Searching for an alternative for troubled boys in Pennsylvania? 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 Pennsylvania.

Heartland Boys Academy enrolls underperforming boys from across the U.S., including from Pennsylvania. It is a faith-based boarding school that employs adventure as a powerful therapeutic tool for turning around negatively motivated boys. We are an alternative school with a mission to lead wayward teens to fulfill their specific purpose, or destiny, in Christ.

Heartland exclusively enrolls troubled or struggling boys. Parents of these boys find it constructive for their boy to experience a new environment here at Heartland that is separate from negative influences back home in Pennsylvania. We display love and respect to disrespectful and unruly boys who are in need of a better life perspective including a foundational spiritual belief system. Our mentoring and encouragement is meant to bring about transformation where there was once only negative motivations and an impasse in the relationship with their parents.

Accredited Education for Teens from Pennsylvania

To provide a quality education is also our top priority. Heartland Boys Academy is a fully accredited high school that operates under a program of independent study with personalized instruction. Students complete courses at their own speed, with weekly goals established by instructors 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 Pennsylvania, who attend Heartland achieve quick progress towards successful high school completion and beyond. Our partnership with Edgenuity produces an educational atmosphere that spurs a desire to succeed, which gains momentum and helps the boys to do their best. Edgenuity is certified by COGNIA, the highest accrediting body for schools in America.

While the Edgenuity program is intuitive and self-paced, our own certified classroom teachers make sure that our students 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 having difficulty with a specific topic are helped, but if they are dragging their feet as an act of rebellion, they may jeopardize 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 foundational aspect of Heartland Boys Academy. We believe that ultimately Jesus Christ is the only answer for struggling youth from Pennsylvania. We are committed to introducing every student to a relationship with their Maker. We lead them toward their spiritual gifting and destiny in Christ.

Many Pennsylvania teenagers who enroll have moved away from their religious heritage or have never professed belief in Christ. Heartland offers a safe place for them to take ownership of their faith, perhaps for the first time. Godly character surrounds every aspect of life at Heartland Boys Academy.

Where Teens from Pennsylvania, Can Gain Leadership Training

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

Changing the Bad Attitudes with a Positive Peer Culture

Heartland acknowledges that teens and their parents in Pennsylvania, 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 asserts that teens can develop 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 an important therapeutic feature of Heartland. We find that boys are more open to communicating and learning while participating in adventure activities, so we use those times to instill positive thinking and to develop better communication skills. It also facilitates improvement in their ability to work in synch with others.

Adventure therapy is a type of experiential therapy that uses challenging adventure activities to aid the therapeutic healing process. It is meant to contribute to character maturation. Every student is a part of our adventure program because of the important values that can be gained. 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 get the opportunity to engage in various 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 overcome challenging fun tasks. The obstacles the boys 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 learn how to do it themselves. This is called experiential learning.

Our staff are trained to facilitate the adventure program in a safe and effective way for boys from Pennsylvania. 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 place of healing and hope for boys from Pennsylvania. We have seen many at-risk and struggling boys transformed into hard-working, respectable adults. 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.

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