Domestic Admissions Process | Lake Tahoe Prep

Criteria for Services

Lake Tahoe Preparatory School’s commitment to therapeutic support ensures that all students receive the attention and direction they need and deserve. With numerous forms of counseling and care from certified /licensed experts, we ensure that our students have the tools they need to overcome any obstacles they may encounter on their journeys. We utilize a treatment team approach to case management and have weekly residential life meetings and trainings to continually address our students’ needs.

Following are some behaviors/diagnoses we work with, but do not indicate a comprehensive overview.

Inclusionary criteria:

ADHD and some other neurodiverse diagnoses
Depression
Anxiety
School refusal
Learning differences
Low self esteem
Executive functioning deficits
Self-isolation
School avoidance
Low motivation
Mild substance use
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Level I

Exclusionary criteria:

High Run Risk
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Conduct Disorder
Significant Substance Use/Addictions
Actively Suicidal
Active Eating Disorder or Self-harm
Highly manipulative
Predatory or Violent behavior
Struggling with psychosis

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Lake Tahoe Preparatory School offers rolling admission.
For more information on how to apply, please call: 530-583-8665

Located in California’s beautiful Olympic Valley, Lake Tahoe Preparatory School is a coeducational, college preparatory school serving 80 students in grades nine through 12. Our students benefit from our robust curriculum approved by the University of California, small class size, individualized learning, and access to yearlong outdoor sports. All our students receive a rigorous academic experience designed to meet them where they are in their academic journey.

Lake Tahoe Preparatory School admits students of any race, color, nationality, or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, nationality, or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, and other school-administered programs.