Happy New Year From Julie Billiart Schools! | December 30, 2024 | Julie Billiart Schools | Helping K-8 students with learning differences in Akron, Brecksville, Lyndhurst, and Westlake, Ohio

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Monday, December 30, 2024

2024 was a great year for the entire Julie Billiart Schools network. We saw growth and success in and outside of the classroom and have much to look forward to in 2025.

Here are a few wonderful things that happened in 2024:

Julie Billiart Schools entered their 70th year of changing lives
The class of 2024 graduated 39 students
JBS was named a Top Workplace by Cleveland.com for the fifth year in a row
The National Association of Special Education Teachers (NASET) named JB a School of Excellence for the seventh consecutive year
Intervention specialists Katie Kindry (JBA) and Jackie Hetrick (JBW) earned praise from the Sisters of Notre Dame for their efforts in the classroom and among their peers
We opened our fourth Julie Billiart School campus in Brecksville with 48 students
We welcomed a total of 123 new students to the JB Family
The Celebrate Gala raised $600,000 to support our students
Diane Hughes (JBL) earned the Outstanding Applied Creative Practice Award from the American Art Therapy Association
We announced the addition of Begindergarten to our JB Brecksville campus beginning in the fall of 2025

We’d like to wish the entire JB family a healthy, Happy New Year and are eager to experience more great things together!

Take a look back at 2024!

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open-quote My kids love everything about JB and look forward to going to school every day and seeing their friends and teachers. JB is truly a one of a kind school enriching young lives everyday.

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open-quote Julie Billiart Schools gave us hope after our daughter was diagnosed with a learning disability. At JB, she thrived in the small classes, received necessary therapies, and developed the self-confidence to ask for help when she needed it.

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open-quote All of the teachers and staff at JB are patient and willing to take the extra time to make sure we, as parents, understand and are comfortable.

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open-quote They have all the resources necessary, specialized to the individual learning of each child, and the heart that goes with it. I don't think we would have stayed in Ohio if it wasn't for JB!

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open-quote Julie Billiart Schools has helped my child become a better version of himself. The teachers and therapists at JB really know and understand how to reach children who learn differently.

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open-quote I don’t think I will ever be able to put into words how grateful I am that you saw my daughter for all that she is today and all that she is yet to become.

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