An in-depth report by one of North Carolina's leading news stations detailed the Orton-Gillingham multisensory approach to reading instruction to be used starting this fall when Elon University opens a private school for children with dyslexia.
A proven approach to teaching children with dyslexia how to read – and how that approach will be the guiding philosophy at a new grade school set to open this fall at Elon University – was the focus on a recent news report by FOX 8 WGHP broadcast across North Carolina’s Piedmont Triad.
Anchor and reporter Madison Forsey spoke with administrative leaders behind the Roberts Academy at Elon University, which will be the only university-based school of its kind in North Carolina when it opens in August for third- and fourth-graders.
The school will open in a temporary location on West Trollinger Avenue in the Town of Elon while a new elementary school rises across campus with an expected open date of Fall 2028. Once open, the school will enroll up to 200 students in the first through sixth grades.
That report, “School for dyslexic students launches at Elon University,” features an extended interview with Lisa LeBlanc, whose adult son has dyslexia. LeBlanc has been an advocate for Roberts Academy at Elon University.
“If there would have been an opportunity like the Roberts Academy at Elon University for my son when he was in second, third, fourth grade,” she said, “I would’ve crawled on broken glass for him to be there.”