Recovery High Schools turn the most powerful force impacting students – peer pressure – from a negative to a positive. Recovery Schools report that students’ academic performance is significantly improved because of the cessation of drug/alcohol use. Recovery High Schools have been shown to be the most successful method for achieving long-term recovery among adolescents. Forty-six Recovery Schools in the United States report long-term sobriety of over eighty percent among their students.
Recovery is a process of hope and healing that thrives in the positive peer communities of Recovery Schools. Research has shown that youth who have received substance use disorder treatment and enrolled in a Recovery High School are more likely to attend daily, graduate, and more likely to maintain recovery than their peers who returned to their community high schools.
Florida Recovery Schools of Tampa Bay, Inc. is a natural extension of the work provided by Drug Court, Drug Treatment Centers and 12 Step Programs. It is an answer to the call sent out by parents desperate for an ally to help save their community, protect their children, and foster growth and achievement to ensure bright futures. Due to socioeconomic challenges for our students, our educational and therapeutic services are offered to all students and families. Students have an opportunity to learn coping skills and participate in positive peer group activities and mental health counseling that can lead to healthier individuals, families, and communities. This school includes the holistic approach with environmental sustainability.
Our holistic care for our students includes the fact that their environment needs to be something that renews them.
We believe that students achieve higher levels of academic success if they are engaged meaningfully and given the opportunity for choice, so student-centered and inquiry-based learning are central to our curricula. We seek to create a community of learners that ignites academic passion in the individual as well as fosters social connections between students sharing a recovery journey. We foster volunteerism through learning because “giving back” is a core step of the 12-step program, and research has shown that it has a positive impact on a student’s personal, social and cognitive outcomes.
Florida Recovery Schools of Tampa Bay, Inc. aims to be a beacon of hope and provide wraparound services to the families and students. A place where children’s histories are honored. A safe, connected community that honors the whole child and collaborates with the family to bring growth and healing. A true collaborative community that honors that voice of the children and families and matches the need with evidence-based competencies to affect lasting change.
Florida Recovery Schools of Tampa Bay, Inc. in Pasco County will educate students ages 14-19 in recovery from substance use disorder. All students enrolled must be in recovery and working a program of recovery as determined by the student and school. We are a strength-based program that is solution focused.
