Cascade school

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Cascade school
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Cascade school
12069 Tintagel Ln,

Shasta
,
California
96096
Coordinates 40°38′21.13″N121°47′55.76″W / 40.6392028°N 121.7988222°W / 40.6392028; -121.7988222
Information
Type Therapeutic boarding school
Established1984 (1984) [1]
ClosedJanuary, 2004 [2]
Age range13 to 18
Tuition$51,000 in the year 2000 [3]

Cascade School was a therapeutic boarding school located in Shasta County, California.

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History

Cascade was founded in 1984 [4] and enrolled students between the ages of 13 and 18 years, with a capacity for 120 students in Its final years. [1]

Cascade school was accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. [5]

In October 1985, five students went missing on a hike in Lassen County. Two helicopters took part in the search for the missing students. [6]

In September 1998, 85 students and staff members were evacuated from the school due to a nearby forest fire that endangered the school. [7]

The length of their therapeutic programs was between 18 and 23 months. [8] [1] During the program, students would take part in a series of eight therapeutic workshops. [9] These eight workshops were called propheets and they lasted twenty-four hours. [10]

In 2002, the school arranged a wilderness trip to the Warner Mountain District. [11]

The cascade school closed in January 2004. [2] [12] After closure, the campus was sold to Julian Youth Academy. [13]

Cascade school is mentioned by Paris Hilton in her documentary This Is Paris in 2020. [14]

Notable alumni

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