Wesley School
Wesley School is a centralized Special Education Facility operated by Muskegon Area Intermediate School District. Wesley School provides life skills training to eligible special education students ages 0 - 26 years of age.
Students come from the 12 local school districts that make up the MAISD. In addition to the Wesley School Campus, five adult transition classrooms are also in operation, Center Street Transition Center, Third Street Transition Center, Clay Avenue Transition Center, an off site Autistic class room and the Wesley Street Transition Center.
An Individualized Educational Planning Team (IEPT), which includes representatives of local school districts, must recommend a student for placement in one of Wesley's Special Education programs for students with a cognitive impairment, severe multiple impairments, or autism.
Wesley School Belief Statements:
- All students should be given the opportunity to learn and succeed.
- The goal for each student is to reach his/her potential.
- All students have value, worth, and the right to be treated with respect and dignity.
- All students have the right to privacy, their opinion, and personal safety.
- All students have the right to have their individual needs addressed.
- All students have learning opportunities in a least-restrictive environment.
- Students learn in different ways and at different rates.
- All staff can create conditions for learning.
- All staff must prepare students for success in the global community.
- Learning is a lifelong process and occurs in many settings.
