[1] With its small class sizes, unique curricula, and hands-on learning opportunities, Lawrence School provides students with the tools and strategies they need to become successful learners.

In 1969, Dr. Kenneth Oldman, a reading and learning disability professor at Case Western Reserve University, developed an after-school literacy program for struggling readers.

A year later, The Transitional School joined the dePaul Society in Louisville, Kentucky, adopting a calm, well-disciplined environment where students with learning differences could flourish.

Lawrence School purchased 47 acres in Sagamore Hills in 2002, with Strollo Architects from Youngstown hired to design the building and develop the site.

In January 2007, the Upper School Campus opened its doors, featuring wireless technology and notebook computers for each student, SMART Board™ interactive whiteboards in each classroom, assistive technology provided to those students with dyslexia and other learning differences, a theater, a space dedicated to the arts and sciences, regulation size baseball and soccer fields, and a full size gymnasium and weight room.