Featured News
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Is Your Student Planning To Participate In ESY This Summer?
For ages 5-22, The Vanguard School's Extended School Year (ESY) program focuses on the development of your student’s academic, social, communication and daily living skills needs...
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Helping Your Child Adapt to Change Before Change Happens
Speech-Language Pathologist, Heidi Kraft, shares tips on how to help children and adults with special needs adjust to change and smooth transitions between one environment to the next.
Upcoming Events
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May 2, 2025
10:00 AM - 1:30 PM Special Olympics
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May 3, 2025
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM VFES Community Day
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May 9, 2025
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10:00 AM - 1:30 PM Special Olympics: Rain Date
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May 10, 2025
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May 11, 2025
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May 13, 2025
12:30 PM PTO Meeting
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6:30 PM - 7:30 PM VTC Transition Night
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May 14, 2025
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May 16, 2025
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Prom Night
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May 21, 2025
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May 22, 2025
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May 23, 2025
12:00 PM Early Dismissal for Students
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May 26, 2025
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May 27, 2025
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM ES Vanguard Talent Show
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May 28, 2025
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM MS Vanguard Talent Show
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May 29, 2025
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM HS Vanguard Talent Show
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May 30, 2025
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM VTC Vanguard Talent Show
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June 3, 2025
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June 5, 2025
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9:00 AM - 11:00 AM HS Awards
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September 26, 2025
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September 27, 2025
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September 28, 2025
Welcome to the Vanguard School
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The Vanguard School provides comprehensive student-focused special education and related clinical services using evidence-based curriculum and practices. Students receive individualized behavioral, academic and vocational programming with a focus on functional, emotional and social skills development. As students transition to adolescence and adulthood, the programs emphasize the development of daily living, social and vocational skills needed to allow students to function with the greatest possible independence as contributing members of their communities.
Teams of therapists support students in the classroom, individually and in small groups as well as through consultative efforts. Related clinical services include speech-language, occupational and physical therapies, school psychology, school counseling, behavior support and nursing. All therapists and specialists have the advantage of being actively involved in the student’s entire day; our clinicians co-treat across disciplines and consult with teachers and other professionals on a regular basis.
The Vanguard School is a Pennsylvania licensed, Approved Private School serving students, 5–22 years of age, who require a high degree of individualized attention and intervention including those with autism spectrum disorders, developmental disabilities, speech-language deficits and students who experience social-emotional, executive functioning and behavioral difficulties.
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