Little Keswick School
(804) 295-0457
Keswick, Virginia
Director: Mrs. Terry Columbus

Founded in 1963 on 25 acres in rural Virginia, Little Keswick School serves 30 boys (ages 7-16) considered emotionally labile and learning handicapped. As one educational consultant stated, "I am not sure whether I like the program more because it is a school or a home. It certainly provides the best qualities of both." It also has been referred to as an "extended family."

"When a boy lives with other boys twenty-four hours a day, changes take place in that boy's understanding of the importance of social interaction. He learns how to share; he learns how to secure his rights through respecting the rights of others."

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