Hope Creek Academy

Education for the rest of us

Hope Creek Academy (formerly Just Right Academy) Inc. is a nonprofit private elementary and secondary school geared to children who need structure, consistency, positive reinforcement, more movement, reduced stress, both remediation and challenge along with a multi-sensory way of learning.

The Academy is located in Durham, North Carolina at 4723 Erwin Road.

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It’s almost camp time!

April 27, 2017 By Linda McDonough

It’s almost camp time!

With summer fast approaching, our thoughts turn to camp. Many of our students have not been successful at camp in the past because of anxiety and behavior challenges. If that is true of your child, we may be just the camp for you: A student who will be successful at camp: •can communicate independently •enjoys […]

Camp Accolade: summer camp for highly reactive kids

April 17, 2015 By Linda McDonough

Camp Accolade: summer camp for highly reactive kids

“In growing up, a child should know some joy in each day and look forward to some joyous event for the morrow.” Just Right Academy filters nearly all decisions through this simple, one-sentence credo, originally imparted by Nicholas Hobbs in laying out his Principles of Re-Education—a concept deeply rooted in the tenets of JRA’s beginnings. To me, […]

Outdoor Academy

April 12, 2013 By Linda McDonough

Outdoor Academy

There are some kids who would be outside all day if we’d let them. They are the ones who sit by the window, gazing wistfully outside, not able to focus on their work. Or perhaps they are the kids who have so much energy, and they are exhausted trying to keep it together for two […]

Recent Blog Posts

  • Parent Information Session September 12, 2018
  • We have a new name! July 4, 2017
  • It’s almost camp time! April 27, 2017
  • Behavior is Communication April 19, 2017
  • helping those who can’t afford JRA March 5, 2017

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NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICY AS TO STUDENTS.
Hope Creek Academy admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin, or sexual orientation to all rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin, or sexual orientation in administration of its educational and admissions policies, scholarship programs, and other school-administered programs.

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