The Girls of Alpine Academy

The following is a poem that was written by the father of one of our Alumni students following our recent Annual Alumni Event. We are so touched by his words and thoughts and grateful that he was willing to share them with us and allow us to share them with others....

Letter From a Parent

A year ago today our daughter enrolled at Alpine. It is a day that is still hard for us to think about — we left our fragile, hurting daughter with a group of total strangers, hoping that they could give her the help she so desperately needed. Talk about a leap...

A Good Day

So I teach at risk girls math at a residential treatment center. Tonight was parent conference night. Six hours of talking to parents. The parents of girls who had made bad choices, wreaked havoc in the home, betrayed trust, put themselves and perhaps their families...

The Power of Love

This past week, I thought a lot about love. When I made the decision to go into teaching about 5 years ago, I never could have imagined where that choice would lead me. An all-girls boarding school was certainly not on my radar. Erda, I had never heard of. I didn’t...