| New
Perspectives
- Feb, 1993 Issue #20 |
QUEST
707-895-2613
Boonville, California 95415
Co-Director: Robin C. Harris
Quest is
a nonsectarian school for 16 boys, ages 6 to 18, focusing
on those students whose needs "fall between the extremes of
the College Preparatory school and the Residential Treatment
program." They prefer to work with "families in which the
student is willing to make a commitment to growth and change."
They are a 9-month program following the traditional school
year with a one month summer program. They are most comfortable
with 12-15 students. The following comes from the school's
philosophy statement: "Many of our children are failing to
live up to the hopes and expectations of the adults they once
tried so desperately to please -especially in the classroom.
Some no longer try. For whatever reason -because they are
no longer motivated to achieve or because their learning style
and pace is different from that of their classmates -they
do not measure up. Some demonstrate behavior difficulties
as well, and many are now in a vicious circle. Did their learning
and behavior difficulties have their genesis in a poor sense
of worth, or is their low self-esteem a result of their feelings
of frustration, helplessness and failure? Who can say where
it all began. At Quest, we know that whatever the source of
the problem, our job is to help them break out of the circle
-to help them realize that they have worth, talent and the
potential for success. There is no panacea for this, no magic
formula that works with every boy or girl. Each of our students
is unique, and each requires a slightly different kind of
intervention. Sometimes the breakthrough will happen in the
academic program; usually not."
Copyright
© 1993, Woodbury Reports, Inc. (This article may be reproduced
without prior approval if the copyright notice and proper
publication and author attribution accompanies the copy.)
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