Academy at Swift River

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Academy at Swift River
Address
Academy at Swift River
151 South St

Cummington
,
Hampshire
,
Massachusetts
01026

United States
Information
Established1997
FounderTim Brace
Closed2013
HeadmasterRudy Bentz [1]
Age range14 to 18
Enrollment65
Tuition$5000 (2005) [2]
PlainfieldMA FormerSwiftRiverAcademy.jpg
Academy at Swift River in 2016

The Academy at Swift River, also known as ASR, was a coeducational therapeutic boarding school for teenagers, located in Plainfield and Cummington, Massachusetts. Established in 1997 and closed in 2013, it was a part of the Aspen Education Group, which in turn is owned by Bain Capital's CRC health group.

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The school's student population was described as "bright but underachieving kids" with a variety of behavioral problems. The majority of students use prescribed psychiatric medications. ASR was in session year-round and offered a college preparatory curriculum for high school grades 9 to 12. [3] Total enrollment was about 55 students. [4]

The school was the focus of the 2005 book What It Takes To Pull Me Through: Why Teenagers Get in Trouble and How Four of Them Got Out by journalist David Marcus. [5]

History

In July 2013, Aspen Education Group announced that it would close the school later that summer. [6]

Staff

The original headmaster of the Academy at Swift River was Brett Carey who transferred there from Mount Bachelor Academy.[ citation needed ] In 2000 the headmaster is John T. Powers. [7]

Afterwards, Rudy Bentz was headmaster of Academy at Swift River, [3] he had formerly worked at CEDU high school in running springs for 13 years and had previously been headmaster of Hidden Lake Academy for four years. [8] [9]

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References

  1. https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/10/us/desperate-measures-a-special-report-embattled-parents-seek-help-at-any-cost.html
  2. Marcus, David L (5 September 2006). What It Takes to Pull Me Through: Why Teenagers Get in Trouble and How Four of Them Got Out. Harper Paperbacks. p. 3. ISBN   9780618772025.
  3. 1 2 Curriculum Archived 2009-01-03 at the Wayback Machine , Academy at Swift River website, accessed April 7, 2009
  4. Program Facts Archived 2008-12-31 at the Wayback Machine , Academy at Swift River website, accessed April 7, 2009
  5. Marcus, David L. (2006). What It Takes to Pull Me Through: Why Teenagers Get in Trouble and How Four of Them Got Out (Paperback). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN   9780618772025. OCLC   1036921615.
  6. Ryan, Fran (July 24, 2013). "Academy at Swift River, therapeutic school for teens, to close at summer's end". Daily Hampshire Gazette.
  7. Peterson's private secondary schools, 2000-2001. Peterson's. 2000. p. 1324. OCLC   1036819072.
  8. Marcus, David L (5 September 2006). What It Takes to Pull Me Through: Why Teenagers Get in Trouble and How Four of Them Got Out. Harper Paperbacks. p. 28. ISBN   9780618772025.
  9. "The Academy at Swift River -- Staff". web.archive.org. 1998-12-05. Retrieved 2024-12-19. thirteen years at Cedu (emotional growth) School in Running Springs, California; four years as Headmaster at Hidden Lake Academy (emotional growth school) in Dahlonega, Georgia.

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