Bromley Brook School
Encyclopedia
Bromley Brook School is a therapeutic boarding school
in Manchester Center, Vermont
, for teenage girls who were not functioning at traditional schools. The school is owned and operated by the Aspen Education Group
. Bromley Brook was mentioned in The New York Times
.
In March 2011, Aspen announced that the school would close at the end of the 2010-2011 academic year.
Some enrichment classes include:
Therapeutic boarding school
A therapeutic boarding school , alternatively known as an emotional growth boarding school, is a boarding school based on the therapeutic community model that offers an educational program together with specialized structure and supervision for students with emotional and behavioral problems,...
in Manchester Center, Vermont
Vermont
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...
, for teenage girls who were not functioning at traditional schools. The school is owned and operated by the Aspen Education Group
Aspen Education Group
Aspen Education Group is an American, for-profit business organization that operates a variety of therapeutic treatment programs for troubled adolescents, including wilderness therapy programs, residential treatment centers, therapeutic boarding schools, and weight loss programs. Aspen is a...
. Bromley Brook was mentioned in The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
.
In March 2011, Aspen announced that the school would close at the end of the 2010-2011 academic year.
History
Bromley Brook School was established in 2004. Enrollment averaged about 80 students. In March 2011, Aspen Education Group announced that the school would close at the end of the 2010-2011 academic year as part of a restructuring of Aspen's operations. At the time of the announcement, there were 57 students enrolled and about 45 employees.Arts/enrichment
Students must take at least three enrichment classes. Enrichment classes start on Thursday afternoons and end on Saturday mornings.Some enrichment classes include:
- Goal 1 Experience
- Photography 1, 2 and 3
- Photoshop
- Acting
- Painting
- Color and Design
- Beading
- Culinary
- Mixed Media
- Videography
- Fashion Design
- Knitting
- Body Sculpting
- Ceramics
- Still Life