Ensweiler Academy was a seven-year (6-12)

alternative school An alternative school is an educational establishment with a curriculum and methods that are nontraditional. Such schools offer a wide range of philosophies and teaching methods; some have strong political, scholarly, or philosophical orientati ...

of the

Lake Ridge Schools Corporation Lake Ridge Schools Corporation is based in unincorporated area, unincorporated Lake County, Indiana, Lake County, Indiana, United States and serves students within the unincorporated sections of the Calumet Township, Lake County, Indiana, Calum ...

in unincorporated Lake County,

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, United States. It won the Indiana Exemplary Award for

s in

twice (2001 and 2003). It accepted students from the

Highland Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevation such as a mountainous region, elevated mountainous plateau or high hills. Generally speaking, upland (or uplands) refers to ranges of hills, typically from up to while highland (or highlands) is ...

, Lake Ridge, Lake Central, and Whiting school districts. Students were referred from their home school. It closed at the end of the 2009–2010 school year.

References

External links

Ensweiler Academy Official Site
Special schools in Indiana Schools in Lake County, Indiana Education in Gary, Indiana Public high schools in Indiana Public middle schools in Indiana Alternative schools in the United States Educational institutions disestablished in 2010 {{Indiana-school-stub