This school is committed to how your kid come out as a young adult going into reailty. They deal with the ugly stuff your kid does and is ( we were all that way if we are truthful)and they work with the kid and the family to be better than when they got there. Is it tough? Yep, and so is life

An amazing program. Recently heard the Woodstock campus had unfortunately closed down. I shouldve made more use of the school while I was there. Great school. Instills discipline and positive habits.

The school did amazing things for my son. To avoid sounding to camp, he did arrive there a child and left a caring, smarter and more confident man. He is now following his dream of being a professional musician, and he currently lives in LA and his band just put out their first album. This school is great even if your childs plan is to not go the traditional route to collage, because this school teaches more than academics. It teaches life skills such as character building, and lots of focus on truth. One of their phrases, truth over harmony which has been the guiding light in our family everyday now, and not just for issues involving Tom.

They are the leaders in character-based education. Our son attended the summer leadership program and is now a freshman. I cant say enough about it. Its an incredible place that transforms students and families.

The Hyde school experience has been amazing for us. I would hope that the philosophy spreads culturally. They focus on developing the students character, attitude and effort -- and then they help families to support this at home. Ultimately, they believe, and I agree, that this is the basis of all future achievement. My 17-year-old son has gained a sense of himself that far exceeds the trajectory of where he was at 14. I call this the anti-facade high school experience. The usual situation being that everyone has something that they tout as their strength - i.e. sports, academics, creative arts, etc. and then hopes that no one will uncover their areas of doubt. At Hyde, everyone is expected to participate in a fairly public way in everything - sports, theater, public speaking, academics, music, which would sound terrifying except that everyone has to do it. (Including faculty). As a result, after a while it is not embarrassing and the students support each other; cheer each other on. The students genuinely get to know themselves and one another. There is no cult, the faculty just expect a willingness to look honestly at self and be respectful of one another. The students who refuse at first to be respectful are given work detail on the school grounds or in the kitchen. How bad is that? My son did a lot of it the first year and became a pretty good worker -- he held 3 jobs that following summer. Now he seems to understand the value of being a positive member of society and puts more attention into his academics than ever before. He got a lot of support from older student friends to take care of himself and do better, which is part of the leadership development that they encourage. Now he gets to help newer students. I am so grateful to Hyde, my kid is such a pleasure to be around and I wasnt saying that 3 years-ago.

You dont send your child to Hyde - you send your whole family. Whether your child is struggling or not you should expect transformation. The truth will set you free, but it will make you miserable first and you should be ready to accept that.

They made me do yard work, clean the floors, hike in the woods in the winter as punishment, and I had to camp out on a mountain with a tent for a few days and hike in the freezing cold with barely any resources. The teachers were mean and this school brainwashes kids.

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Thanks for the maps!!