Alpine Academy is a Residential Therapeutic School for girls ages 12-18 with emotional disturbances. Students live on a rural community campus in homes with Family Teachers who are trained and certified in the evidence-based Teaching-Family Model. Students attend a fully accredited school (also on campus) with highly-qualified teachers that are certified in their core subject and Special Education. Students also receive weekly individual, family, and group therapy from Master’s level clinicians.
Alpine was founded in 2001, though is an expression of the work that Utah Youth Village has been doing since 1969. The setting, the sense of place, and the sense of purpose are all great strengths of the program. The school presents an opportunity for girls to start over, to reimagine who they are and what they might become. It follows the Teaching-Family Model, what the APA describes as “one of the few evidence-based residential treatment programs for troubled children” and recognizing its successes in application. In contrast to programs that see behavioural issues as analogous to illness or mental deficit, the T-F model understands those issues as stemming rather from a lack, for various reasons, of positive interpersonal relationships. What Alpine provides, from the moment that girls arrive, is precisely that: a place within an empathetic, supportive, safe community. For some, that alone is transformative. The typical student is one who displays symptoms associated with depression, mood disorders, trauma, attention deficits, and lowered self-esteem. They also all have skills, talents, and academic abilities, because of those symptoms, that have gone unrecognized and unexpressed. Alpine intends to change that, working with students in a close-knit, family styled environment. Their success is evidence in the feel of life on campus—this doesn’t feel like a treatment centre—and the successes of their graduates. The goal of all private schools is to provide a support to a specific segment of the student population, allowing them to reach their potentials in school and in life. Alpine has demonstrated an ability to meet that goal in every way.
Gallery showcasing school life and general photos of Alpine Academy.
Multi-purpose Court
Weight Room
Soccer Field
Dance Room
Art Room
Stage
Academic Center
Residences
Fitness and Arts Center
Living Room
Kitchen
Bedroom
Science classroom
Science classroom
1 of 2 Media Centers
Smart Boards in Math Classrooms
Equine clubs and therapy
Pavillion
School Lunch Room
Meditation Garden
Gallery showcasing specific locations and facilities found at Alpine Academy.
Focus | Special needs |
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Academic | Troubled Teens, Special needs |
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Biology | |
Chemistry | |
Ecology | |
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Physiology | |
Zoology |
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Acting | |
Dance | |
Drama/Theatre | |
Graphic Design | |
Music | |
Visual Arts |
Expressive | |
Disciplined |
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Computer science | |
Robotics | |
Web design |
Flexible pacing style | offered |
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Subject-streaming (tracking) | |
Multi-age classrooms as standard | |
Ability-grouping (in-class) as common | |
Frequent use of cyber-learning (at-their-own-pace) | |
Regular guided independent study opportunities | |
Differentiated assessment |
Full-time programming is offered for all students which is exclusively focused on one or more special needs.
Subject Ttype | offered |
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Learning strategy and study counselling; habit formation | |
Extra support and minor accommodations for children experiencing subclinical difficulties |
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Accommodations | |
Modifications | |
Extra support |
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Curriculum delivery: This information is not currently available.
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Custom subject enrichment (special arrangement) | |
Custom curriculum compacting (special arrangement) | |
Guided independent study (custom gifted arrangement) | |
Cyber-learning opportunities (custom gifted arrangement) | |
Formalized peer coaching opportunities (specifically for gifted learners to coach others) | |
Custom subject acceleration (special arrangement) | |
Career exploration (custom gifted arrangement) | |
Project-based learning (custom gifted arrangement) | |
Mentorships (custom gifted arrangement) |
In grade Gr. 12, Alpine Academy students perform an average of 45 mins of homework per night.
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Alpine Academy | 45 mins | 45 mins | 45 mins | 45 mins | 45 mins | 45 mins |
Site Average | 51 mins | 56 mins | 69 mins | 80 mins | 98 mins | 107 mins |
Academic achievement reporting | Gr. 7 to Gr. 12 |
Competitive sports: N/A
Recreational sports: 10
Alpine Academy offers 14 clubs and extracurricular programs.
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Boarding (International) | US $120,000 |
Scholarship fund is based on donations from Alumni. Application and approval required. Scholarship amount received varies.
Submit application and financial documentation to Scholarship Committee.
For more details, visit:alpineacademy.org/tuition-information/Grades | Gender | Living Arrangement | Enrolment | |
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Group 1 | Gr. 7 to Gr. 12 | All girls | Boarding | 70 |
Total enrolment | 70 |
Average class size | Varies |
% of international students (total enrolment) | N/A |
Number of different nationalities within student population | N/A |
Five-day boarding program offered | N/A |
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Boarding Enrollment | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Assessment | Required | Grades |
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Interview | 7 - 12 | |
SSAT | ||
SSAT (out of province) | ||
Entrance Exam(s) | ||
Entrance Essay |
Boarding students: Rolling
Offer mid-year entry: Yes
Application fee: $0
Registration fee: $0
Deposit: $3,750
Recent (within 1 year) psychologic or psychiatric evaluation, including DSM diagnoses and academic achievement scores.
This is the percentage of applicants typically accepted into the school. So if 50 students are admitted out of 100 applicants, the school has an overall acceptance rate of 50%.
Student Entry Points
This shows approximately how many openings there are likely to be in each grade in a typical year, as well as the estimated acceptance rate for each grade level.
Student Type | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
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Boarding Acceptance (Acceptance rate) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Average graduating class size | 10 |
Students accepted into post-secondary studies upon graduation | N/A |
Percentage of students who attend post-secondary institutions outside of Canada | N/A |
Students who attended a Ivy+ school Number of students in the past 5 years that that attended one of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Stanford, University of Chicago, Oxford or Cambridge (UK) | N/A |
Alpine Academy Graduates’ Post-Secondary Studies:
This information is not currently available.Aggregate of All Schools’ Post-Secondary Studies:
Career planning | |
Internships | N/A |
Mentorship Program | N/A |
University counseling |
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