Searching for an alternative for troubled boys in Idaho? Perhaps you will look at Heartland Boys Academy, an affordable boarding school in Western Kentucky. Heartland is an alternative year-round boarding school serving boys from Idaho.

Heartland Boys Academy accepts underperforming boys from across America, including from Idaho. It is an evangelical boarding school that uses adventure as a powerful therapeutic method for turning around troubled boys. We are an early intervention school with a calling to lead troubled boys to realize 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 experience a new environment here at Heartland that is detached from negative influences back home in Idaho. We display love and respect to disrespectful and unruly boys who are in need of a new life perspective including a foundational spiritual focus in life. Our mentoring and encouragement is meant to bring about transformation where there was once only negative motivations and failed family relationships.

Accredited Education for Teens from Idaho

Our commitment to a quality education is also a top priority. Heartland Boys Academy is a fully accredited high school that employs 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 chosen course work. Heartland also encourages students to prepare for post-secondary goals by offering assistance with college testing.

Students from Idaho, who come here achieve phenomenal progress towards successful high school completion and beyond. Our partnership with Edgenuity facilitates an educational atmosphere that spurs motivation to succeed, which gains momentum and helps students to reach their full potential. 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 keep up 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 doing. Students who fail to keep up or are not understanding a certain topic are helped, but if they are dragging their feet 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 cornerstone characteristic of Heartland Boys Academy. We believe that ultimately Jesus Christ is the only answer for troubled youth from Idaho. We are committed to introducing every boy to a relationship with their Maker. We help them find their spiritual gifting and destiny in Christ.

Many Idaho teens who come have rebelled against their religious heritage or have never professed faith in Christ. Heartland offers an open environment for them to renew or gain their faith as they may never have done before. Godly character surrounds every aspect of life at Heartland Boys Academy.

Where Teens from Idaho, Can Receive Leadership Training

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

Reversing the Bad Attitudes with a Positive Peer Culture

Heartland knows that teenagers and their parents in Idaho, face huge challenges from the culture. Teens are surrounded by a barrage of negative peer pressure. The Heartland plan for change is called Positive Peer Culture (PPC), which believes that teens can learn self-worth, significance, dignity, and responsibility only as they become committed to the positive values of helping and caring for others.

Where Adventure Therapy is Paramount

Adventure therapy is a primary therapeutic feature of Heartland. We understand that boys are more open to talking and learning while participating in adventure tasks, so we use those times to instill better 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 growth. Every boy takes part in our adventure program because of the important values 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 numerous 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 meant to forge a more positive identity, build character, and create a sense of accomplishment. Students do not just participate in the activity; they reach for a goal and accomplish it. This is a therapy know as experiential learning.

Our staff are trained to facilitate the adventure program in a safe and effective way for boys from Idaho. 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 campus teeming with healing and hope for boys from Idaho. We have been privileged to see hundreds of at-risk and troubled boys transformed into hard-working, respectable graduates. 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.