Cognia Accreditation
Cascade Academy is a Cognia-accredited junior high and high school, ensuring rigorous quality standards and broad credit recognition across states.
Cascade Academy blends academic rigor with compassionate, individualized instruction, built for bright girls whose anxiety has made school feel harder than it should.
Cognia-accredited academics integrated with therapy, ensuring transferable credits, steady skill growth, and a normalized classroom experience.
Personalized, Cognia-accredited academics aligned with treatment to keep students on track for graduation.
IEP and 504 ready and data informed, with clear, consistent communication to families.
ERP and Recreation Therapy work hand in hand to reduce anxiety and grow self-efficacy.
"Education is more than earning credits—it's learning how to think, solve problems, advocate for yourself, and build the confidence to pursue your future. We are committed to supporting students as they develop the academic skills, executive functioning strategies, and independence necessary to achieve their educational goals, graduate prepared, and thrive in their postsecondary journey."
Transferable credits, Cognia accreditation, and coordination with each student's home state.
Cascade Academy is a Cognia-accredited junior high and high school. Our curriculum maps to national standards so credits transfer smoothly. Cascade Academy can collaborate with a student's home state to support fulfillment of state graduation requirements, enabling students to earn a diploma through their home state. Seniors can earn a Cascade Academy diploma, and our 12-month schedule supports credit recovery, staying on track, or early completion. Small-group instruction is combined with independent study to provide a normalized classroom experience with individualized goals.
Cascade Academy is a Cognia-accredited junior high and high school, ensuring rigorous quality standards and broad credit recognition across states.
Academic planning may be coordinated with students' home states to support fulfillment of graduation requirements and home-state diploma eligibility.
Eligible seniors can earn a Cascade Academy diploma, supporting college admissions, trade programs, and workforce readiness.
Year-round terms with modified class lengths that promote sustained attention and learning retention, supporting credit recovery, steady progress, and flexible pacing.
Small-group classes plus independent study deliver a normalized classroom experience with individualized goals and support.
IEP and 504-aligned instruction, progress monitoring, ERP-informed classrooms, and a blended course model.
At Cascade Academy, academics and therapy work together across the school day. We serve high achievers and students with learning differences through small classes, individualized plans, and data-informed supports.
Support for ASD, ADD/ADHD, anxiety, and processing and learning differences, with sensory-aware strategies, executive-function coaching, and mentor reinforcement.
We honor existing IEPs and 504 Plans and use regular diagnostic assessments to target math, reading, and behavior supports, adjusting quickly as students grow.
Teachers use ERP strategies and mindfulness to lower avoidance, with flexible assessments (tests, projects, presentations, or verbal checks) that show true mastery.
Small-group instruction plus independent study across English, math, science, and social studies, with art, service projects, and vocational options such as culinary arts and gardening.
Bi-weekly parent reports, the Academic Director in weekly Treatment Team meetings, and steady check-ins keep goals aligned and motivation high.
Daily activity and a predictable schedule that reduce anxiety, build self-efficacy, and keep students on track for graduation.
At Cascade Academy, movement is part of the treatment plan. Recreation therapy and physical education are individualized to each student's needs and abilities, and a consistent daily rhythm helps students regulate, focus, and make steady academic progress across a full 12-month calendar.
Recreation therapy and physical education are individualized to each student's needs and abilities. Students stay active through structured movement and earn PE credit while building stamina, stress regulation, and healthy routines.
Planned outdoor recreation experiences connect classroom skills to real-world settings and keep energy positive.
A 12-month schedule with four quarterly terms plus a summer session enables credit recovery, steady pacing, and on-time graduation.
Monday to Friday, 1:00 to 6:00 p.m. provides predictable structure that lowers school-related anxiety and supports executive functioning.
Weekly advisory meetings keep grades and assignments on track, and biweekly community service offers elective credit and purpose through giving back.
Licensed, experienced teachers who blend academic rigor with therapeutic support.
Academic Director
Our instructors at Cascade Academy are licensed or certified in their subject areas and trained to teach within a therapeutic school model. With small classes (1:1 to 1:8), they personalize learning, coordinate IEP and 504 accommodations, and collaborate daily with therapists and mentors. Using ERP-informed strategies, flexible assessments, and clear goals coordinated with each student's home state where appropriate, they help students reduce school-related anxiety, build confidence, and make steady academic progress in our Cognia-accredited program.
View Full ProfileAssistive technology, individualized accommodations, defined instructional and counseling time, and specialized services coordinated to each student's IEP or 504 plan.
On staff
Coordinated as needed
Services are individualized. Specific accommodations and specialized supports are determined by each student's IEP or 504 plan.
AdmissionsIf anxiety has made school feel out of reach, we would love to talk with you about how Cascade Academy can help your daughter learn, grow, and find her footing again.
