{"id":20228,"date":"2025-10-25T02:47:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T02:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/20228\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T02:47:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T02:47:18","slug":"alternative-learning-school-in-san-antonio-celebrates-40-years-in-the-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/20228\/","title":{"rendered":"Alternative learning school in San Antonio celebrates 40 years in the city"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tA school focused on those with learning differences is celebrating a big milestone this year in conjunction with <a href=\"https:\/\/ncld.org\/ld-awareness-month\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Learning Disability Awareness Month<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The framework<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.winston-sa.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Winston School San Antonio<\/a> officially turned 40 years old on Aug. 24, recognizing four decades of supporting students with conditions such as dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia and ADHD.<\/p>\n<p>Gina Garza, the community engagement manager for The Winston, said the school is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.winston-sa.org\/center-for-neurodiversity\/rsvp-wls-2025-2026.cfm?x=1#detailid_585774\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hosting events<\/a> throughout October to further celebrate the impact of the anniversary and recognize the importance of Learning Disability Awareness Month.<\/p>\n<p>On Oct. 28, the lecture &#8220;Teaching the Child Who Learns Differently&#8221; will discuss ways students with learning differences can feel empowered in life.<\/p>\n<p>Quote of note<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re excited to open our campus and our expertise to the community this October to help more people understand that with the right support, learning differences can become a superpower,\u201d Head of School Michelle Spoonemore said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>Zooming in<\/p>\n<p>The school has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winston-sa.org\/programs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">three programs<\/a> and a college preparation center, serving students from kindergarten to high school.<\/p>\n<p>Their website says the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winston-sa.org\/about\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">curriculum<\/a> is geared toward personalized learning and establishing an atmosphere of self-acceptance and mutual respect.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A school focused on those with learning differences is celebrating a big milestone this year in conjunction with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20229,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[3493,15400,163,15399,2097,15397,82,84,83,15396,15398],"class_list":{"0":"post-20228","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-anniversary","9":"tag-college-prep-programs-san-antonio","10":"tag-education","11":"tag-local-schools-san-antonio","12":"tag-nonprofit","13":"tag-private-school-bexar-county","14":"tag-san-antonio","15":"tag-san-antonio-headlines","16":"tag-san-antonio-news","17":"tag-schools-san-antonio","18":"tag-special-education-programs-san-antonio"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}