Churchill Park School Experience

Churchill Park School is a specialized school serving pre-K to post-high school students ages 3 to 21. All of our students have severe medical disabilities or need a highly structured environment for their behavioral needs.

At Churchill Park, we:

  • Respect every person.

  • Believe every student can learn.

  • Strive to ensure all students have a known communication system that is used daily.

  • Collaborate with all stakeholders to support student achievement.

  • Communicate daily with our families and caregivers.

  • Provide exceptional care for medically fragile students.

  • Ensure a safe learning environment for all students.

Fast Facts

  • 109 Students

  • 80 Faculty and Staff Members

  • 2 Nurses (1 RN, 1 LPN) + nurses for individual students

  • All staff is Health trained.

  • All staff in highly structured classrooms are trained in Safe Crisis.

  • All service providers are on-site.

    • Speech

    • Physical Therapy (PT)

    • Occupational Therapy (OT)

    • Audiology

    • Vision

Mission

Churchill Park's purpose is to educate our students in the areas of academics, functional life skills, IEP goal attainment, and successful transition to the community in a supportive and nurturing environment.

Vision

We will provide students with moderate to severe disabilities the highest-quality education in a manner that responds to the individual needs of each student.

Churchill Park School Rules Be Safe Be Kind Do Your Best Have Fun!

Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports (PBIS)

The broad purpose of PBIS is to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and equity of schools and other agencies. PBIS improves social, emotional, and academic outcomes for all students, including students with disabilities and students from underrepresented groups. 

CHP In the News

'It's incredibly invaluable': Churchill Park School opens its first library.

The school, which has served students with severe mental and physical disabilities since 1975, has never had a library before.

Louisville school helps provide disabled students with highest quality education.

Here's a look at how donations from the WHAS Crusade for Children are helping improve the life of one of the students at Churchill Park School.

Business inside JCPS school — named after 'Friends' staple — helps students with disabilities develop skills.

They hope to show that all people, regardless of the severity of their disability, have something to offer as employees and volunteers and to their community.

Mobile coffee shop helps JCPS students gain job experience.

The students who are a part of it have moderate to severe disabilities. The program helps students gain job skills.

'Never had a job like this': Special education students help run this new JCPS coffee shop.

Two JCPS teachers at Churchill Park School have launched an in-school coffee shop, Churchill Perk, to give special education students job skills.

Churchill Park School students get free haircuts from stylist who focuses on multi-ethnic hair.

Some JCPS students got a big confidence booster. A professional hairstylist gave free haircuts and helped students embrace their curls and coils.

Reason For The Season: Churchill Park School holiday wish list.

The children at Churchill Park School got their holiday wishes early. WHAS11's Reason for the Season week with attorney Darryl Isaacs continues.