Family Foundation School
| Allynwood Academy | |
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Hancock, NY United States |
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| Type | Private High School |
| Motto | Building Character. Changing Lives. |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Inter-faith |
| Established | 1984 |
| Director | Jeff Brain, M.A. |
| Academic Vice President | Sidney F. Parham, Ph.D. |
| Enrollment | closed |
| Student to teacher ratio | 4:1 |
| Campus | 158 acres (0.64 km2) |
| Color(s) | Blue and Gold |
| Athletics | n/a |
| Mascot | Falcon |
| Average SAT scores | 1250 |
| Website | http://www.allynwood.org/ |
Allywood Academy, formerly the Family Foundation School, was a private, co-educational, college preparatory, therapeutic boarding school located in Hancock, New York. The school was in operation from 1984 through 2014.
The school was founded in the 1980s by Tony and Betty Argiros, who were recovering alcoholics following a twelve-step program. As a part of their own final step in the program, they took into their home young people who were recovering from substance abuse. They became foster parents to many of these adolescents and provided some with homeschooling education. After the number of foster children began to exceed the allowable limit for New York State, they sought and obtained legal status for their home as a licensed school.
Over time, the school grew beyond the Argiros home into a campus that includes a main school building, boys' and girls' dormitories, a chapel, food service, laundry services, art and athletic facilities.
In 2000, the Argiros children assumed control over the day-to-day operations of the school.
In October 2013, the Family Foundation School changed its name to "Allynwood Academy", which the school stated was due to a change in program structure.
Citing a decline in enrollment, the school closed at the end of the 2014-2015 academic year.
The Family Foundation School program was based upon three core goals: maximize academic potential; develop spiritually and emotionally through a 12-step program of recovery; grow and mature psychologically through the 12-Step program as well as group and individual therapies. Students at the school were divided into "families" of roughly 30 students and 6 staff members. The family groups ate together, during which time "Table Topics" served as an opportunity for the group to address any negative issues presented by individual students.
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