Green Hill School

Jennifer Redman, Interim Superintendent

375 S.W. 11th Street
Chehalis, WA 98532

(360) 740-3400 (Reception)
(360) 748-0131 (Phone Tree)
(360) 740-3439 (Fax)

About Green Hill School

Green Hill School is a state-operated 180-bed medium/maximum juvenile facility that houses older male youth and young adults. GHS has three 40-room extended care mental health units, two 16-room residential mental health units with acute care wings, a 20-room transition unit, and one 24-room intensive treatment unit. It also has an academic and vocational school, a recreation complex, and several other buildings that provide support services.

Information for Parents, Guardians, and Family

Our mission at Green Hill School is to provide a safe, structured, and secure environment where your youth can learn new skills, develop positive habits, and disengage from the activities that brought them here. Green Hill School program’s foundation is dialectical behavior therapy, which is used to teach and reinforce behavioral expectations. Youth are provided individual treatment plans designed to teach the skills for successfully reintegrating into their communities and families while maintaining a crime-free lifestyle. A typical program consists of individual counseling with an assigned counselor, treatment groups, and academic and vocational education. There are also opportunities for recreation, religious, and cultural programming.

Visitation

Visitation times are from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Family members sign in with security before passing through a screening process to enter the visitor center. Visitors are only allowed to bring in personal identification, $10 in cash for vending machines, and debit/credit cards. There are limited storage lockers, so visitors are encouraged to leave belongings in their cars.

Educational and Vocational Programs

Educational services are provided on-site by Chehalis School District teachers. Students have access to year-round school and can earn their high school diploma or their GED. Vocational programs include welding, auto shop, construction pre-apprenticeship, and hair design. Young people who have completed high school can also enroll in college at Centralia College or Evergreen State College.