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    Sonoma Ecology Center

    3.3 (3 reviews)

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    Hanna Center

    Hanna Center

    (12 reviews)

    I want to stress that this place will teach you skills in life, notably, how to clean, how to deal…read morewith people. This place is great for escaping strife, seeing as you can leave and re-enter so long as you are accepted. You can get out of predicaments, and you can earn a wage here. You can see loads of scholarships as well. My advice is learn to enjoy reading early on, because some of the best use of downtime here is reading, watching movies, sports, and video games. The video games are usually watched by the staff. and they check to see if you are playing too many hours. All day is not accepted, a few hours is expected. Reading will serve you better than anything in the long run. In the end this place seems to be for those seeking to become better in the long-run, or stable in the short term. It is always the choice of the boy whether or not he joins, and so that is not entirely left up to the parent or guardian. This place can be fantastic, but I want to stress the environment. This place is an all boys school for troubled - but motivated youth. That leaves little alternative expectation to fighting. However, those who express an unwillingness to stop bullying and fighting are removed from the atmosphere. The boys at this place mostly have a sense of respect, and so if you fall below that gauge then everyone will hate you, and you would sooner want to leave than finish. It is funny because most people who join here, even I, state that they expected nerds, and weaklings, and there is no logic for that reasoning. Have some respectable traits among troubled boys and you will see yourself no harm. Beyond that the amount of respect the boys have follows to the mentally disabled, because we used to work with them, but not to gay boys, as of yet. There are staff who promote tolerance thereof, but as a whole for an all boys school it is more hated than you might expect, really seeing the given circumstance, so don't kid yourself. You would get along just fine I would say, even admitting this, so long as you don't start staring at someone you really like or making comments thereof. People hold this place to be very chaste and religious, because there are no permanent girls, and the expectations of the traditional conservative style church. Before I end the review I want to state that there is a 1/3 staff to boys ratio, which is high. The place is the staff, and they standardly work tirelessly to maintain top safety and guidance. They keep up with the times, while the church doesn't, of course. They all have training very often, and discussions among themselves encouraging and educating one another, which does bring about some of the best staff you can expect.

    I spent time at Hanna and their Santa Rosa group home from 1976-79. Academics was a strong point…read morehere except for the witch instructed morals class. Truth hurts. They teach at risk youth skills and discipline, but really its only a solution for parents that want to get rid of their kids because they cant handle them. Its great the diocese makes this attempt at helping society, but sending youth off to be in the company of other budding felons just makes them felons. Fights were very common as were sexual assaults from other boys. I didnt witness such improprieties from staff members who were largely very professional. In conclusion my criticism is less with Hanna and more with society in needing such places to begin with. Hanna wont transform your boy and just might make him worse. It could go either way.

    Sonoma Ecology Center - nonprofit - Updated September 2026

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