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Horizon Academy
Appreciation Letters
I am a mother with a son who currently attends
Horizon Academy. My son has been at Horizon Academy since
July 10, 2005.
I visited Horizon the day before I admitted my son. The drive was
600 miles round trip, but I felt compeled to visit the facility prior
to admitting my son. I was given a tour and met a lot of the
staff. The facility was very clean and the grounds were well
groomed. I was impressed with the computer room, kitchen,
dining area, library room, office, and the teens rooms. More
than that, I was impressed with the structure they have for
the teens. I saw the staff sitting at the same
table with the teens during lunch. The atmosphere was relaxed
. As I looked at their smiling faces, I knew it would be the
family environment my son needed. They would be my son's family
during a ciritical time in his life.
Horizon Academy is not an institution where you place your child to
deal with their issues until they are eighteen. It is so much
more than that. It is a life changing experience for the teens as
well as the parents. The staff really know my son. He has
constant supervision with caring people that have his interest at
heart. They have a program that really works. I have met
five teens that have graduated from the program. What
an awesome experience.
I had exhausted every resource I could think of at
home. I spent many hours wondering how I could help my son.
I could see him destroying his life before my eyes but was helpless to
help him. Now I know he is safe and getting the help he
truly needs. He has changed so much in the last three
months. He now sees a hopeful future in front of
him. He has a long way to go but Horizon Academy has the staff
and program in place that he needs to succeed.
Thank you Horizon Academy for being there for my son and I.
Janet J. |
Dear Concerned Parents,
We have been where you are today. Searching
for answers. Wanting nothing but the very best for my child who
was struggling. There were several issues between my child
and I that took us to the point of desperation.
Before enrolling my daughter in the facility I had to ask myself a couple of questions.
Could she receive the structured care and support from a local program?
Do we want to bury our child?
Am I doing this to promote a healthy and happy future for her and the family?
Is this the situation that would benefit her self worth to ensure proper decision making skills?
I began to question whether or
not it was the right thing to push her into this type of situation
where she will acquire the skills needed to succeed.
I thought to myself, she is headed down a path of
destruction. Her behavior was disturbing to my husband and I . The
entire family unit was in disarray most of the time.
We decided to be pro active in her
future and be a positive role model for her and my other children.
I enrolled my daughter in Horizon Academy.
Horizon teaches respect,
honesty, and self discipline just to name a few. The changes that
have occurred to our relationship is amazing. She talks to us
respectfully and there is a huge difference in her attitude. She can
honestly tell me how she feels and all her inner thoughts. We are very
confident there is not a better facility around. It is better
knowing she is safe and getting the help she needs on a daily
basis.
Leaving your child at a boarding care facility is
not easy. I know I have been there but it is the single most important
decision you will ever make for yourself, your child, and the rest of
the family unit. This is a journey that will enrich the life of the
entire family. If you need someone to relate to the Family Support
System is always available and there to help.
Best Regards,
Christie W.
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Dear Parent Considering Horizon Academy:
We know first hand how hard it can be to come to the
point where you finally realize your best efforts to change or control
your child’s actions are not working. You know you have to do something
for the safety and well-being of your child and your family. You
have likely researched alternatives that will give your child a hope of
a successful future, because you love him or her and only want the best
for them. Horizon Academy is one such alternative and we strongly
believe it can be the right choice for you just like it has been for us.
In early July 2005, we came to the realization that
we had to do something to stop our sixteen-year-old daughter’s
self-destructive behavior. Her personal choices were placing her own
future and even her life in jeopardy, as well as, nearly destroying our
family from the stress and worry.
We were not aware that options, such as Horizon,
even existed until we ran across a web site in our search for help.
Less than a week after we learned about the school we visited for a
tour. We were very surprised when we arrived to find that Horizon had
only been open a few weeks and that the facility is essentially all
new. We were impressed with the staff and the structure that had been
established to teach and guide the students through the behavioral
change process. We met a number of staff members on our visit, and they
all were professional, competent, experienced, and most of all caring.
If we were to entrust our daughter to someone else’s care for an
extended period of time, we had to believe it was more than a “job” to
them. We left with the impression that many of the key staff at Horizon
were investing a large part of their life to make a difference in the
lives of troubled teens.
We drove our daughter to Horizon on July 16, 2005.
To say the least, when she realized we were leaving her there, she was
extremely angry with us. It was the hardest thing we have ever had to
do, but we have no regrets now!
The behavioral change program that is applied at
Horizon works! Over the last three months we have slowly seen the
loving, bright child emerge from the stranger that had been living in
our home. Our daughter loves the school, is excited about her progress
and has a second chance and hope for a great future now.
We highly recommend Horizon Academy for your
“troubled teen”. We firmly believe that the relatively small size of
the school is a big benefit. With the current level of enrollment, the
staff is able to develop closer relationships with all of the students,
which we believe helps to facilitate faster growth and change in the
students.
We are very happy with the communications we have
been having with the school. The initial bi-weekly, and now weekly,
phone calls help us to feel connected on a more personal note than just
the weekly letters we receive from our daughter.
We wholeheartedly recommend Horizon to any parent
that has realized they need help with changing their child’s
self-destructive behavior. We feel God led us to Horizon and is using
this school to work a miracle in our daughter’s life!
Sincerely,
Kerry and Gwen R.
Las Vegas, NV |
Dear Jackson-
The time leading up to our enrolling our son at Horizon Academy was
intensely difficult and challenging. We honestly did not know
what steps to take for the betterment of our child. He was quickly
becoming a young man and unfortunately was not making the best of
choices. We knew his life was in jeopardy and wanted to alter his
course of action. There are many choices for parent/s in this
situation. There are many schools and programs addressing these
problems. My wife and I made an earnest effort investigating the
possibilities. Horizon Academy was recommended to us by a student
who progressed through a network related school. He had a most
positive experience with Luke Hallows. I had two lengthy
discussions with Luke, prior to making our decision, and felt very
impressed with his understanding of our situation and his commitment to
the ultimate and positive change of the students in his school.
Shortly thereafter, my wife and I made the all too difficult decision
of enrolling our son in the program at Horizon. Since day one of
our son’s enrollment we have felt a peace we have not felt in
years. We did not want to “get rid of our son”. We love him
immensely and wanted him to be in an environment that hopefully would
alter his thoughts and actions in a way that would give him his life
back and enable him to see the world in a different light. There
was also the hope that he would then see his parents and his family in
a positive light as well.
I feel that we have made an excellent choice enrolling him at
Horizon. The program has been challenging and effective thus far,
yielding a result even more positive at this point in time than we had
expected. The administration, officers and counselors/teachers
have taken a real and honest interest in our son’s development.
The contact with yourself and our family representative has been
excellent. The communication of his activity and progress has
kept us keenly aware of his development.
I would like to thank you for taking such good care of him. I look
forward to holding him once again, confident that he is on the right
track.
Thank you and best regards-
Steve |
To: Horizon Academy
For us making a decision to send our child to
Horizon Academy was a very hard one. This is someone that we are used
to taking care of and making sure he was ok. We wanted the best for
him. There came a point where Horizon Academy was our last option
because nothing else had worked. We began to understand that if we
don’t do this now then he will throw away his life and we would always
regret not doing EVERYTHING we could.
We were greeted at the school with people that were warm, caring and
passionate about what they did. They helped us understand that this is
not just a school or a “jail” like it sometimes seems to be but simply
a place where our child can start all over and concentrate on himself.
He would have the support of all the staff in his journey to become
what we know he wants to be. I was always hesitant about the school
even when we were on the way there but by visiting the school and
speaking with the staff face to face made me feel like I have made the
right choice for my child’s future.
This wasn’t a way for us to push something onto
someone else and not have to worry about it. We are very involved in
the process every step of the way. By doing the things that the
school wants us to do as parents, our child understands that we are
working with him to better his future. This was his last chance at a
great future and we don’t regret any part of it. It’s an emotional
process but there is nothing better than getting letters from your
child saying he knows why he’s there and that he wants to change.
Horizon Academy makes the effort to make sure you feel like you are
right next to him during his journey.
When he’s done, he can look back at the process and
say that the school saved his life and that makes it worth everything.
Respectfully,
Alexandra Z. |
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