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

Heartland Boys Academy accepts troubled boys from across America, including from Ohio. It is non-denominational Christian boarding school that employs adventure as a powerful therapeutic method for turning around troubled boys. We are an early intervention school with a mission to lead wayward boys to fulfill their individual purpose, or destiny, in Christ.

Heartland exclusively works with troubled or struggling boys. Parents of these boys find it valuable for their boy to spend time in a new environment here at Heartland that is separate from negative influences back home in Ohio. We show love and respect to disrespectful and seemingly unlovable boys who are in need of a better life perspective including a foundational spiritual focus in life. Our mentoring and encouragement brings about new thinking and motivations where there was once only ungodly motivations and an impasse in the relationship with their parents.

Accredited School for Adolescents from Ohio

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 goals established by tutors based on the student’s chosen course work. Heartland also supports students to work toward post-secondary goals by offering assistance with college testing.

Students from Ohio, who come here achieve quick 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 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 classroom 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 doing. Students who lag behind or are not understanding 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 foundational aspect of Heartland Boys Academy. We believe that ultimately Jesus Christ is the only answer for troubled teens from Ohio. 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 Ohio teens who enroll have moved away from their religious heritage or have never professed faith in Christ. Heartland offers an open environment for them to renew or gain their faith, perhaps for the first time. Godly character frames everything we do at Heartland Boys Academy.

Where Adolescents from Ohio, Can Gain Leadership Training

In addition to helping capable students learn to apply themselves academically and spiritually, we present specific leadership training to unleash the potential in each student. 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 demonstrated at Heartland.

Reversing the Negative with a Positive Peer Culture

Heartland acknowledges that adolescents and their parents in Ohio, face enormous pressure from the culture. Boys are surrounded by a barrage of negative peer pressure. The Heartland plan for change is called Positive Peer Culture (PPC), which asserts 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 primary therapeutic feature of Heartland. We find that boys are more open to talking and learning while participating in adventure activities, 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 plays a key role in character growth. Every teen is a part of our adventure program because of the valuable life skills that can be gained. We offer many kinds of adventure activities including camping, backpacking, rappelling, canoeing, swimming, hiking, hunting, and spelunking (cave exploration).

At an adventure therapy program like Heartland, students get the opportunity to engage in various 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 challenges students 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 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 Ohio. The same team members who live with students all week, building rapport and making connections, are then able to teach students during their adventure activities.

Heartland Boys Academy is a place of healing and hope for boys from Ohio. 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 how our Christ-centered adventure-based therapeutic boarding school program can guide your struggling boy toward life transformation. To discover more, please contact us today.