“Almost overnight, he metamorphosed from a disgruntled outsider to a kid with a purpose, and, even more remarkably, he developed a nearly insatiable appetite for knowledge. Lee not only survived the adolescent experience, he thrived and grew up in ways that Michelle and I could never have imagined. Almost overnight, he metamorphosed from a disgruntled outsider to a kid with a purpose, and, even more remarkably, he developed a nearly insatiable appetite for knowledge. The role that CCAS (Holden) played in his maturation was instrumental and we will be forever in their debt. They not only helped to educate Lee, they gave him validation as a person.”

— Parent of Holden Graduate