Trying to find an alternative for struggling boys in Vermont? 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 Vermont.

Heartland Boys Academy enrolls underperforming boys from across America, including from Vermont. It is a faith-based boarding school that employs adventure as a powerful therapeutic method for turning around negatively motivated boys. We are an alternative school with a calling to lead wayward teenagers to achieve their specific purpose, or destiny, in Christ.

Heartland exclusively works with troubled or struggling boys. Parents of these boys find it constructive for their boy to grow in a new environment here at Heartland that is separate from negative influences back home in Vermont. We demonstrate love and respect to disrespectful and difficult boys who are in need of a new life perspective including a foundational spiritual belief system. 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 Academics for Teens from Vermont

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 teaching staff based on the student’s program of study. Heartland also supports students to work toward post-secondary goals by helping them prep for college testing.

Students from Vermont, who attend Heartland achieve phenomenal progress towards successful high school completion and beyond. Our partnership with Edgenuity produces an educational atmosphere that spurs motivation 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 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 are kept informed online how well each student is doing. Students who fail to keep up or are not understanding a certain topic are helped, but if they are falling behind as an act of rebellion, they may jeopardize some on-campus privileges like free time until they choose to get caught up.

Heartland’s Spiritual Focus

Spiritual life is the cornerstone characteristic of Heartland Boys Academy. We believe that ultimately Jesus Christ is the only answer for troubled teens from Vermont. We are committed to introducing every student to a relationship with their Maker. We help them find their spiritual gifting and destiny in Christ.

Many Vermont teenagers who come have dismissed 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 surrounds everything we do at Heartland Boys Academy.

Where Teens from Vermont, 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 child. We teach teens to serve and love others. Mission trips and community service opportunities give real life experience and application of the leadership principles taught at Heartland.

Reversing the Bad Attitudes with a Positive Peer Culture

Heartland knows that teenagers and their families in Vermont, face enormous pressure from the culture. Boys are assaulted 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 become committed to the positive values of helping and caring for others.

Where Adventure Therapy is Paramount

Adventure therapy is a primary therapeutic feature of Heartland. We understand that boys are more open to talking and learning while participating in adventure tasks, 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 form of experiential therapy that uses challenging adventure activities to aid the therapeutic transformation. 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 a number 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 designed 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 team are trained to manage the adventure program in a safe and effective way for boys from Vermont. The same team members who live with students all week, building rapport and making connections, are then able to instruct students during their adventure activities.

Heartland Boys Academy is a place of healing and hope for boys from Vermont. We have seen many at-risk and troubled boys 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 how our Christ-centered adventure-based therapeutic boarding school program can lead your troubled teen toward life transformation. To discover more, please call or inquire online today.