Searching for an alternative for troubled boys in Wisconsin? Perhaps you will consider Heartland Boys Academy, an affordable Christian boarding school in Western Kentucky. Heartland is an alternative year-round boarding school serving boys from Wisconsin.

Heartland Boys Academy enrolls troubled boys from across America, including from Wisconsin. It is an evangelical boarding school that employs adventure as a powerful therapeutic method for turning around negatively motivated boys. We are an alternative school with a purpose to lead troubled teens to achieve their specific purpose, or destiny, in Christ.

Heartland exclusively serves troubled or struggling boys. Parents of these boys find it valuable for their boy to experience a new environment here at Heartland that is detached from negative influences back home in Wisconsin. We display 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 transformation where there was once only ungodly motivations and failed family relationships.

Accredited School for Boys from Wisconsin

Our commitment to a quality education is also a 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 encourages students to prepare for post-secondary goals by helping them prep for college testing.

Students from Wisconsin, who attend Heartland achieve phenomenal progress towards successful high school completion and beyond. Our partnership with Edgenuity facilitates an educational atmosphere that builds 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 the boys 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 progressing. Students who fail to keep up or are not understanding a certain topic are helped, but if they are dragging their feet 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 struggling teens from Wisconsin. We are dedicated to introducing every student to a relationship with their Maker. We help them find their spiritual gifting and purpose in Christ.

Many Wisconsin teenagers who attend have moved away from their spiritual heritage or have never professed faith in Christ. Heartland offers a safe place for them to take ownership of their faith, perhaps for the first time. Godly character permeates everything we do at Heartland Boys Academy.

Where Boys from Wisconsin, Can Receive Leadership Training

Besides helping capable students get back on track academically and spiritually, we provide 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 demonstrated at Heartland.

Replacing the Negative with a Positive Peer Culture

Heartland knows that teenagers and their parents in Wisconsin, face enormous pressure from the culture. Teens 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 learn self-worth, significance, dignity, and responsibility only as they devote themselves to the positive values of helping 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 talking and learning while participating in adventure activities, so we use those times to instill positive thinking and to improve their communication skills. It also helps improve their ability to work cooperatively 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 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 many 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 the boys face through our adventure programming are designed 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 Wisconsin. The same team members who live with students all week, building rapport and making connections, are then able to mentor the boys during their adventure activities.

Heartland Boys Academy is a campus teeming with healing and hope for boys from Wisconsin. We have seen hundreds of at-risk and struggling boys transformed into hard-working, respectable young men. 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 discover how our Christ-centered adventure-based therapeutic boarding school program can move your troubled teen toward life transformation. To learn more, please call or inquire online today.