Our Approach

Eastside Academy brings together three pillars of student development  – their education, their mental health care, and their home life – to provide the integrated support necessary for meaningful change. Our approach has been shown to transform the way students see themselves and their future.

Students come to Eastside Academy from a range of challenges. Whether students have struggled with substance use, housing insecurity, avoidance, or other behaviors, the common thread is that our students have not found value and meaning in traditional school environments. Our goal at Eastside Academy is to help students rediscover their sense of hope, purpose, and identity.

We do this through individual and group counseling provided by licensed therapists and by a fresh approach to instruction that re-equips students with tools to be active participants in their learning. Through this process, our students can rediscover their unique value, source of strength, and the opportunity to contribute meaningfully to their own healing and the healing of others.