Looking for Military Schools or Boot Camps for Troubled Boys in Greer, South Carolina?

While you look for military schools or boot camps in Greer, South Carolina, perhaps you will consider a therapeutic 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 highly celebrated Teen Challenge program. 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 getting away from problematic situations is what helps to begin the process of break damaging patterns of behavior. Unlike military schools and boot camps you may find near Greer, SC, 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 Greer, South Carolina, both to let them experience a new environment and to experience the caring and fun environment they find here. Enrollment is year-round.

You are Looking for Military Schools or Boot Camps in Greer, South Carolina Because You Likely See these Warning Signs that Something is Wrong with Your Teenage Boy

• 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
• Negative changes in attitude and personality
• Altered sleep patterns (up all hours of 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!
• Dramatic 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 working ranches and orchards. During our program, we emphasize character, integrity, hard work, and respect. We create an environment 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 young men 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 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 Greer, SC

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 breathtaking wilderness experience in the mountains of North Carolina during the last month of the boys’ stay. Whitewater rafting, hiking, camping, and other adventures illustrate that life can be both adventuresome and constructive.

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

Our on-campus academy is in session year-round to give boys the opportunity to take care of missed credits. We have on-campus teachers who facilitate the boy’s education and tutor individual boys. Boys from Greer, South Carolina quickly catch up on missed coursework or work ahead.

— knowledge  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 regular attendance in our private school, Treasure Coast Boys Academy gives a once troubled  teenage boy a second chance at a bright 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. Treasure Coast Boys Academy 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.”  — Families of a Treasure Coast Boys Academy resident convey heartfelt thanks for the transformation they saw in their son.

To read more of what families and students are saying, and to find out more about how our boys ranch can offer 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 Greer, SC.