Provo Canyon School
Provo Canyon School (PCS) is a residential treatment center for teenagers with two campuses in Utah. The boys' campus is in Provo and the girls' campus is in Orem. An associated program for younger students, called Sommerset, is operated in Springville, Utah. The primary focus of the programs is residential treatment for emotionally troubled youth.
Provo Canyon School is owned and operated as a subsidiary of Universal Health Services, Inc., which bought the school from Charter Behavioral Health Systems in 2000.
Notable alumni include Paris Hilton, who attended Provo Canyon for about one year when she was a teenager.
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