities determine the pace.

Our Programs

Individualized Learning

In collaboration with the family and the student, the school seeks to offer an educational setting in which children can develop to their full potential emotionally, intellectually and socially. We offer low staff-student ratios and are beginning to integrate democratic consensus type decision-making processes into our school. We encourage a love of learning, creativity and critical thinking. We attempt to nurture autonomy, openness and honest communication. The school attempts to serve the needs of all students including, the gifted student, the special needs students, the struggling student, the homeschooler as well as any student frustrated with what the standard school environment has to offer.

McKay Scholarships

McKay scholarships cover children who have been enrolled in a public school in the prior year with an IEP and present for the October and February FTE head counts. Based on the services included in your child’s plan, the scholarship will go towards the child’s tuition at this school. Love of learning is our goal and your child’s plan will be developed and targeted to your child’s needs. Many students who are not doing well in the public school setting find that this style of education allows them a more relaxed environment in which to learn and in many cases problem behaviors that were a concern while in public school are reduced or even eliminated.

Adult Education

If you have not yet received your high school diploma, please contact us and see how easy and fun it can be to earn this important credential.

Home Education

Our home education programs are designed to offer you the peace of mind that a private school offers with the access to consultation services, development of an individualized education along with resources to help implement these plans. We are committed to helping families recognize that they have always been their child’s primary teachers. Additional services include online curriculum, curriculum lending services as well as some attendance at the school’s location if desired.

MISSION STATEMENT:
WHY WE ARE HERE FOR YOU!

To assist learners to acquire skills in a way that is unique to each person. Education will be individualized to the goals, needs and interests of that person. Both the community and the world’s resources, if needed, will be utilized and the focus of education will be mastery of which the timeline and path will be unique to each individual. The organization will strive to be a part of the global changes in learning and education and assist in that endeavor.

A HIGH STANDARD

Lifetime Learning is proud to be compliant with Title V, Chapter 39 of the Florida State Statutes. We are stalwart upholders of the Florida Department of Education's Code of Ethics. Are you aware of an educational professional whose behavior is inappropriate? Report it.