Seeking Military Schools or Boot Camps for Troubled Boys in Edgewater, Maryland?

While you look for military schools or boot camps in Edgewater, Maryland, perhaps you will look at a boarding school for boys that offers better results, without 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 school 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, avoiding distractions and detaching from troublesome situations is what helps to open the door to break damaging patterns of behavior. Unlike military schools and boot camps you may find near Edgewater, MD, we believe that relationships are what make a long-term difference in a boy, not more anger, yelling and force.

Families enroll their sons at Treasure Coast Boys Academy from around the country, including from Edgewater, Maryland, both to let them grow in a new environment and because of the caring and fun environment they find here. Enrollment is year-round.

You are Seeking for Military Schools or Boot Camps in Edgewater, Maryland 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, tired 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
• Outbursts of anger
• Deception and cover-ups!
• Major mood swings
• Uncontrolled spending or money from the home disappearing.

Treasure Coast Boys Academy serves 50 boys ages 13 to 18 at our residential boarding school located on 30 acres surrounded by ranch and orchard country. During the program, we emphasize character, integrity, hard work, and respect. We promote a culture of positive peer pressure. We give boys ownership in work projects and special events on campus to keep them engaged in what is their home away from home. We desire to see young men grow 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 support 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 Edgewater, MD

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 summit 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 show that life can be at the same time adventuresome and positive.

While we conduct individual, group, and family counseling in traditional settings, we know that most life-changing experiences tend to happen 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 activities. We place great importance on mentorship, providing the boys with positive male role models during their time with us.

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

We believe that the most important change is a heart change — accepting  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 regular attendance in our private school, Treasure Coast Boys Academy offers a once “at-risk”  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 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 resident convey heartfelt gratitude for the transformation they saw in their son.

To read more of what parents and students are saying, and to find out more about how our boys ranch can offer restoration in your family, we invite you to investigate 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 Edgewater, MD.