Academy at Swift River

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{{Infobox school

| logo = Swiftriver logo top.png

| address = 151 South St

| city = Cummington

| county = Hampshire

| state = Massachusetts

| zipcode = 01026

| country = United States

| established = 1997

| founder = Tim Brace

| closed = 2013

| headmaster = Rudy Bentz{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/10/us/desperate-measures-a-special-report-embattled-parents-seek-help-at-any-cost.html | title=DESPERATE MEASURES -- A special report.; Embattled Parents Seek Help, at Any Cost | work=The New York Times | date=10 September 2001 | last1=Rimer | first1=Sara }}

| age_range = 14 to 18

| enrollment = 65

| tuition = $5000 (2005){{cite book |last1=Marcus |first1=David L |title=What It Takes to Pull Me Through: Why Teenagers Get in Trouble and How Four of Them Got Out |date=5 September 2006 |publisher=Harper Paperbacks |isbn=9780618772025 |page=3 }}

| picture = PlainfieldMA FormerSwiftRiverAcademy.jpg

| picture_caption = Academy at Swift River in 2016

}}

The Academy at Swift River, also known as ASR, was a coeducational therapeutic boarding school for teenagers, located in Plainfield and Cummington, Massachusetts. Established in 1997 and closed in 2013, it was a part of the Aspen Education Group, which in turn is owned by Bain Capital's CRC health group.

The school's student population was described as "bright but underachieving kids" with a variety of behavioral problems. The majority of students use prescribed psychiatric medications. ASR was in session year-round and offered a college preparatory curriculum for high school grades 9 to 12.[http://www.swiftriver.com/our_program/academics/curriculum.htm Curriculum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090103004205/http://www.swiftriver.com/our_program/academics/curriculum.htm |date=2009-01-03 }}, Academy at Swift River website, accessed April 7, 2009 Total enrollment was about 55 students.[http://www.swiftriver.com/for_wilderness_professionals/facts.htm Program Facts] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081231180749/http://www.swiftriver.com/for_wilderness_professionals/facts.htm |date=2008-12-31 }}, Academy at Swift River website, accessed April 7, 2009

The school was the focus of the 2005 book What It Takes To Pull Me Through: Why Teenagers Get in Trouble and How Four of Them Got Out by journalist David Marcus.{{Cite book |last=Marcus |first=David L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cz09rtWGqMAC |title=What It Takes to Pull Me Through: Why Teenagers Get in Trouble and How Four of Them Got Out |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |year=2006 |isbn=9780618772025 |publication-date=2006 |language=en |format=Paperback |oclc=1036921615}}