Congratulations, Kyle

Kyle's was a long journey.  But he stuck with it an ultimately gained his goal.

Congratulations on your graduation, Kyle!  We're proud of you!

Brent's Graduation

Congratulations, Brent!!

"we didn't know how it would go.  we sent him across country and placed him in the trust...of people we thought could do something we could not accomplish at home" ~ Brent's dad

"we all were off and running with this program and our lives were changing" ~Brent's mom

 "success is making mistakes.  you can't be successful if everything is just handed to you...you really feel more successful when you work for it and you know that you earned it." ~ Brent

Good luck in your future Brent!!  We're proud of you!

Happy Day For Jerrad!

Congratulations to Jerrad for his great accomplishment.... Graduation!!!

we're proud of you.  we knew you could do it.  we've seen a lot of changes in you. we've changed also.  -jerrad's dad

i am looking forward to be able to go back to my family...and to be a big brother to my little brother  -jerrad

Well, good luck mom....

and good luck, Jerrad. we'll miss you!!

Marshall's Graduation

Congratulations, Marshall!!

Lance Earned His Diploma

Congratulations, Lance!!

Lance wasn't here long but he worked hard and earned his High School Diploma... Keep up the good work Lance!

David Celebrates a GREAT Day!!

David graduates from Diamond Ranch Academy, and also receives his High School Diploma!!!

 

David's brother Danny was the first speaker of the ceremony.

Colin played and sang a song that he wrote for David.  He did an amazing job!

Troy, one of David's staff, then spoke.  Troy has been a great asset to the students and they have learned a  lot from his example.

Gene addressed the group.  Gene worked with Sage Canyon for over a year and really helped the students prepare a strong life foundation.

David's therapist, Kade, mentioned the pleasure it had been working with David. 

After Kade spoke, both he and Steve presented David with his program certificate.  Any graduate of DRA knows this is an awesome accomplishment!

David's mom....What a proud moment! 

David then spoke, recounting some of the things that he learned on his journey at Diamond Ranch 

 Academy.  Doesn't that graduation robe look great?!?

 

Friday was a great day.  Everyone who attended learned something from the experience.  Great job, David!

Thor Gradutes from DRA!!

CONgratulatIONS, tHoR!!

This was an awesome day for Thor and his family.  Congratulations!! All your hard work paid off.  Now go take on each day...good luck!

Congratulations, Mike!!

lava falls celebrates Mike!

Mike graduated his Program and High School! 

Zack spoke at his ceremony:

"at a lot of graduations people say there's going to be a hole at DRA when this guy or that guy over there leaves.  but you're BIG MIKE, I couldn't say that for you because that would be such an understatement"

"i'm going to tell you guys a story:  one day i wanted to eat some crab legs so i went crabbing.  okay, maybe this never happened... (:  i caught one crab at first and i put it in a bucket but it would just keep climbing out.  i caught another crab and put them both in the bucket, something amazing happened...

anytime one crab would try to escape, the other crab would pull it backwards.  they were trapped in the bucket, not by me but by each other. as i put more crabs in the bucket, the same thing still kept happening.   if the crabs just let go of each other, they could all escape.  but they didn't. they held each other back.

okay, maybe this never happened...(:
(but the moral of the story remains)

 anytime in life that you want to get out of the bucket, or rise above expectations and accomplish something great, there are always going to be people pulling you backwards.  this may have already happened to you here, but you used your free agency and you pulled through anyway, and here you are today, graduating...

never forget free agency.  you always have the right to make your own decisions.  if you make the wrong decisions, you will have to face the consequences.  if you make the right ones you will go far." 

Way to go, Mike.  Good luck!