Florida Panhandle
Gateway Boys Academy
Gender
Boys
Location
Florida Panhandle
Age
12-17
Central Georgia
Pine Mountain Boys Academy
Gender
Boys
Location
Central Georgia
Age
12-17
East Coast Florida
Treasure Coast Boys Academy
Gender
Boys
Location
East Coast Florida
Age
12-17
Boys schools
FOR BOYS (AGE 12-17) WHO ARE STRUGGLING
These boarding schools for boys are nonprofit, faith-based educational solutions for boys struggling with life-controlling problems. Boys receive 24/7 care. There is no cost to apply, and enrollment is year-round.
Kentucky
Heartland Boys Academy
Gender
Boys
Location
Kentucky
Age
12–17
Educational Support
We offer boys a chance to catch up educationally, and to find freedom through a God-given purpose and an eternal hope. We do this through classes, academics, individual study, personal mentoring, and involvement in individually paced studies.
Effective & Affordable!FREE APPLICATION, YEAR-ROUND ENROLLMENT
Character-Building
For boys, Teen Challenge is a holistic character-building program – meaning that we are concerned with the body, mind, and spirit of those who come to us for help. We endeavor to help teens become confident, mentally sound, emotionally balanced, socially adjusted, physically well, and spiritually alive.
Educational and Character Recovery for Struggling Boys
“Teen Challenge boarding schools are effective, lower in cost, and highly caring alternatives to the more expensive therapeutic boarding schools.” — Editors of BestTherapeuticBoardingSchools.com
The Teen Challenge residential programs and schools help boys get back on the right track educationally and mentally, while also learning that they have a higher purpose and calling on this Earth. Teen Challenge surrounds its students all day long with a Christian environment designed to help facilitate life change through our team’s witness and guidance.
Our schools offer an educational program that is fully accredited and tailored to meet students’ specific needs. Students who complete high school receive an official high school diploma. Credits are transferable. On-site teachers track student progress, tutor students, and offer additional aids to learning as needed. Students who give their best effort in academics are recognized for their achievements and may earn additional rewards.
Our Typical Students
When boys start spinning out of control they usually exhibit many different signs which parents need to watch out for. Boys who can most benefit from our program come to us after the parents observe the following changes in their attitudes and behavior:
- • Dramatic changes in appearance and desires
- • Hanging out with the wrong crowd (different friends than they used to have)
- • School tardiness and/or truancies, loss of good grades
- • Isolating from family and old friends
- • Changes in attitude and personality
- • Forsaking previous good goals and activities
- • Experimentation with drugs or alcohol
- • Sudden fits of anger or rage
- • Lies and manipulation
- • Dramatic mood swings
- • Shocking loss of moral compass
About Our Educational Program
Our schools utilize a faith-friendly academic curriculum provided by Edgenuity, a leading provider of learning solutions. This curriculum is designed to give students access to their highest potential with Honors and Advanced Placement (AP) course options and credit recovery for students who have lagged in their education.
Our teachers and counselors also facilitate our faith-based character-building courses with the boys (individually and in groups), a key aspect of our overall program. We utilize landmark curriculum by today’s leading Christian authors and therapists to teach key concepts. Each campus offers unique opportunities to engage in activities to help your teen discover his purpose and value.
Today, what we DON’T teach is almost as important as what we DO teach…
Unlike today’s public schools and schoolbooks, we don’t push a sociopolitical agenda, race theories, gender manipulation, and altered American history. We simply teach the most important skills needed in life and we help our students find real purpose and meaning.
What Leaders Say About Our Boarding Schools
Former Attorney General
John Ashcroft
“I have been a long time support of the work Teen Challenge has accomplished and the help they have provided over the years.”
Former President
Ronald Reagan
“Teen Challenge is effective; it is literally changing the lives of young Americans from every walk of life. The work and dedication of Teen Challenge deserves the commendation of every citizen.”
Founder Focus on the Family
Dr. James C. Dobson
“Organizations like Teen Challenge…have a far better record of dealing with social issues and people in difficulty than do the bureaucrats.”
CEO Chick-fil-A
Dan T. Cathy
“I truly admire Teen Challenge because of its loving, life-giving ministry to individuals who are bound by life controlling issues.”
President
George W. Bush
“Teen Challenge is one of the most successful programs in our country.”
Bestselling Leadership Author
John C. Maxwell
“Teen Challenge offers hope and restoration to individuals by exchanging their distorted views on life with God’s perspectives.”
Past Director AT&T
Jim Blanchard
“I have not seen a more effective ministry in leading hurting people to a life-transforming relationship with Jesus Christ.”
Psychologist and Author
Dr. Kevin Leman
“I wholeheartedly support the efforts of Teen Challenge…they really make a difference in lives and each of us can be proud that they are part of our community.”
Former Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
John P. Walters
“Teen Challenge is doing the job that others only talk about. Teen Challenge is a reputable institution that needs to be highlighted.”
