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(October 17, 2003) Carl Olding, Executive Director, Elk Mountain Academy, Clark Fork, Idaho, 800-355-3823, visited Woodbury Reports, bringing graduating student, Tim Ohlrogge, to speak with Loi Eberle, M.A., about his next move to a more traditional college-prep boarding school. SPRING RIDGE ACADEMY AWARDED NCA ACCREDITATION (October 21, 2003) - Joseph Gubbins, Principal, Spring Ridge Academy Spring Valley, AZ, 928-632-4602, a girls’ emotional growth boarding school, announced they were granted continuing accreditation from the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA CASI). Spring Ridge Academy has maintained its accreditation status since 1999. ACADEMY AT SWIFT RIVER ANNOUNCES: No More Wilderness (October 24, 2003) Academy at Swift River, Cummington, MA, 800-258-1770, announced their Base Camp/ Orientation program, Passages, will re-locate into dorms. While maintaining its core principles, it will be integrated into the Crossroads Program, creating an 8-week program, mostly outdoors during the day, housed indoors at night, with its students primarily interacting with Upper School Peer Mentors and staff. Through a merit system, students can integrate into the main campus as early as three and a half weeks into the program and counseling staff will now begin working with their Peer Group during Passages. For the last two years the Passages program has been directed by Jim Markham, who has an MA in Counseling and Music Therapy at The Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado. The Crossroads Director is Jeremy McGeorge, who has a BA degree in psychology from the University of Arizona and a BS degree in biology from Northern Arizona University. WILDERNESS PROGRAM LOSES LICENSE OVER TEEN'S DEATH (October 26, 2003) According to an Associated Press story reported in the Spokesman Review, October 26, 2003, an administrative law judge revoked the license of Skyline Journey over the death last year of a 14-year-old boy who “collapsed from heat exhaustion in the Utah’s desert.” At the time, owner Lee Wardle did not comment about whether they would appeal the decision. According to the story: “Administrative Judge Sheleigh Harding said Skyline failed to describe the harsh environment of Utah’s west desert and the physical demands on the teens when it asked a Texas doctor to sign off on enrollment for August, who weighted 198 pounds on a 5-foot, 3-inch frame.” The boy had “set out with five other teens and three counselors on a 3-mile trek across the Sawtooth Mountain region July 13, 2002. They had covered little more than a mile over three hours when August refused to hike further. He sat in the sun for an hour before he collapsed and stopped breathing, according to court records…Skyline Journey could still appeal to the state courts.” Watch Woodbury Reports online. CEDU MOUNTAIN SCHOOLS EVACUATED DUE TO FIRES (October 30, 2003) Julia Andrick, 208-265-0607x130 or 208-255-6920 (cell) writes that according to CEDU Education California Executive Director Dr. George Condas, “CEDU High School and Middle School students and faculty have evacuated the campus due to the threat caused by wildfires… [to be] housed in a certified camp in the Calabasas, CA, area approximately two and a half hours northwest of Running Springs [where they] will be able to deliver the CEDU program… Regular communication has been established with the student’s parents and referring professionals”. Calls and enrollment inquires to the CEDU Mountain Schools at their 800-884-2338 number are being routed to Rocky Mountain Academy. “The very latest eyewitness tells us that none of the buildings on campus have been damaged by fire nor have any other structures in the Running Springs area.” Parents are asked not to call except in the case of an emergency. ADELE LOGAN, SHORT RIDGE ACADEMY'S NEW MARKETING DIRECTOR (October 31, 2001) Adam Rainer, Founder and Director of Shortridge Academy, Milton, New Hampshire, 603-755-3096, is proud to announce the addition of Adele Logan, Ed.S., as Director of Marketing. She will be coordinating consultant relations and marketing from her home office in Colorado and can be reached at 303-494-1862. Mike Strader, with eight years of direct counseling experience at Mount Bachelor Academy, also joins in the school as Program Faculty. MASON STOPS BY WOODBURY REPORTS
(October 31, 2003) Ben Mason, M.Ed., CEP, IECA, Charlotte, VT, 802-425-7600, a well known and long time Independent Educational Consultant, stopped by the offices of Woodbury Reports in Bonners Ferry, Idaho during a tour of several adolescent programs in North Idaho and Western Montana. CEDU THANKS DONORS AND SUPPORTERS (October 31, 2003) Cedu and The Brown Schools President and CEO, Robert Naples express “heartfelt thanks to the individuals and organizations that are offering donations and support for our students and faculty from CEDU California who have evacuated the campus… We are presently setting up a fund to which financial contributions may be made to support our California staff, who have evacuated their own homes… some have lost their homes to the fire. We have also received multiple offers of donations of goods… While we are making sure that our students have everything they need, we are also appreciative of any additional support. CEDU Education Director of Family Education and Support Services, Brian MacInnes, is available to help coordinate any offers of donations. He can be reached via e-mail at or at 800-974-1999. In the evening and over the weekend, he can be reached at 208-290-5065. CEDU Mountain School web sites are being updated regularly with new information. www.ceduhighschool.com or www.cedumiddleschool.com. © Copyright 2012 by Woodbury Reports, Inc. |
