Looking for an alternative for troubled boys in Georgia? 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 Georgia.

Heartland Boys Academy enrolls troubled boys from across the U.S., including from Georgia. It is a faith-based boarding school that employs adventure as a powerful therapeutic method for turning around negatively motivated boys. We are an alternative school with a calling to lead struggling boys to achieve their specific purpose, or destiny, in Christ.

Heartland exclusively enrolls troubled or struggling boys. Parents of these boys find it advantageous for their boy to experience a new environment here at Heartland that is away from negative influences back home in Georgia. We display love and respect to disrespectful and seemingly unlovable boys who are in need of a new life perspective including a new spiritual focus in life. Our mentoring and encouragement is meant to bring about new thinking and motivations where there was once only ungodly motivations and failed family relationships.

Accredited Education for Boys from Georgia

Our commitment to a quality education is also a top priority. Heartland Boys Academy is a fully accredited private school that operates under a model of independent study with personalized instruction. Students complete courses at their own pace, with weekly objectives set by instructors based on the student’s program of study. Heartland also encourages students to work toward post-secondary goals by offering assistance with college testing.

Students from Georgia, who come here achieve phenomenal progress towards successful high school completion and beyond. Our partnership with Edgenuity facilitates an educational environment 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 the boys 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 fail to keep up or are having difficulty with a specific topic are helped, but if they are failing as an act of rebellion, they may jeopardize some on-campus privileges like free time until they understand it is better to get caught up.

Heartland’s Spiritual Focus

Spiritual life is the cornerstone component of Heartland Boys Academy. We believe that ultimately Jesus Christ is the only answer for troubled youth from Georgia. We are devoted to introducing every teen to a relationship with their Maker. We lead them toward their spiritual gifting and purpose in Christ.

Many Georgia teenagers who come have moved away from their religious heritage or have never professed faith 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 Boys from Georgia, Can Receive Leadership Training

Besides helping capable students get back on track academically and spiritually, we offer specific leadership training to unlock the potential in each teenager. We teach teens to serve and love each other. Mission trips and community service events provide real life experience and application of the leadership principles demonstrated at Heartland.

Changing the Negative with a Positive Peer Culture

Heartland knows that adolescents and their families in Georgia, 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 states that teens 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 Paramount

Adventure therapy is a key therapeutic feature of Heartland. We understand that boys are more open to communicating and learning while enjoying adventure tasks, so we use those times to instill positive thinking and to develop better communication skills. It also helps improve their ability to work cooperatively with others.

Adventure therapy is a type of experiential therapy that uses challenging adventure activities to aid the therapeutic transformation. It is meant to contribute to character growth. Every teen is a part of our adventure program because of the important values that can be learned. We offer a number of adventure activities including camping, backpacking, rappelling, canoeing, swimming, hiking, hunting, and spelunking (cave exploration).

At a therapeutic school like Heartland, students are allowed to engage in many activities and new adventure experiences during their time here. Adventure therapy activities at Heartland are where boys learn to listen, learn regulation skills, and push themselves to accomplish challenging fun tasks. The obstacles students face through our adventure programming are designed to forge a more positive identity, build character, and create 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 team are trained to facilitate the adventure program in a safe and effective way for boys from Georgia. The same team members who live with students all week, building rapport and making connections, are then able to instruct students during their adventure activities.

Heartland Boys Academy is a place of healing and hope for boys from Georgia. We have seen many at-risk and troubled 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 contact us today.