Abstinence is viewed to be a viable treatment goal. The Academy minimizes claims by psychopharmacologists and neuropsychiatrists that intrapsychic problems are caused by metabolic disorders, genetic imbalances, and cellular deficiencies. Our school asserts personality and affective disorders rarely are cured by medicinal approaches. Feelings of pain, shame, fear and overwhelming loneliness are caused by conscious dysfunctional, dishonest, destructive decisions, not by biological aberrations. The primary goal is to prepare students academically.
Students learn achieve written, verbal and computational proficiency and how to problem solve.
Finally they learn to appreciate intellectual, cultural, aesthetic achievement. The task is to promulgate a way of living that stimulates and inspires learning by encouraging, acknowledging, and rewarding intellectual curiosity and excellence. Students can receive honors credit by doing independent work. Five have doctorates. Four have masters degrees.