Durham Academy Upper School

Located in Durham, N.C., Durham Academy is a coeducational, independent day school with more than 1,000 students in prekindergarten through grade 12. Durham Academy provides academic services through its schools, which include preschool, lower, middle and upper schools. It offers a fine arts program, which includes drama, music and visual arts. It also offers athletics, outdoor education and community services. Durham Academy has more than 40 athletic teams for students in grades seven through 12. It is a member of North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association and Triangle Independent Schools Athletic Conference. Its Hill Center provides classes for students with specific learning and attention deficit disorders. Durham Academy provides technical education through its scope and sequence program and it also offers online information services.

HistoryHill Learning Center was established in 1977 in Durham, North Carolina as the Learning Development Center (LDC), with a mission to provide an intensive remediation program for students with specific learning disabilities or attention deficit disorders. Originally established as a program of nearby Durham Academy, in 1980 the Center was dedicated to founder George Watts Hill and renamed the Hill Learning Development Center (HLDC). The name was shortened to The Hill Center in 1996. In the 2017-18 school year Hill celebrated its 40th Anniversary and in the fall of 2018 The Hill Center name was changed to Hill Learning Center. In 1998, Hill became a separate 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with its own Board of Directors. Hill maintains an affiliation with Durham Academy and serves a range of public and private school students, teachers, schools, and school districts in four distinct program areas: School, Summer, Tutoring, and Educator Professional Development Programs.SpecialtiesFounded in 1977, Hill Learning Center is a hub for equitable and differentiated, research-based practices for supporting students with learning differences and/or attention challenges. Through a range of K-12 student and educator programs, and strategic partnerships with leaders in the field, Hill aspires to ensure students with learning and attention challenges receive the instruction and support they need, regardless of where they attend school or whether they have a formal diagnosis. Hill Learning Center is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools. Hill Learning Center is also approved by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction as an