Looking for Military Schools or Boot Camps for Troubled Boys in Macon, Georgia?

While you look for military schools or boot camps in Macon, Georgia, perhaps you will look at a therapeutic boarding school 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 school 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, eliminating distractions and detaching from troublesome situations is what helps to open the door to break destructive patterns of behavior. Unlike military schools and boot camps you may find near Macon, GA, 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 across the nation, including from Macon, Georgia, both to let them spend time in a new environment and to benefit from the caring and fun environment they find here. Enrollment is year-round.

You are Seeking for Military Schools or Boot Camps in Macon, Georgia Because You Likely See these Troublesome 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)
• 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
• Changes in sleep patterns (up all hours of the night, tired during the day)
• Consuming 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
• Excessive money spending or money from the home disappearing.

Treasure Coast Boys Academy enrolls 50 teenage boys at our residential boarding school on a 30-acre parcel in ranch and orchard country. In the course of the program, we focus on character, integrity, hard work, and respect. We create an atmosphere 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 desire to see young men mature 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 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 Macon, GA

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. 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 simultaneously adventuresome and positive.

While we hold individual, group, and family counseling in traditional settings, we know that most life-changing encounters tend to happen during outdoor activities and during ordinary situations. Counseling is offered frequently during the day, in all settings, through conversations and mentoring during activities and group settings. We put great importance on mentorship, providing the boys with positive male role models during their residence with us.

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

We believe that the most important change is a heart change — knowledge  that Jesus Christ has a purpose and a plan for each individual’s life. Through biblical studies, engaging 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 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.”  — Families of a Treasure Coast Boys Academy students convey heartfelt thanks for the transformation they witnessed 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 explore 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 Macon, GA.