Cascade school

Cascade School was a therapeutic boarding school located in Shasta County, California.

Cascade school
Address
12069 Tintagel Ln, Whitmore Shasta County , California 96096
Coordinates	40°38′21.13″N 121°47′55.76″W
Information
Type	Therapeutic boarding school
Established	1984 (1984)[1]
Closed	January, 2004[2]
Age range	13 to 18
Tuition	$51,000 in the year 2000[3]

History

Cascade was founded in 1984^[4] and enrolled students between the ages of 13 and 18 years, with a capacity for 120 students in Its final years.^[1]

The school used Synanon's attack therapy session known at Synanon as the game.^[5]

Cascade school was accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.^[6]

In October 1985, five students went missing on a hike in Lassen County. Two helicopters took part in the search for the missing students.^[7]

In September 1998, 85 students and staff members were evacuated from the school due to a nearby forest fire that endangered the school.^[8]

The length of their therapeutic programs was between 18 and 23 months.^[9][1] During the program, students would take part in a series of eight therapeutic workshops.^[10] These eight workshops were called propheets and they lasted twenty-four hours.^[11]

In 2002, the school arranged a wilderness trip to the Warner Mountain District.^[12]

The cascade school closed in January 2004.^[2][13] After closure, the campus was sold to Julian Youth Academy.^[14]

Cascade school is mentioned by Paris Hilton in her documentary This Is Paris in 2020.^[15]

Notable alumni

• Paris Hilton^[16][17]
• Sean Wilsey^[18][19]