Western School

Western School was one of the leading independent, co-educational day schools for pre-school through eighth grade in North Lauderdale, Florida, in the greater Ft. Lauderdale area. In March 1998, Western School was acquired by Nobel Learning Communities, Inc. (OTC:NLCI) (formerly Nobel Education Dynamics).

Founded in 1979 by Murray and Leslie Simon, Western School has consistently increased its enrollment every year and had approximately 430 students and the finest facilities, programs, faculty and staff of any school of its type in the region. It has also developed a day camp   program with approximately 600 campers per session in 1997 that fully utilized its facilities year around and enhances its already excellent profitability.

Western prided itself on providing its students a traditional curriculum enriched with a broad range of learning experiences and activities including computer science, the arts and Spanish. All this is offered in a safe and secure environment that encourages individual and family values, qualities and goals. Western was committed to providing a well-rounded education that prepares each student, academically and socially, to be a responsible, creative, self-motivated and thoughtful individual.

Nobel Learning Communities is the largest for-profit grade school operator in the US providing private education through more than 135 preschools, childcare centers, elementary schools, and middle schools under names including Chesterbrook Academy, Evergreen Academy, and Another Generation in about 12 states. In California, it operates Merryhill Schools, a private system of 30 preschools and elementary and middle schools. Chairman and CEO Jack Clegg remade Nobel from its 1984 start as Rocking Horse Child Care Centers. Knowledge Universe owns about 20% of the firm.