Welcome to Asheville Academy…

Our highly experienced staff has been helping girls in Troubled Youth Boarding School settings for years with positive results. Our accredited and professional staff  provide a safe, nurturing, and therapeutic boarding school to help troubled youth.  We can help your young girl, too.

Let our Therapeutic Boarding School for troubled youth help your find solutions to your behavioral problems.

Administration Team

Bryan Tomes

Executive Director, Owner/Founder

Bryan has been leading girls’ therapeutic middle schools for over 7 years. He began as a classroom teacher at New Leaf Academy (NC) in 2004, quickly became lead teacher, and was academic director before his second full year. He is now utilizing his unique experience designing and implementing therapeutic programs to help create Asheville Academy for Girls, in beautiful, rural Weaverville (15 miles north of Asheville).

His primary focus, other than his job, is his family. With his wife and six year-old son, he explores all that Western North Carolina has to offer; hiking, arts and crafts, music, and sports.

Kathryn Huffman

Director of Admissions, Founding Partner

With more than fifteen years in the industry, Kathryn has extensive experience working with struggling adolescents and pre-adolescents in residential and wilderness settings. Kathryn’s background includes helping to develop, and providing admissions support, for the first wilderness program in the country specifically for 10 to 13-year-olds, and serving as a founding member and Admissions Director for a personal development boarding school for girls ages 10 to 14.

With her long history of serving this population, as well as having two young daughters of her own, Kathryn recognizes the necessity and value in providing families and their loved ones with a safe, nurturing and fun environment that recognizes and addresses the unique developmental needs of our specific age group.

She considers it a privilege and a treat to be part of a caring organization dedicated to helping young girls and their families improve relationships and achieve healthy, happy, and fulfilling lives. In her free time, Kathryn enjoys reading, movies, yoga, jumping rope and losing at Wii to her two daughters, Ellie (age 10) and Frances (age 9).

Therapeutic Team

We combine individual and group sessions with a variety of clinical approaches to ensure the most comprehensive and integrated experience.

Every aspect of what we do at Asheville Academy is done through a therapeutic lens.  Every member of our team works together to help create success for our young girls.

To see our Therapeutic School Clinical Staff, click here>>.

Academic Team

Asheville Academy’s academic team provides an innovative curriculum that recognized differential learning styles.  Our team works closely together and with the clinical staff to ensure each student receives individual attention.

Academic success for your child starts with our qualified and caring staff.

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Health & Wellness Team

We recognize the relationship between emotional and physical health for our at risk youth.  At Asheville Academy we eat well, learn about food, and play sports and games, too, in order to get active and move more.

With an on-site nurse and chef, our students receive the benefits of improved mood, outlook, and self-confidence by being healthier.

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Residential Team

Our residential team is the glue that holds together our residential therapeutic boarding school approach.  This team is responsible for getting our students ready for the day and ensuring a safe and supportive environment is present for our students.

The residential team maintains a focus on helping students make behavioral changes and work closely with administrative, clinical, and academic team.

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