Fusion is much more than an accredited private middle and high school for grades 6-12 – it is a revolutionary community of learning where positive relationships and one-to-one classrooms unlock the academic potential in every student and create opportunities for emotional and social growth.
In a Fusion one-to-one classroom, the educational experience is completely customized to ignite students' passion for learning. Classes are self-paced, and the course material is presented to suit students' interests, strengths, and challenges.
Fusion was born out of frustration with the status quo and out of a passionate belief in positive relationships' power to unlock academic potential.
In 1989, Michelle Rose Gilman, an innovative educator focused on special education, was ready to change the world. But as she entered understaffed, underfunded, and uninspiring classrooms, she realized that the potential of the very students she had been trained to teach was not being actualized. Michelle saw the emotional and social aspects of students' lives being ignored – and this was preventing kids from flourishing. It was with this realization that the Fusion approach was born.
As a one-to-one tutor and mentor, Michelle worked with students to enhance their overall well-being and open new pathways to learning. But as her team grew, she realized tutoring was not enough – some of her students still were not flourishing when they returned to their full-time schools. So, to meet a pressing need, Fusion became a full-time school.
Fusion was modeled around the needs of students who were not finding their place in more traditional school environments – whether they struggled with learning differences or disabilities, ADHD, social issues, the rigid scheduling of ordinary schools, or the boredom of a classroom not geared to accelerated learners.
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