Loomis Gateway Academy - Loomis

Sierra Foothills Academy is a non-public school in Loomis, California offering a year-round program for students with moderate and severe disabilities. The program provides educational and related services to students between the ages of 5 to 22 in grades K through 12. The disabling conditions served include Autism Spectrum Disorder, Multiple Disability, Intellectual Disability, Emotional Disturbance, Other Health Impairment, and Specific Learning Disability. Program components include highly structured and individualized programming, intensive communication and language training, social skills training, functional life skills training, community-based instruction, vocational skills training, positive behavioral programming, sensory activities, core academic instruction, and therapies such as speech, occupational, physical, and applied behavior analysis services. Placement is an IEP team decision based on student needs, facilitated through referral from the student's district of residence. The school serves students from multiple Northern California districts including Loomis Union, Placer Hills, and others in the Placer County area. A unique Web of Life Program promotes interaction with the environment through gardening, harvesting, cooking, and selling produce aligned with IEPs.