"The single best year of my life, because more than any other single year, it was filled with the most personal growth. In this day and age of teaching self-esteem, FMA students will earn theirs."
--Julie W.
Gramling,
South Carolina
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"I left with a toolkit of experience and confidence that has helped me get around the traps which I have seen so many dive headlong into."
--Baker W.
Charlotte,
North Carolina
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At Freedom Mountain Academy we offer teens -- whether at the high end of the spectrum, or those who are losing interest in school -- a chance to be excellent at something ... to reawaken the belief in themselves they once held as little children. We built Freedom Mountain Academy (FMA) and established our unique Work/Study/Adventure curriculum to allow all of our students numerous opportunities to prove themselves to be worthy, productive people, both in and out of the classroom.
Located amid the beautiful mountains of northeast Tennessee, FMA provides a secure, healthy haven for teens in transition through a safe, structured program that combines academic study with farm work and mountaineering adventure.
FMA provides students with:
- A fine, traditional education relevant to life in the world today.
- Small classes with one-on-one, personal attention.
- Close-knit relationships between students and teachers.
- A healthy, safe, and structured environment.
- Pleasant private rooms in a rustic yet comfortable lodge.
- Staggered schedules and continual activity that channel energy and enthusiasm in productive ways, producing greater personal growth.
FMA is a place where teens will develop:
- An expanded feeling of self-confidence without arrogance.
- A heightened sense of earned self-esteem without excess pride.
- Greater resourcefulness in both physical and mental tasks.
- A sense of freedom and independence of thought and action.
- A realization that real freedom requires greater responsibility.
- An appreciation, even enjoyment, of hard, meaningful work.
- An understanding of how human beings, and the world, function.
- Increased physical and mental stamina -- and less lethargy.
In a family-style, secluded mountain environment students learn to live cooperatively with other students from across America, forming lasting and profitable friendships. The students are in the mountains, earning basic survival and life-enhancement skills. They're on the farm, learning how to take care of animals, grow food, and maintain the buildings and grounds. They're learning ecological skills from the ground up -- realities, not theories. They are also in the classroom, studying a classically inspired curriculum from a modern perspective.
Here on our farm/campus, students work closely with instructors, in the mountains and on the farm, where the artificial barriers of many classrooms are removed. In this supportive, well-supervised environment, they experience the importance of teamwork as they develop greater confidence and self-respect through the shared demands of meaningful work.
And along the way, your teenager is developing relationship skills, independence, and personal responsibility as well as teamwork and cooperation, all as indispensable parts of a well-rounded, whole approach to life.
An Invitation to Visit Us
In Our Beautiful Mountain Valley
The best way for you to decide whether or not your child can flourish at FMA is to arrange for a visit. We schedule time over the summer for parents to see FMA, meet our staff, and tour the farm/campus. When you call we can advise you of the best route to take.
For those too far away for convenient driving, the closest airport is Tri-Cities Airport near Bristol, Tennessee. Tri-Cities is located approximately one and a half hours from our campus, which is six miles north of the small town of Mountain City.
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