| New
Perspectives
- Jan, 1991 Issue |
The John Dewey Academy
(413) 528-9800
Tom Bratter
This is a college preparatory,
year-round, residential, drug-free, therapeutic high school which works
with teenagers with superior intellectual and creative potential who
have previously been engaged in self-destructive behavior. The students
must be psychologically intact, recognize the wrongness of their ways,
and have the ability to convince the school they want to work diligently
to be accepted by colleges of quality.
The school is accredited by
the National Independent Schools Association, has been approved by the
Massachusetts State Department of Education, is a candidate for accreditation
with The New England Schools and Colleges Association, and was one of
eighteen private schools which received a certificate of merit from
the U. S. Department of Education Drug-Free School Recognition program.
It is located in Searles Castle
in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, which is listed in the Register
of Historic Landmarks. The school is renovating the Carriage House so
it can double its capacity to 50 students.
The Academy graduated three
students in 1988, six students in 1989, and has 12 seniors in 1990.
1989 graduates were accepted by Bentley College, Clark University, Hobart,
College of Performing Arts at Syracuse University, and the University
of Chicago, among others.
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