I attended Oliverian in the 2017/2018 school year. The last time I wrote a review, the staff contacted me numerous times to delete it. It appears that they don't care to have honest reviews. Please do not send your child here. This is not a safe place. It is part of the Troubled Teen Industry (TTI) (please do some research into this). The school calls it self "alternative" and not therapeutic to try to stray away from looking like a classic TTI place. Many staff there have worked at other TTI programs and the school itself has ties to other TTI programs. For example, Will Laughlin, the head and CEO of Oliverian was the executive director at Auldern Academy, Siler City, NC (it has since been shut down) and the executive director of education at CEDU Schools, Idaho and California. If you do not want to believe survivors based off of their testimonials, some red flags about Oliverian to note are as follows: lack of appropriate biographical information/vague biographical information on key staff members (where are the names of all staff members' significant previous employers?), no credentialed special education teachers, and connections to other questionable programs/facilities. To the staff members working there that actually have a desire to help children: working at an institution such as Oliverian or any other TTI is not the right way to do it. To the parents who have children at Oliverian, please believe your child. The staff lied to my parents numerous times when I tried to tell them what was happening there when I attended (i.e., instances of sexual assault, rampant drug use, faking of drug tests, lack of quality education, lack of physical safety, lack of quality counselors). To the parents who don't know what to do with their "troubled teen", there are many resources to help your child that are backed by research (and don't cost tens of thousands of dollars), rather than sending them to incompetent TTI programs. read more

The Oliverian School was a part of my life for two years straight (including summer school) and I know it will always be a part of my life. It helped me become the person I've always wanted to be. Since graduating I am confident, motivated, and sure of what I want; pretty much the complete opposite of who I was upon arrival. I know that for the rest of my life I have the staff and students of Oliverian to call whenever I'd like, for help or to simply catch up. They all saw me go through my transformation and therefore I feel they know me better than anyone else. The school and community inspired me, yes, but so did the location. Rural New Hampshire taught me to appreciate nature and serenity and really has made me distant from electronic entertainment (although, yes, I'm on the internet right now). But I have not been on Facebook since leaving, and I don't want to be. I would much rather read a book and call up my Oliverian english teacher, Kara, to discuss it. I can't say enough positive comments regarding Oliverian. It is the foundation from which I am now building my whole life. Without it, I would be lost. Thank you, Oliverian! read more

I have been a student at the Oliverian School, and now that I am no longer, I wish I still was. From the time I started there as a freshman at a very young age Oliverian has been my home away from home. Oliverian is hard to describe in words, as there no way to share the wonderous experience and do it it any justice. Here is my attempt to do so. Oliverian is a place were one feels at home, it is a haven from discrimination, and will provide you with the help you require to learn about yourself and to be comfortable with what you find. Not only that but it is a place with a dream as unique as it students, to truly understand and learn from one another not only from the staff.In addition to that there is no place on earth that one can find staff who care more. This is a place that shall be in my memories fondly forever and has provided for me and helped me achieve. MB read more

This is a fantastic school for the right student, and I greatly benefitted from my time here. More than grateful to the kind and caring the staff who clearly put their everything all into helping each and every student who walks through their doors. Wouldn't be where I am today without Oli :) read more