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

While you seek out military schools or boot camps in Lexington, South Carolina, perhaps you will look at a therapeutic boarding school for boys that offers better results, without 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, located near Vero Beach, Florida, is a residential program and school specifically designed for at-risk boys.  It is part of the highly celebrated 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 getting away from troublesome situations is what helps to begin the process of breaking destructive patterns of behavior. Unlike military schools and boot camps you may find near Lexington, SC, 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 Lexington, South Carolina, both to let them spend time in a new environment and to experience the loving and fun environment they find here. Enrollment is year-round.

You are Seeking for Military Schools or Boot Camps in Lexington, South Carolina Because You Likely See these Warning Signs that Something is Wrong with Your Boy’s Behavior

• Profound 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
• Dark changes in attitude and personality
• Changes in sleep patterns (up all hours of 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!
• Dramatic mood swings
• Uncontrolled spending or money from the home disappearing.

Treasure Coast Boys Academy serves 50 teenage boys at our residential boarding school located on 30 acres in working ranches and orchards. During the program, we emphasize character, integrity, hard work, and respect. We cultivate a culture of positive peer pressure. We give boys responsibility for work projects and special events on campus to keep them engaged in what is their home away from home. We desire to see residents grow in their faith in Christ, and we provide worship, chapel services, bible studies, discipleship, retreats and mission trip opportunities to support that growth. Residents 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 Lexington, SC

In the boys ranch, our residents 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. We also take the boys on an incredible wilderness experience in the mountains of North Carolina during the last month of the boys’ stay. Whitewater rafting, hiking, camping, and other adventures demonstrate that life can be simultaneously adventuresome and positive.

While we conduct individual, group, and family counseling in traditional settings, we find 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 a strong emphasis on mentorship, providing the boys with positive male role models during their time with us.

Our on-campus school on the boys ranch operates year-round to give students the opportunity to catch up on missed credits. We have on-campus teachers who support the boy’s education and tutor individual boys. Boys from Lexington, South Carolina quickly catch up on missed coursework or get far ahead.

We believe that the most crucial 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 troubled  teenage boy a second chance at a successful 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.”  — Families of a Treasure Coast Boys Academy students express heartfelt gratitude for the transformation they witnessed in their son.

To hear more of what parents and students are saying, and to discover more about how our boys ranch can offer restoration in your family, we invite you to investigate 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 Lexington, SC.