Looking for Military Schools or Boot Camps for Troubled Boys near Bulls Gap, Tennessee?

While you look for military schools or boot camps in or near Bulls Gap, Tennessee, perhaps you will look at a boarding school for boys that offers better results, absent the drill sergeant and trauma of a boot camp or military school. In fact, he will really like it here while he gets back on track in life.

Treasure Coast Boys Academy, on the Gold Coast of Florida, is a residential program and ranch specifically designed for at-risk boys.  It is part of the nationally acclaimed Teen Challenge program. Instead of the harsh environment of military schools and boot camps, Treasure Coast Boys Academy shows boys the right way to live through example, lessons, counsel, mentoring and team exercises. Also, removing distractions and getting away from troublesome situations is what helps to open the door to break harmful patterns of behavior. Unlike military schools and boot camps you may find near Bulls Gap, TN, we believe that relationships are what make a long-term difference in a boy, not more anger, yelling and force.

Parents enroll their sons at Treasure Coast Boys Academy from across the country, including from Bulls Gap, Tennessee, both to let them experience a new environment and to benefit from the caring and fun environment they find here. Enrollment is year-round.

You are Looking for Military Schools or Boot Camps in Bulls Gap, Tennessee Because You Likely See these Troublesome Signs that Something is Wrong with Your Teenage Boy

• Dramatic changes in his style of clothes, hair, and music
• Hanging out with a bad crowd (a different crowd than they used to)
• Dropping grades and disinterst in things he was once interested in
• Isolating from family and clinging to new friends
• Dark changes in attitude and personality
• Altered sleep patterns (up well into the night, sleeping during the day)
• Consuming way too much food, or way too little, or binging at night
• Paranoia – thinks everyone in authority is out to get him
• Dilated, red or glazed eyes
• Sudden bursts of anger
• Lies and cover-ups!
• Major mood swings
• Excessive money spending or money from the home disappearing.

Treasure Coast Boys Academy enrolls 50 boys ages 13 to 18 at our residential boarding school on a 30-acre parcel in ranch and orchard country. In the course of our program, we focus on character, integrity, hard work, and respect. We promote an atmosphere of positive peer pressure. We give boys ownership in work projects and chapel services on campus to keep them engaged in what is their home away from home. We want to see boys mature in their faith in Christ, and we provide worship, chapel services, bible studies, discipleship, retreats and mission trip opportunities toward that end. Boys also challenge and encourage each other in their faith. Would any of that happen in a military school or boot camp? That’s unlikely.

A Great Alternative to Military Schools and Boot Camps for Boys from Bulls Gap, TN

At Treasure Coast Boys Academy, boys stay physically active and challenged. Our recreational and sports facilities include a well-equipped gym and a professional array of weight machines, soccer field, baseball diamond, basketball court, pool, game room, fishing ponds, and horses. We often go fishing on the Florida waterways and out in the ocean. The highlight of the program is a spectacular wilderness experience in the mountains of North Carolina during the last month of the boys’ time at the ranch. Whitewater rafting, hiking, camping, and other adventures illustrate that life can be both adventuresome and constructive.

While we hold individual, group, and family counseling in traditional settings, we know that most life-changing experiences tend to occur during outdoor activities and in the course of daily life. Counseling takes place frequently during the day, in all settings, through conversations with mentors during chores or recreation. We put great importance on mentorship, providing the boys with positive male role models during their enrollment with us.

Our on-campus academy is in session year-round to give students the chance to catch up on missed credits. We have on-campus teachers who facilitate the boy’s education and tutor individual boys. Boys from Bulls Gap, Tennessee quickly catch up on missed coursework or move ahead.

— believing   Treasure Coast Boys Academy gives a once “out-of-control”  teenage boy a second chance at a hopeful future.  Again, unlike military schools and boot camps, our emphasis and main tool is a change of heart, not fear or breaking of the spirit.

“At Treasure Coast Boys Academy…our son received love, discipline, forgiveness, and persistent mentoring from dedicated staff members. This was a God-send for our broken family…restoring our relationship with our son. It is a place of hope, a place of love, and a place of renewal.”  — Parents of a Treasure Coast Boys Academy students convey heartfelt gratitude for the transformation they witnessed in their son.

To hear more of what families and students are saying, and to discover more about how our boys ranch can offer restoration in your family, we invite you to read our website, then complete our inquiry form or call us today.

Thank you for thinking about Treasure Coast Boys Academy as you seek boot camps and military schools near Bulls Gap, TN.