How Covid Has Made School Choices More Important
Today’s schools have become the battleground for competing ideologies ripe with modern day politics. From gun control, to Critical Race Theory, to Covid response mandates, to gender theory and the like, our schools have become…
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Shepherd’s Hill Academy Celebrates 20 Years of Healing with Monumental Ground Breaking Ceremony
Martin, GA — Tucked away in the beautiful foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, you will find a serene place of hope and healing for teens in crisis. Founded in 2001, Shepherd’s Hill Academy has…
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Introducing the Shepherd’s Hill Academy Programs to Recover Credits and Accelerate Learning
Shepherd’s Hill Academy is proud to offer a comprehensive credit recovery program for our students. Our program helps students recover credits in a supportive and nurturing learning environment for classes they did not pass during…
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6 Reasons For Teen Outbursts
As parents we understand our children have a complex range of emotions during their adolescent years. But sometimes it is easy to lose track of why they have emotional outbursts in seemingly benign situations. Here…
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Why Teens Lie and What You Can Do About It
Most teens lie to their parents. A 2004 Journal of Youth and Adolescence study of high school and college students found that 82% had lied to their parents at least once in the previous…
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Managing Teen Anger: Tips and Strategies
Your teen’s brain is undergoing some pretty big changes. While the brain is developing rapidly during the teen years, the prefrontal cortex does not finish developing until adulthood. This is significant because the prefrontal…
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