Trying to Find Military Schools or Boot Camps for Troubled Boys in Chantilly, Virginia?

While you seek out military schools or boot camps in Chantilly, Virginia, perhaps you will look at a therapeutic 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, located near Vero Beach, 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. Rather than 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 detaching from troublesome situations is what helps to begin the process of break destructive patterns of behavior. Unlike military schools and boot camps you may find near Chantilly, VA, we believe that relationships are what make a long-term difference in a boy, not more anger, yelling and force.

Parents register their sons at Treasure Coast Boys Academy from around the country, including from Chantilly, Virginia, both to let them grow in a new environment and to benefit from the loving and fun environment they find here. Enrollment is year-round.

You are Seeking for Military Schools or Boot Camps in Chantilly, Virginia 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)
• Falling grades and disinterst in things he was once interested in
• Isolating from family and clinging to new friends
• Negative changes in attitude and personality
• Changes in sleep patterns (up well into the night, sleeping during the day)
• Consuming way too much food, or way too little, or binging at night
• Fear – thinks everyone in authority is out to get him
• Dilated, red or glazed eyes
• Outbursts 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 located on 30 acres surrounded by ranch and orchard country. In the course of the program, we emphasize character, integrity, hard work, and respect. We cultivate an atmosphere of positive peer pressure. We give boys responsibility for work projects and chapel services on campus to keep them involved in what is their home away from home. We desire to see boys mature in their faith in Christ, and we offer worship, chapel services, bible studies, discipleship, retreats and mission trip opportunities to support that growth. Residents also challenge and support 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 Chantilly, VA

In our program, boys remain physically and mentally active and challenged throughout their stay. 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. Whitewater rafting, hiking, camping, and other adventures demonstrate that life can be simultaneously adventuresome and constructive.

While we offer individual, group, and family counseling in traditional settings, we know that most life-changing conversations tend to take place during outdoor activities and during ordinary situations. Counseling takes place frequently during the day, in all settings, through conversations with mentors during chores or recreation. We put a strong emphasis on mentorship, providing the boys with positive male role models during their time with us.

Our on-campus academy operates year-round to give boys the opportunity to take care of missed credits. We have on-campus teachers who support the boy’s education and tutor individual students. Boys from Chantilly, Virginia quickly catch up on missed coursework or get far ahead.

It is our conviction that the most important change is a heart change — understanding  that Jesus Christ has a purpose and a plan for each individual’s life. Through biblical studies, exciting chapel services, the daily discipline of chores, and consistent attendance in our private school, Treasure Coast Boys Academy gives a once “out-of-control”  teenage boy a second chance at a promising 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 exactly what he needed to get back on track in life. 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 resident express heartfelt thanks for the transformation they saw in their son.

To read more of what families and students are saying, and to learn more about how our boys ranch can bring restoration in your family, we invite you to read our website, then use 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 Chantilly, VA.