Trying to Find Military Schools or Boot Camps for Troubled Boys near Somerville, Tennessee?

While you look for military schools or boot camps in or near Somerville, Tennessee, perhaps you will consider a residential program for boys that offers better results, absent the drill sergeant and harshness 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 Teen Challenge, a highly-endorsed ministry that has been helping teenagers for 60 years. 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, avoiding distractions and getting away from problematic situations is what helps to begin the process of break harmful patterns of behavior. Unlike military schools and boot camps you may find near Somerville, TN, we believe that relationships are what make a long-term difference in a boy, not more anger, yelling and force.

Families register their sons at Treasure Coast Boys Academy from around the country, including from Somerville, Tennessee, both to let them experience a new environment and because of the loving and fun environment they find here. Enrollment is year-round.

You are Looking for Military Schools or Boot Camps in Somerville, Tennessee Because You Likely See these Troublesome Signs that Something is Wrong with Your Boy’s Behavior:

• Dramatic changes in his style of clothes, hair, and music
• Friendship 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
• Changes in sleep patterns (up well into the night, sleeping during the day)
• Eating 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 teenage boys at our residential boarding school located on 30 acres in working ranches and orchards. Over the program, we emphasize character, integrity, hard work, and respect. We promote a culture of positive peer pressure. Boys learn through work projects, designed to teach them a work ethic and how to manage their own time and resources. We want to see young men mature in their faith in Christ, and we offer worship, chapel services, bible studies, discipleship, retreats and mission trip opportunities to support that growth. Students 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 Better Option than Military Schools and Boot Camps for Boys from Somerville, TN

At Treasure Coast Boys Academy, we keep boys 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 culmination of the program is a breathtaking 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 find that most life-changing conversations tend to take place during outdoor activities and in the course of daily life. Counseling is offered frequently during the day, in all settings, through conversations with mentors during chores or recreation. We place a strong emphasis on mentorship, providing the boys with positive male role models during their residence with us.

Our on-campus academy operates year-round to give students the occasion to catch up on missed credits. We have on-campus teachers who support the boy’s education and tutor individual boys. Boys from Somerville, Tennessee quickly catch up on missed coursework or work ahead.

We believe that the most important change is a heart change — believing  that Jesus Christ has a purpose and a plan for each individual’s life. Through biblical discipleship, engaging chapel services, the daily discipline of chores, and consistent attendance in our private school, Treasure Coast Boys Academy gives a once “at-risk”  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 thanks for the transformation they saw in their son.

To hear more of what families and students are saying, and to find out more about how our boys ranch can bring restoration in your family, we invite you to investigate our website, then fill out 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 Somerville, TN.