Seeking Military Schools or Boot Camps for Troubled Boys in Sterling, Virginia?

While you seek out military schools or boot camps in Sterling, Virginia, perhaps you will look at a residential program 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 ranch specifically designed for at-risk boys.  It is part of Teen Challenge, a highly-endorsed ministry that has been helping teenagers for 60 years. 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 problematic situations is what helps to open the door to break harmful patterns of behavior. Unlike military schools and boot camps you may find near Sterling, VA, we believe that relationships are what make a long-term difference in a boy, not more anger, yelling and force.

Parents register their sons at Treasure Coast Boys Academy from around the country, including from Sterling, Virginia, both to let them grow in a new environment and to benefit from the loving and fun environment they find here. Enrollment is year-round.

You are Seeking for Military Schools or Boot Camps in Sterling, Virginia 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
• 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
• Dark changes in attitude and personality
• Changes in sleep patterns (up well into the night, tired 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
• Sudden bursts of anger
• Lies and cover-ups!
• Dramatic mood swings
• Uncontrolled spending or money from the home disappearing.

Treasure Coast Boys Academy enrolls 50 boys ages 13 to 18 at our residential boarding school on a 30-acre parcel in working ranches and orchards. During our program, we work to develop character, integrity, hard work, and respect. We cultivate 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 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 Sterling, VA

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. We also take the boys on an incredible 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 demonstrate that life can be at the same time adventuresome and positive.

While we hold 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 takes place frequently during the day, in all settings, through conversations with mentors during work or recreation. We place 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 chance to fulfill any missed credits. We have on-campus teachers who support the boy’s education and tutor individual boys. Boys from Sterling, Virginia quickly catch up on missed coursework or work ahead.

It is our conviction that the most important change is a heart change — understanding  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 “at-risk”  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.”  — Parents of a Treasure Coast Boys Academy students convey heartfelt gratitude for the transformation they saw in their son.

To hear more of what families 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 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 Sterling, VA.