Gow School: New York, USA

During his twenty years of teaching, Peter Gow Jr. was fascinated by students who encountered difficulty with print language.  He theorized that small classes and intensive drill would help these students to succeed. In 1926, he moved his family to South Wales, New York, where he converted a farm into a boarding school for young men.

Shortly after the school opened, Peter Gow, Jr. met Dr. Samuel T. Orton, a neurologist, whose reasearch indicated that a phonetic approach was the best way to educated those suffering from ''specific language disabilities''. Through teaching and working with students, Gow eventually developed Reconstructive Language, a near relative of the Orton-Gillingham method, which has successfully remediated dyslexic boys for over eight decades.

Located just outside of East Aurora, New York and only 30 minutes from Buffalo, the campus consists of 110 acres of woodland, a creek and beautiful buildings. Buidlings include 5 residence halls, a newly completed dining hall, academic buildings, library, 50,000 square foot athletic facility and student center, and an arts center with classrooms for music, drama, two and three dimensional art, robotics and theater.

Gow is accredited by the New York Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS) and the International Multisensory Structured Language Education Council (IMSLEC). Gow is a member of National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS), The College Board, the International Dyslexia Association (IDA) and the Learning Disabilities Association (LDA).

Students are housed in the school's dormitories (6) with typical double occupancy rooms. All dormitories have laundry facilities.