I was disturbed by the flagrant anti-mother campaign this school displayed, even from the first intake interview my son had with the rep they sent to our town. She flagrantly snubbed me and flattered him, which is a tactic I'd seen used many times by immature adults. In fact, his insights about her were the first hopeful signs that just being in the cold outside world might help him get a perspective on himself and our family. But it did get better after we finished the intake process. Eagle Rock's has a lot to offer in many ways, and works hard to support kids whose personal and school lives are in disarray. The academic part itself is very good - teachers well trained and caring. but I'm afraid their drop out rate is astonishingly high. I don't know where they get the 80% claim of graduation, unless you start after the wilderness trip, during which kids are dropped basically because they are not yet in good physical condition. Fully half the kids who enter are gone within a few months. To my knowledge very few black kids make it through. I wish there were a school that could take the multi-thousand's of dollars Honda gives them for each child and use it to better advantage. read more

My son graduated from Eagle Rock School! It saved his life and gave him purpose. He became the kind of man he was alwys meant to be. He set a world record in sailing two years ago. He sailed on a 27 foot, forty year old sailboat, solo and non-stop over 27,000 miles around both North and South America, through the Northwest Passage, around Cape Horn, full circle. He raised over 150,000 for a handicapped boating group called CRAB. Since then, he started a non-profit, ocean research organization and has coducted research of the Atlantic Gyre garbage patch in his boat. Anyone who would whine and snivel over some slight she felt by the staff, should look at what ERS graduates have done these past two decades! If you want a great story of adventure, look up Matt Rutherford at www.solotheamericas.org THANK YOU, EAGLE ROCK SCHOOL! read more