Cascade school

Cascade was founded in 1984{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18048757 |title=Peterson's guide to independent secondary schools, 1988-89 |date=1988 |publisher=Peterson's Guides |others=Greg Muirhead |isbn=0-87866-740-7 |edition=9th |location=Princeton, N.J. |page=628 |oclc=18048757}} and enrolled students between the ages of 13 and 18 years, with a capacity for 120 students in Its final years.{{Cite web |date=2004-03-06 |title=Program Details |url=http://www.natsap.org/program_details.asp?id=18 |access-date=2023-05-08 | publisher=National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040306082456/http://www.natsap.org/program_details.asp?id=18 |archive-date=2004-03-06 }}

The school used Synanon's attack therapy session known at Synanon as the game.{{Cite book |last=Rose |first=Armida Nagy |title=Choir of Cloistered Canaries A Historical Novel |publisher=Page Publishing |year=2020 |isbn=9781646284856 |publication-date=7 October 2020}}

Cascade school was accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.{{Cite web |date=2003-02-13 |title=Cascade School - Academics - Boarding School - College Preparatory - K-12 |url=http://cascadeschool.com/academics.htm |access-date=2023-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030213030343/http://cascadeschool.com/academics.htm |archive-date=2003-02-13 }}

In October 1985, five students went missing on a hike in Lassen County. Two helicopters took part in the search for the missing students.{{Cite news |date=1985-10-23 |title=Five Teenagers missing near lassen |pages=3 |work=Ukiah Daily Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123190025/five-teenagers-missing-near-lassen/ |access-date=2023-04-20}}

In September 1998, 85 students and staff members were evacuated from the school due to a nearby forest fire that endangered the school.{{Cite news |date=1988-09-19 |title=Clipped From Ukiah Daily Journal |pages=1 |work=Ukiah Daily Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123189658/ukiah-daily-journal/ |access-date=2023-04-20}}

The length of their therapeutic programs was between 18 and 23 months.{{Cite web |date=2003-08-06 |title=About Cascade School - boarding school - year-round - California |url=http://www.cascadeschool.com/aboutcascade.htm |access-date=2023-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030806051345/http://www.cascadeschool.com/aboutcascade.htm |archive-date=2003-08-06 }} During the program, students would take part in a series of eight therapeutic workshops.{{Cite book |last=Weaver |first=Alison |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/226280120 |title=Gone to the crazies : a memoir |date=2008 |publisher=Perennial |isbn=978-0-06-137401-2 |location=New York |oclc=226280120}} These eight workshops were called propheets and they lasted twenty-four hours.{{Cite book |last=Wilsey |first=Sean |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/67290176 |title=Oh the glory of it all |date=2006 |isbn=0-14-303691-2 |location=New York, N.Y. |oclc=67290176}}

In 2002, the school arranged a wilderness trip to the Warner Mountain District.{{Cite news |title=Article clipped from Feather River Bulletin |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/feather-river-bulletin/124261400/ |access-date=2023-05-08 |newspaper=Feather River Bulletin|date=17 April 2002 |page=26 }}

The cascade school closed in January 2004.{{Cite news |title=Article clipped from Record Searchlight |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/record-searchlight/124260601/ |access-date=2023-05-08 |newspaper=Record Searchlight|date=28 May 2005 |page=9 }}{{Cite news |title=Article clipped from Record Searchlight |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/record-searchlight/124260997/ |access-date=2023-05-08 |newspaper=Record Searchlight|date=28 May 2005 |page=10 }} After closure, the campus was sold to Julian Youth Academy.{{Cite web |last=Mendez |first=Mat |date=2011-11-11 |title=UPDATE: Shasta County Woman Arrested For Killing Secret Baby; Infant Found Mummified |url=https://krcrtv.com/archive/update-shasta-county-woman-arrested-for-killing-secret-baby-infant-found-mummified |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=KRCR |language=en}}

Cascade school is mentioned by Paris Hilton in her documentary This Is Paris in 2020.{{Cite web |date=2020-10-05 |title=Like Paris Hilton, I Am A Survivor Of A Troubled Teen Treatment School And It Was A Nightmare |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/paris-hilton-this-is-paris-provo-canyon_n_5f79dfbec5b64cf6a251c23c |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=HuffPost |language=en}}

• Paris Hilton{{Cite web |date=2023-03-17 |title=In new book, Paris Hilton recalls abuse at the hands of former Provo Canyon School staff |url=https://www.deseret.com/utah/2023/3/17/23639840/paris-hilton-book-abuse-at-provo-canyon-school |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=Deseret News |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2020-10-05 |title=Like Paris Hilton, I Am A Survivor Of A Troubled Teen Treatment School And It Was A Nightmare |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/paris-hilton-this-is-paris-provo-canyon_n_5f79dfbec5b64cf6a251c23c |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=HuffPost |language=en}}
• Sean Wilsey{{Cite news |last=Kakutani |first=Michiko |date=2005-05-27 |title=A Rich Boy's Poor Childhood |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/27/books/a-rich-boys-poor-childhood.html |access-date=2023-05-09 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite book |last=Wilsey |first=Sean |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/67290176 |title=Oh the glory of it all |date=2006 |isbn=0-14-303691-2 |location=New York, N.Y. |page=288 |oclc=67290176}}

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• {{Official website|http://www.cascadeschool.com/aboutcascade.htm}}

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