Concordia Learning Center at St. Joseph's School for the Blind

President: Judy Ortman

School Type: Blind/Visually impaired and multiply disabled including a residential option. Also provides home based education services and family support to blind/visually impaired infants and todderls birth to age 3

Founded: 1891

Ages/Grades: Ages 3 - 21

Student/Teacher Ratio: 1:2.5

Tuition: No fee to parents

Curriculum:

Academic, sensory and life skills curriculum based on the NJCCCS Expanded Core Curriculum.

Support Services: Physical, speech and occupational therapies, orientation and mobility services, social work services and transition services.

Parking Spaces/Availability: Parking available

Uniform Guidelines: N/A

Admissions Requirements:

Contact Principal at 201-876-5432. Referrals accepted from any sources.

Mission Statement:

Concordia Learning Center at St. Joseph's School for the Blind is committed to the educational, psychological, social, and physical development of persons with special needs in an environment of caring, acceptance and respect for each individual's rights and dignity.

Philosophy/Belief Statement:

Concordia Learning Center at St. Joseph's School for the Blind serves its mission through a Judeo-Christian attitude toward human life. Of Special concern is the development of the potential of each individual through highly specialized learning in a least restrictive environment. To accomplish these goals, the administration and staff provide a learning enviroment conducive to achieving meaningful independent living skills through education, vocactional training, therapeutic intervention, community and family interaction.

School History: Concordia Learning Center at St. Joseph's School for the Blind was founded by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace in 1891. During the early years Concordia Learning Center provided both a traditional and an enriched extra-curricular program, usually residential, to an academic population of students who were blind. In 1960, following the integration of many of these children into prublic schools, Concordia Learning Center began to focus more on students who were not only blind or partially sighted but also had additonal disabilities and were desperately in need of quality and comprehensive services. With a wealth of over 100 years experience in special education, Concordia Learning Center still remains the only school of its kind in the State of New Jersey.

Notes/School Information:

• Concordial Learning Center serves children from throughout the State of New Jersey. 
• NJ Department of Education Approved Private School for the Disabled.
•  Licensed by the NJ Division of Developmental Disabilities. 
• A LEED Certified Unites States Green Building.