Beginning Your Journey
Students come to Spire from different places, programs, and situations, as well as for a variety of reasons. For example, they may be withdrawing at home, underachieving at school, or having difficulty regulating their emotions or coping with day-to-day situations. Alternatively, a stressful life event or previously unidentified diagnosis may also be contributing to feelings of low self-esteem and lack of motivation. For students facing these challenges, the Spire School provides a constructive approach to getting a side-tracked individual back onto a positive path as both a student and contributing member of his or her community.
For students who have successfully completed an intensive intervention at a therapeutic wilderness program or short-term hospitalization, Spire can help facilitate reintegration to life at home by providing a local school option. Under these circumstances, Spire offers ongoing life coaching and coordinates with parents, outside therapists, and others to ensure that the student is well supported and primed for academic success.
The Spire School can also be an ideal placement for those individuals who have completed placements at a therapeutic boarding school (TBS) or a residential treatment center (RTC). By providing supportive and academically challenging programs, Spire students continue to utilize the skills they learned while away from home in a more local and comfortable environment.
Moving On
Whether transitioning to a new middle or high school, college, gap year, work environment, or therapeutic setting, the Spire staff works collectively with the student, family, and sending district (if applicable), to make certain that this process is clear, thorough, and best meets the student’s needs.