Looking for Military Schools or Boot Camps for Troubled Boys in Windsor Mill, Maryland?

While you look for military schools or boot camps in Windsor Mill, Maryland, perhaps you will look at a residential program 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, on the Gold Coast of 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 Windsor Mill, MD, 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 Windsor Mill, Maryland, 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 Looking for Military Schools or Boot Camps in Windsor Mill, Maryland Because You Likely See these Warning Signs that Something is Wrong with Your Teenage Boy

• Profound 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 well into 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
• Lies and cover-ups!
• Major mood swings
• Excessive money 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 surrounded by working ranches and orchards. Over our program, we work to develop character, integrity, hard work, and respect. We promote an atmosphere of positive peer pressure. We give boys responsibility for work projects and special events on campus to keep them involved in what is their home away from home. We desire to see teens grow in their faith in Christ, and we provide worship, chapel services, bible studies, discipleship, retreats and mission trip opportunities toward that end. 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 Windsor Mill, MD

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

While we hold individual, group, and family counseling in traditional settings, we find that most life-changing encounters tend to occur during outdoor activities and during ordinary situations. Counseling takes place frequently during the day, in all settings, through conversations and mentoring during activities and group settings. 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 facilitate the boy’s education and tutor individual students. Boys from Windsor Mill, Maryland quickly catch up on missed coursework or get far ahead.

It is our conviction that the most important change is a heart change — believing  that Jesus Christ has a purpose and a plan for each individual’s life. Through biblical discipleship, exciting 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 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. 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.”  — Parents of a Treasure Coast Boys Academy students express heartfelt gratitude for the transformation they witnessed in their son.

To read more of what parents and students are saying, and to learn more about how our boys ranch can offer restoration in your family, we invite you to investigate our website, then fill out 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 Windsor Mill, MD.