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A. Michael A. DeSisto Will Receive
Outstanding Alumnus Award
A. Michael A. DeSisto, head of
DeSisto School in Massachusetts, will receive the "Outstanding Alumnus
Award" from Stonehill College on June 19th.
Dennis Crowell is Starting a
Program Named Northstar
Dennis Crowell, of Bend, Oregon,
(503-388-7188) is starting his program named Northstar for students
18 years of age and older. Northstar will start in July of this year,
and is a yearlong personal growth program which starts with a 21 day
Wilderness Challenge Course. The tuition for Phase One is $1,950 a month,
and $1,100 a month for Phase 2.
Workshop on Alternative Placement
Options
The people that give us Peterson's
Guides held a workshop on Alternative Placement options on May 10 at
Natick, Massachusetts. The goal was to explore the symptoms and solutions
when a student is not succeeding in regular schooling. Speakers included
Peter W. Hegener, President of Peterson's, Dr. Edward Hallowell, Child
Psychiatrist, Educational Consultant Diane Rapp, DeSisto School Founder
Michael DeSisto, Educational Consultant Helene Reynolds, Jayne Huggins
of Four Winds Psychiatric Hospital, Educational Consultant Cornelia
Ford, and a panel of students from the Cascade School, Rocky Mountain
Academy, John Dewey Academy, and The DeSisto School.
Spring Creek Community School
Announces Summer Wilderness Course
Nancy Cawdrey, of Spring Creek
Community School in Montana (406-827-4344) announced a summer Wilderness
Course starting July 8 and going to August 4, 1991. The cost is $6,000.
Nancy also reports that "Over 825 young people have completed our courses
over the past 12 years...." Also, writing in May 1991, "We've averaged
8-10 students these last 5 months."
Explorations Almost Totally Energy
Self-Sufficient
Explorations in Montana just
bought two new Solar Panels and Batteries which will make them almost
totally energy self-sufficient.
Agricultural Project at Eagle
Mountain Outpost
Brenda Hammond, Director of Eagle
Mountain Outpost in North Idaho reports the students will be doing an
agricultural project this summer, testing native seeds and comparing
how well they grow against more popular varieties.
Wilderness Challenge in Utah
Changing Their Name
In response to the bad publicity
on Wilderness Challenge in Utah, George Church tells me they are changing
their name to Adolescent Behavioral Change, and will retain the initials
SUWS.
Connie Real, Admissions Director
at DeSisto Reports
Connie Real, Admissions Director
at DeSisto School in Massachusetts, reports as of late April they have
had several inquires and one enrollment as a direct result of A. Michael
DeSisto's new book "Decoding Your Teenager".
Copyright © 1991, Woodbury
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