SASS students are young men and women between the ages of 13 and 19 who have been asked to take a short-term suspension or a “time out” from their school. Usually, the suspension is for violating school rules or policies. Our students are bright, engaging, with many strengths and a promising future. However they may also exhibit some of the following characteristics:

• Poor decision making
• Impulsivity
• Susceptibility to negative peer pressure
• Drug or alcohol experimentation
• Computer/internet misuse
• Poor school attendance
• Social alienation
• Poor school performance
• ADD/ADHD or LD

We do not enroll students who we think are likely to be disruptive to our community.
We do not enroll students with the following issues:

• Risk of danger to self or others
• Schizophrenia, anti social, conduct disorder, psychosis
• Active Eating disorders

Certain medical conditions may be exclusionary.