A week ago, a student here at Cascade Academy asked me if we could do Kintsugi in Art Class. I wasn’t familiar with that form of art, so I looked it up. She told me that her therapist told her…
Christa McAuliffe Space Center Cascade Academy students had the opportunity to go to the Christa McAuliffe Space Center in Pleasant Grove, Utah. The Christa McAuliffe Space Center opened in 1990 as a way to immerse students in space education. The…
Anxiety is a complicated disorder. The brain of an anxious person is focused on self-preservation. As triggers push one’s system into a sympathetic response mode, they are forced to prioritize their surrounding threats, asking themselves the following questions: Am “I”…
Annette is a Utah transplant who grew up in a military family and lived in many places and countries throughout her childhood. She came to Utah from Texas to attend college and obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education…
Cascade Academy recently celebrated two years of operations in April of 2022. Since opening during the height of Covid, Cascade Academy has been established as a clinically sophisticated treatment option for adolescent girls struggling with anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)…
Service underpins our values at Cascade Academy. While our students are with us, they have the opportunity to provide service to their friends, peers and the local community. This service-oriented mentality leads our students to develop behavior that extends beyond…
Cascade Academy is proud to announce that we have achieved our Joint Commission Accreditation. For those unfamiliar with the process, Joint Commission Accreditation is considered the “Gold Star” awarded only to programs, schools and healthcare facilities that meet the highest…
Our mentors serve at the forefront of everything we do here at Cascade Academy. As mentors they have direct contact with our students throughout each day. As they coach and direct our students, they are the first to know about…
Cascade Academy began with a dream of treating adolescent girls suffering with severe anxiety. Adolescent girls are three times more likely to experience anxiety than boys.