Newspaper Spotlights Bethel Grad’s Triumph Over Adversity

Bree Thom grew up in a household riven by drug addiction, but she decided she wanted something better. Her search led her to Bethel Acceleration Academy, where she found a learning community that helped her become her best self and, in December, earn her high school diploma. The Tacoma-based News Tribune recently published a feature story on Bree, fellow grad and adopted brother Israel Phillips and BAA staff member Starr Phillips, a.k.a. Mom. Read the full story here.