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

Heartland Boys Academy accepts underperforming boys from across the U.S., including from Oklahoma. It is non-denominational Christian boarding school that uses adventure as a powerful therapeutic tool for turning around negatively motivated boys. We are an alternative school with a calling to lead struggling teens to achieve their specific purpose, or destiny, in Christ.

Heartland exclusively enrolls troubled or struggling boys. Parents of these boys find it beneficial for their boy to spend time in a new environment here at Heartland that is detached from negative influences back home in Oklahoma. We display love and respect to disrespectful and seemingly unlovable 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 new thinking and motivations where there was once only ungodly motivations and an impasse in the relationship with their parents.

Accredited School for Teens from Oklahoma

To provide a quality education is also our top priority. Heartland Boys Academy is a fully accredited private school that uses a model of independent study with tutelage. Students work through courses at their own pace, with weekly objectives established by tutors based on the student’s chosen course work. Heartland also supports students to prepare for post-secondary goals by helping them prep for college testing.

Students from Oklahoma, who attend Heartland achieve quick progress towards successful high school completion and beyond. Our partnership with Edgenuity produces an educational environment that builds motivation 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 our students reach goals with their coursework. They tutor, answer any questions, and give each student plenty of encouragement. Our teachers are kept informed online how well each student is progressing. Students who fail to keep up or are not understanding a specific topic are helped, but if they are dragging their feet as an act of rebellion, they may lose out on some on-campus privileges like special outings 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 Oklahoma. We are devoted to introducing every student to a relationship with their Maker. We help them find their spiritual gifting and purpose in Christ.

Many Oklahoma teens who come have moved away from their spiritual heritage or have never professed belief in Christ. Heartland offers an open environment for them to take ownership of their faith as they may never have done before. Godly character permeates every aspect of life at Heartland Boys Academy.

Where Teens from Oklahoma, Can Receive Leadership Training

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

Changing the Negative with a Positive Peer Culture

Heartland acknowledges that adolescents and their families in Oklahoma, face huge challenges from the culture. Boys are assaulted by a barrage of negative peer pressure. The Heartland model for change is called Positive Peer Culture (PPC), which states that teens can develop self-worth, significance, dignity, and responsibility only as they become committed 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 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 plays a key role in character development. Every student takes part in 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 are allowed to engage in many activities and new adventure experiences during their stay. Adventure therapy activities at Heartland are where boys learn to listen, learn regulation skills, and push themselves to accomplish challenging fun tasks. The obstacles the boys 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 a therapy know as experiential learning.

Our staff are trained to manage the adventure program in a safe and effective way for boys from Oklahoma. The same guides 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 campus teeming with healing and hope for boys from Oklahoma. We have seen many at-risk and struggling teens transformed into hard-working, respectable adults. We help restore boys 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 call or inquire online today.