Seeking out an alternative for struggling boys in South Carolina? Perhaps you will consider Heartland Boys Academy, a low-cost Christian boarding school in Western Kentucky. Heartland is an alternative year-round boarding school serving boys from South Carolina.

Heartland Boys Academy enrolls troubled boys from across the U.S., including from South Carolina. It is a faith-based boarding school that uses adventure as a powerful therapeutic method for turning around troubled boys. We are an alternative school with a calling to lead struggling teens to achieve their individual purpose, or destiny, in Christ.

Heartland exclusively serves 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 separate from negative influences back home in South Carolina. We display love and respect to disrespectful and seemingly unlovable boys who are in need of a new life perspective including a new spiritual focus in life. Our mentoring and encouragement is meant to bring about transformation where there was once only ungodly motivations and an impasse in the relationship with their parents.

Accredited School for Adolescents from South Carolina

To provide a quality education is also our top priority. Heartland Boys Academy is a fully accredited high school that employs a program of independent study with personalized instruction. Students complete courses at their own speed, with weekly objectives set by tutors based on the student’s chosen course work. Heartland also encourages students to prepare for post-secondary goals by helping them prep for college testing.

Students from South Carolina, who attend Heartland achieve quick progress towards successful high school completion and beyond. Our partnership with Edgenuity facilitates an educational environment that builds a desire to succeed, which gains momentum and helps students to do their best. 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 keep up 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 lag behind or are not understanding 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 choose to get caught up.

Heartland’s Spiritual Focus

Spiritual life is the foundational characteristic of Heartland Boys Academy. We believe that ultimately Jesus Christ is the only answer for troubled teens from South Carolina. We are committed to introducing every boy to a relationship with their Maker. We lead them toward their spiritual gifting and destiny in Christ.

Many South Carolina teens who come have dismissed their spiritual heritage or have never professed belief 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 South Carolina, Can Gain 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 each other. Mission trips and community service projects offer real life experience and application of the leadership principles learned at Heartland.

Replacing the Negative with a Positive Peer Culture

Heartland recognizes that teenagers and their families in South Carolina, face enormous pressure 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 young people can develop self-worth, significance, dignity, and responsibility only as they embrace the positive values of serving and caring for others.

Where Adventure Therapy is a Primary Tool

Adventure therapy is a key therapeutic feature of Heartland. We find that boys are more open to discussion and learning while enjoying adventure activities, so we use those times to instill positive thinking and to develop better communication skills. It also helps improve their ability to work cooperatively with others.

Adventure therapy is a type of experiential therapy that uses challenging adventure activities to aid the therapeutic transformation. It plays a key role in character maturation. 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 therapeutic boarding school like Heartland, students are allowed to engage in many 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 overcome challenging fun tasks. The obstacles students 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 called experiential learning.

Our staff are trained to facilitate the adventure program in a safe and effective way for boys from South Carolina. 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 South Carolina. We have been privileged to see hundreds of at-risk and troubled teens 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 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.