Trying to find an alternative for troubled boys in California? Perhaps you will look at Heartland Boys Academy, an affordable boarding school in Western Kentucky. Heartland is an alternative therapeutic boarding school serving boys from California.

Heartland Boys Academy enrolls underperforming boys from across America, including from California. It is non-denominational Christian boarding school that uses adventure as a powerful therapeutic tool for turning around negatively motivated boys. We are an alternative school with a mission to lead struggling teens to realize their specific purpose, or destiny, in Christ.

Heartland exclusively serves troubled or struggling boys. Parents of these boys find it advantageous for their boy to spend time in a new environment here at Heartland that is away from negative influences back home in California. We display love and respect to disrespectful and seemingly unlovable boys who are in need of a better life perspective including a new spiritual belief system. Our mentoring and encouragement is meant to bring about transformation where there was once only ungodly motivations and an impasse in the relationship with their parents.

Accredited Academics for Teens from California

Our commitment to a quality education is also a top priority. Heartland Boys Academy is a fully accredited private school that employs a model of independent study with personalized instruction. Students work through courses at their own pace, with weekly goals set by teaching staff based on the student’s program of study. Heartland also encourages students to prepare for post-secondary goals by helping them prep for college testing.

Students from California, who attend Heartland achieve quick progress towards successful high school completion and beyond. Our partnership with Edgenuity produces an educational environment that builds motivation to succeed, which gains momentum and encourages the boys to do their best. Edgenuity is certified by COGNIA, the highest accrediting body for schools in the United States.

While the Edgenuity program is intuitive and self-paced, our own certified on-campus teachers make sure that our students keep up their coursework. They tutor, answer any questions, and give each student plenty of encouragement. Our teachers are kept informed online how well each student is progressing. Students who lag behind or are having difficulty with a certain topic are helped, but if they are failing as an act of rebellion, they may jeopardize some on-campus privileges like fun times until they understand it is better to get caught up.

Heartland’s Spiritual Focus

Spiritual life is the foundational aspect of Heartland Boys Academy. We believe that ultimately Jesus Christ is the only answer for struggling teenagers from California. We are devoted to introducing every student to a relationship with their Maker. We lead them toward their spiritual gifting and purpose in Christ.

Many California teens who attend have rebelled against their religious heritage or have never professed belief in Christ. Heartland offers an open environment for them to take ownership of their faith, perhaps for the first time. Godly character permeates everything we do at Heartland Boys Academy.

Where Teens from California, Can Receive Leadership Training

Beyond helping capable students get back on track academically and spiritually, we present specific leadership training to unleash the potential in each teenager. We teach teens to serve and love other people. Mission trips and community service opportunities offer real life experience and application of the leadership principles learned at Heartland.

Changing the Negative with a Positive Peer Culture

Heartland recognizes that adolescents and their families in California, face huge challenges from the culture. Boys are impacted by a barrage of negative peer pressure. The Heartland model for change is called Positive Peer Culture (PPC), which asserts that teens can develop self-worth, significance, dignity, and responsibility only as they embrace the positive values of helping and caring for others.

Where Adventure Therapy is a Primary Tool

Adventure therapy is an important therapeutic tool of Heartland. We find that boys are more open to communicating and learning while participating in adventure activities, so we use those times to instill positive thinking and to develop better communication skills. It also facilitates improvement in their ability to work in synch with others.

Adventure therapy is a form of experiential therapy that uses challenging adventure activities to aid the therapeutic healing process. It plays a key role in character development. Every student takes part in our adventure program because of the valuable life skills that can be learned. We offer many kinds of adventure activities including camping, backpacking, rappelling, canoeing, swimming, hiking, hunting, and spelunking (cave exploration).

At a therapeutic school like Heartland, students enjoy being able to engage in many activities and new adventure experiences during their stay. Adventure therapy used at Heartland are where boys learn to listen, learn regulation skills, and push themselves to accomplish challenging fun tasks. The challenges the boys face through our adventure programming are meant to forge a more positive identity, build character, and develop a sense of accomplishment. Students do not just participate in the activity; they learn how to do it themselves. This is a therapy know as experiential learning.

Our team are trained to manage the adventure program in a safe and effective way for boys from California. The same team members who live with students all week, building rapport and making connections, are then able to mentor the boys during their adventure activities.

Heartland Boys Academy is a campus teeming with healing and hope for boys from California. We have been privileged to see hundreds of at-risk and struggling teens transformed into hard-working, respectable young men. We help restore teens to their families; healthy, confident, and spiritually and academically on track. Call (888)300-2830 to learn more today, or fill in our online inquiry form.

To discover discover how our Christ-centered adventure-based therapeutic boarding school program can move your troubled teen toward life transformation. To learn more, please call or inquire online today.