Trying to find an alternative for struggling boys in Florida? Perhaps you will look at Heartland Boys Academy, an affordable boarding school in Western Kentucky. Heartland is an adventure-based year-round boarding school serving boys from Florida.

Heartland Boys Academy enrolls troubled boys from across America, including from Florida. It is a faith-based boarding school that uses adventure as a powerful therapeutic method for turning around negatively motivated boys. We are an alternative school with a mission to lead wayward boys to achieve their individual purpose, or destiny, in Christ.

Heartland exclusively works with troubled or struggling boys. Parents of these boys find it constructive for their boy to grow in a new environment here at Heartland that is detached from negative influences back home in Florida. We demonstrate love and respect to disrespectful and unruly 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 failed family relationships.

Accredited Education for Teens from Florida

To provide a quality education is also our top priority. Heartland Boys Academy is a fully accredited high school that operates under a model of independent study with personalized instruction. Students complete courses at their own pace, with weekly objectives set by teaching staff based on the student’s program of study. Heartland also encourages students to work toward post-secondary goals by helping them prep for college testing.

Students from Florida, who attend Heartland achieve quick progress towards successful high school completion and beyond. Our partnership with Edgenuity facilitates an educational atmosphere that spurs a desire to succeed, which gains momentum and encourages students 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 reach goals with their coursework. They tutor, answer any questions, and give each student plenty of encouragement. Our teachers can see at a glance how well each student is progressing. Students who lag behind or are having difficulty with a certain topic are helped, but if they are falling behind as an act of rebellion, they may lose out on some on-campus privileges like special outings until they choose to get caught up.

Heartland’s Spiritual Focus

Spiritual life is the cornerstone characteristic of Heartland Boys Academy. We believe that ultimately Jesus Christ is the only answer for struggling teenagers from Florida. We are dedicated to introducing every boy to a relationship with their Maker. We help them find their spiritual gifting and purpose in Christ.

Many Florida teens who enroll have dismissed their religious heritage or have never professed faith in Christ. Heartland offers a safe place for them to renew or gain their faith, perhaps for the first time. Godly character permeates everything we do at Heartland Boys Academy.

Where Teens from Florida, Can Receive Leadership Training

Besides helping capable students learn to apply themselves academically and spiritually, we provide specific leadership training to unleash the potential in each boy. We teach teens to serve and love other people. Mission trips and community service projects give real life experience and application of the leadership principles taught at Heartland.

Reversing the Negative with a Positive Peer Culture

Heartland knows that adolescents and their parents in Florida, face enormous pressure from the culture. Boys are impacted by a barrage of negative peer pressure. The Heartland plan for change is called Positive Peer Culture (PPC), which asserts that young people can learn self-worth, significance, dignity, and responsibility only as they devote themselves to 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 understand that boys are more open to communicating and learning while enjoying adventure activities, so we use those times to instill positive thinking and to improve their communication skills. It also helps improve 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 is meant to contribute to character maturation. Every boy 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 therapeutic boarding school like Heartland, students get the opportunity to engage in numerous activities and new adventure experiences during their time here. Adventure therapy used at Heartland are where boys learn to listen, learn regulation skills, and push themselves to overcome challenging fun tasks. The challenges students face through our adventure programming are designed 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 called experiential learning.

Our staff are trained to facilitate the adventure program in a safe and effective way for boys from Florida. The same guides who live with students all week, building rapport and making connections, are then able to teach the boys during their adventure activities.

Heartland Boys Academy is a place of healing and hope for boys from Florida. We have been privileged to see many at-risk and struggling boys 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 how our Christ-centered adventure-based therapeutic boarding school program can move your troubled teen toward life transformation. To discover more, please contact us today.