Looking for Military Schools or Boot Camps for Troubled Boys in Parkersburg, West Virginia?

While you search for military schools or boot camps in Parkersburg, West Virginia, perhaps you will consider a 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 the nationally acclaimed 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 make possible break harmful patterns of behavior. Unlike military schools and boot camps you may find near Parkersburg, WV, 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 across the country, including from Parkersburg, West Virginia, 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 Parkersburg, West Virginia 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
• Friendship 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, 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
• Sudden bursts of anger
• Lies and cover-ups!
• Dramatic mood swings
• Uncontrolled spending or money from the home disappearing.

Treasure Coast is a troubled teen boys ranch that enrolls 50 boys, ages 12 to 17, at our residential boarding school on a 30-acre parcel in ranch and orchard country. During the program, we work to develop 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 residents mature in their faith in Christ, and we provide worship, chapel services, bible studies, discipleship, retreats and mission trip opportunities to support that growth. Boys also stretch 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 Parkersburg, WV

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 breathtaking 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 illustrate that life can be both adventuresome and positive.

While we conduct individual, group, and family counseling in traditional settings, we know that most life-changing conversations tend to occur 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 a strong emphasis 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 students the opportunity to fulfill any missed credits. We have on-campus teachers who facilitate the boy’s education and tutor individual students. Boys from Parkersburg, West Virginia quickly catch up on missed coursework or work ahead.

We believe that the most crucial 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 gives a once “out-of-control”  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. 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 resident convey heartfelt gratitude for the transformation they saw in their son.

To hear 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 Parkersburg, WV.