Dr. Anthony Hadzimichalis
This year is Westbridge Academy’s Golden Anniversary, celebrating 50 years of providing high quality educational and therapeutic services to thousands of students for whom we went the “extra mile.”
Moments like this give us the opportunity to reflect, and ask, what happens in that extra mile? We can look to the above-and-beyond dedication and professionalism of our staff; our continuous commitment to offering robust programs, developed, and refined over years; and our efforts at customizing support and interventions to ensure the success of our students. Most notably, we’ve made it our business to truly understand each student and provide them with the acceptance and appreciation they need.
As we mark this important milestone, we aren’t simply looking backwards and resting on these important past efforts and commitments. We’re also looking forward as a community and finding ourselves energized by continued opportunities for growth. At the halfway point of this “golden” year, we are building broad new curriculum elements and integrating them in our teaching plans. We’re renovating and re-equipping classrooms, including our Art & Technology, and Music studios. These and other new initiatives further enhance our ability to engage our students and support their journeys.
Westbridge has been, and will always be, grateful for our partners in this work. First among them are our students, but also their parents and families, school districts and agencies, and supporters who help us meet their needs. And of course, our staff, whose commitment to these students is unmatched.
As I look to our next 50 years, I am confident that together we will continue to provide our own unique combination of compassion, excellence, responsiveness, and academic challenge to our students while they’re here, so that when they leave us, they
