Montana Academy

Montana Academy
Address
9705 Lost Prairie Road
Marion, Montana 59925
United States
Information
Type Private therapeutic boarding school
Opened 1997
Principal Philip Jones
Grades 8–12
Age range 14–18
Number of students 70
Color(s) Blue and White
Mascot Night Hawks
Team name Nigh Hawks
Rival Summit Prep
Newspaper Montana Academy Gazette or MAG
Affiliations NATSAP
Website www.montanaacademy.com

Montana Academy (John A. McKinnon, MD. Clinical Director and Founder.[1]) is a small coeducational therapeutic boarding school in Marion, Montana with emotional growth and academic programs. [2][3] The school is for students age 14-18 (high school) and enrollment is generally around 70 students.The school caters mostly to drug addicted teens and or victims of assault as well as video game addicts and teens addicted to self harm. The school, and others like it, have faced criticism and controversy from journalists who question the efficacy, safety, and quality assurance of "troubled teen" programs.

Location

Montana Academy is located in Lost Prairie, about forty-five minutes west of Kalispell.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.montanaacademy.com/staff_Public.asp
  2. ↑ http://www.montanaacademy.com/public_emotional_growth.asp
  3. ↑ http://www.montanaacademy.com/public_academic.asp

Further reading

Coordinates: 48°06′34″N 114°52′03″W / 48.10944°N 114.86750°W / 48.10944; -114.86750


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