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Wellspring Academies (formerly Academy of the Sierras) is a pair of therapeutic boarding schools for overweight and obese children, teens, and young adults, both operated by Wellspring, a division of Aspen Education Group. It is said to be the first weight loss boarding school in the United States.〔Manny Crisostomo, (The Weight ), ''Sacramento Bee'', Special Report, October 2006〕〔Mcclatchy and Blythe Bernhard, (Losing weight in a boarding-school setting; But some question academy’s methods ), ''The Chicago Tribune'', December 3, 2006〕 As of September 2009 Wellspring Academies had two campuses. *The California campus is in Reedley, California, about 30 minutes southeast of Fresno, and has 90 students ages 13–24 (grades 8-12, as well as a college-age program run in conjunction with Reedley College).〔http://www.wellspringacademies.com/cal/index.html, accessed September 14, 2009〕 *A second campus, located in Brevard, North Carolina and known as Wellspring Academy of the Carolinas (or WSCL), has roughly 30 students ages 11–18 (grades 6-11).〔http://www.wellspringacademies.com/car/index.html, accessed September 14, 2009〕 ==History== The Academy of the Sierras was founded in California 2004 by Ryan D. Craig, who also served as the school's first Executive Director.〔 Aspen invested $6.5 million in the start-up. The school's second location in North Carolina was established in 2007.〔Nanci Bompey and Ashley Wilson, (Wellspring: School helps kids slim down ), The Asheville Citizen, April 2008〕 Wellspring Academies closed in January of 2014 due to the economic downturn and the inability of families to pay for the treatment program. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wellspring Academies」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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