Boulder Creek Academy offers teacher-led individualized learning through fully accredited elective and core class curriculum.
Our approach to treatment helps students develop a well-rounded sense of self and create and sustain healthy relationships while addressing their individual clinical needs.
A typical Boulder Creek Academy student is 13 to 18 years of age who is bright, capable, neurodiverse, exhibiting school avoidance/refusal, and has difficulty sustaining relationships.
At Boulder Creek Academy, animals are a unique part of an educational and therapeutic strategy that helps our students develop important social and emotional skills as they care for and bond with the animals.
Students are given opportunities to engage in fun, challenging adventures such as kayaking and rock climbing to help build-self esteem, discover new strengths and enjoy the company of friends and family.
Boulder Creek Academy is situated on 119 acres at the base of the beautiful Cabinet Mountains. Our campus provides a serene setting for studying, socializing and engaging in hobbies.
Parental involvement is vital to the success of your child at Boulder Creek. We provide numerous opportunities for you to be involved including weekly family therapy via telephone or online video platform, parent workshops, on-campus visits and parent/child adventure trips. These experiences provide you the opportunity to spend quality time with your child and create memories that last a lifetime.
We also offer a simple-to-use online family portal that keeps parents connected with their child’s progress, photos and activities.
Boulder Creek Academy provides you the opportunity to make lasting friendships, gives you a sense of belonging with people who understand you, fun on/off campus activities, bonding with animals, delicious food, while living in cozy cabins.
Boulder Creek Academy is licensed and accredited by a number of institutions including Cognia, the Idaho State Department of Education and more.
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Our NPS financing options allow for reimbursement from your home district your child has a disability that the school district cannot accommodate.
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Learn about the dedicated professionals who work every day to make sure every student and family have an optimal experience with Boulder Creek Academy.
Learn MoreBoulder Creek Academy is a therapeutic boarding school specializing in adolescents 13- 18 whose academic needs are not being met in traditional schools.
Right outside our Learning Center, you can watch the Horsemanship class. What are they doing with the sticky notes? They've been learning the muscles, bones and parts of the horse using a chart...and now they are labeling them on the live horse. Lucky Tux and Sonny!
Commercial Music Class....
Our Science teacher, Frank is quite the talented musician. He shares his passion for music with his students by offering a commercial music class, where budding musicians get to express their creativity and talent, while focusing on music business, songwriting, music theory and notation, audio recording technology, and instrumental and vocal performance.
