Mission Statement

The Greenville Learning Center enables students with learning differences to achieve their full potential and to become confident learners.

History

The doors of The Greenville Learning Center opened in the fall of 2002. It was the vision of three local families who shared the need for this type of school for their children and others in Pitt County. This all began in 1997 as they sought the guidance of The Hill Center and began the process of modeling their successful program.

Word from a founding parent...

“As one of the founders of GLC and a parent of a current student, it has been amazing to watch the journey of this little school develop. In the beginning, many thought it would be impossible to start such a project in eastern North Carolina, but the determination of three mothers cannot be underestimated. The idea began to take root in 1997 after a visit to The Hill Center in Durham. It was determined by the three founding families at that time to make an investment and to begin to hire teachers to train in the Hill Center Methodology. Laura Bruce Hadley Nichols came on board and eventually became the school’s director. Dr. Michael Priddy who was superintendent of Pitt County Public Schools at that time made the trip to Durham with the founding mothers along with Mr. Larry Seigler, GLC Board member, and Dr. Marilyn Sheer, who was at that time Dean of the ECU School of Education. We met with Hill Center professionals and Dr. Charlie Coble of the UNC system, a true believer in this program, to convince Dr. Priddy that GLC would be a great partner with Pitt County Schools. The meeting was successful and afterwards Dr. Priddy granted transfer of credit to GLC from Pitt County Schools. From this point, the Greenville Learning Center has been helping children throughout Pitt County meet their academic potential and feel good about who they are even though they learn differently.“

Over the past eight years we have served students from the following schools: