Seeking out an alternative for troubled boys in Michigan? Perhaps you will consider Heartland Boys Academy, an affordable boarding school in Western Kentucky. Heartland is an alternative year-round boarding school serving boys from Michigan.

Heartland Boys Academy enrolls troubled boys from across America, including from Michigan. It is a faith-based boarding school that uses adventure as a powerful therapeutic method for turning around troubled boys. We are an early intervention school with a purpose to lead wayward teenagers to realize their specific purpose, or destiny, in Christ.

Heartland exclusively serves troubled or struggling boys. Parents of these boys find it constructive for their boy to experience a new environment here at Heartland that is away from negative influences back home in Michigan. We display love and respect to disrespectful and unruly boys who are in need of a better life perspective including a new spiritual focus in life. Our mentoring and encouragement brings about transformation where there was once only ungodly motivations and failed family relationships.

Accredited Academics for Boys from Michigan

Our commitment to a quality education is also a top priority. Heartland Boys Academy is a fully accredited high school that uses a program of independent study with personalized instruction. Students complete courses at their own pace, with weekly goals set by instructors 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 Michigan, 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 helps the boys 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 progressing. Students who lag behind or are not understanding 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 fun times until they understand it is better to get caught up.

Heartland’s Spiritual Focus

Spiritual life is the cornerstone aspect of Heartland Boys Academy. We believe that ultimately Jesus Christ is the only answer for struggling teens from Michigan. We are devoted to introducing every boy to a relationship with their Maker. We help them find their spiritual gifting and destiny in Christ.

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

Where Boys from Michigan, Can Gain Leadership Training

In addition to 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 other people. Mission trips and community service projects give real life experience and application of the leadership principles taught at Heartland.

Replacing the Negative with a Positive Peer Culture

Heartland recognizes that teens and their parents in Michigan, 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 believes that young people can develop self-worth, significance, dignity, and responsibility only as they devote themselves to the positive values of serving and caring for others.

Where Adventure Therapy is Paramount

Adventure therapy is a key therapeutic tool of Heartland. We understand that boys are more open to discussion and learning while enjoying adventure activities, so we use those times to instill better thinking and to develop better 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 transformation. It is meant to contribute to character maturation. Every boy participates 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 are allowed to engage in various 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 accomplish challenging fun tasks. The challenges the boys 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 called experiential learning.

Our staff are trained to facilitate the adventure program in a safe and effective way for boys from Michigan. The same guides 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 Michigan. We have been privileged to see many at-risk and struggling teens 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 contact us through our online inquiry form.

To discover discover how our Christ-centered adventure-based therapeutic boarding school program can lead your struggling boy toward life transformation. To learn more, please contact us today.