Shortridge Academy

Shortridge Academy is a private co-ed Therapeutic Boarding School, founded in 2002, emphasizing challenging yet supportive college prep academics within a therapeutic community. Located in southeastern New Hampshire with close proximity to both the seacoast and the mountains, Shortridge’s setting and Positive Youth Development model provides students with an ideal environment to further develop their sense of self and strengthen family relationships in an intellectually stimulating learning environment reflective of a traditional boarding school. Shortridge students are bright and engaging young people who have typically gained insight and resiliency in a Wilderness Therapy Program or Residential Treatment Center prior to enrolling. Students and families are well suited to a personalized approach that dovetails therapeutic and academic plans. Although students have previously experienced success, they may have more recent struggles with issues such as: ADHD/Executive Function Issues Mild Learning Differences Academic Struggles Depression Anxiety Low Self-esteem Identity Issues Poor Decision-making Gravitation Towards Negative Peer Groups Adoption Issues Grief and Loss/Post-Acute Trauma Family Conflict and Opposition Mild Substance Abuse Excessive Computer Use/Isolation Gender fluid and LGBTQ students are welcomed. Clinicians receive ongoing training in gender and sexuality issues and the community is committed to kindness, openness, and diversity. Transgendered students are placed in dorms on a case by case basis with input from the student and family considered.