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Checking Out Therapeutic Boarding Schools in Virginia Beach, Virginia?  Would You Consider Looking at Shepherd’s Hill Academy, Though it is Not in Virginia Beach, Virginia?

While you seek out therapeutic boarding schools in Virginia Beach, Virginia, perhaps you will consider an acclaimed therapeutic program in another city other than Virginia Beach, Virginia for a better option? Shepherd’s Hill Academy in Georgia features all the best options in a therapeutic program, plus a dedication to fostering integrity of character in teens so they can impact the culture for the glory of God.

The Best Tools of Wilderness Programs and Therapeutic Boarding Schools On Our Georgia Campus

Shepherd’s Hill Academy, located in northeast Georgia, is a blend between a therapeutic wilderness program and a boarding school with counseling. Teens attend Shepherd’s Hill Academy from all around the country, including from Virginia Beach, Virginia. Though it is a distance for some, parents find it valuable for their teenager to spend time in a new environment away from their local peer group.

 

A Christ-Centered Therapeutic Boarding School

Shepherd’s Hill Academy is unapologetically Christ-centered, believing that a change of heart due to a relationship with Jesus is the only true and lasting change. We offer a first-rate education, individual mentoring and counseling, equine therapy, and teamwork exercises to help teens grow character and learn to make responsible choices.

Getting Started on the Right Foot — Our Wilderness Program

The first phase of a stay at Shepherd’s Hill Academy is a wilderness program, designed to eliminate distractions, build trust and encourage teamwork. Living without technology and other conveniences allows teens to contemplate deeper issues of life. The necessity of cooperating to meet basic daily needs involves coping and teamwork strategies, pushing teens to consider how their contribution impacts others. As they watch staff and leaders who submit to God as the ultimate Authority, they learn a reference point for themselves and can more appropriately relate to authority and to others.

For Parents Seeking a Therapeutic Boarding School in Virginia Beach, Virginia, We Offer a Well-Rounded Therapeutic Program and Accredited School

troubled teen programOnce teens demonstrate responsible choices and take ownership of their growth, they shift to the residential program and move to a home on campus. This next step gets them ready to transition into society as privileges and individual liberties are restored. Careful coaching of parents in our retreats also occurs during this step in readiness for the teen’s going home.

All throughout the program, the teens receive regular counseling and are enrolled in our on-campus, fully accredited junior and senior high school, staffed with Georgia certified instructors. We encourage students to go on to college, so we include test prep for the SAT and ACT as part of our daily curriculum.

Would You Like to Know More About Our Residential Program? Please Contact Us By Phone or Our Online Inquiry Form

All in all, Shepherd’s Hill Academy embodies the qualities necessary to transform troubled teenagers into productive, caring, and spiritually mature young men and women. With God’s help, we endeavor to counsel, mentor and help our resident teens become responsible, educated and godly citizens.

Shepherd's Hill Academy graduationPlease think about looking beyond Virginia Beach, Virginia to see how our distinctive blend of wilderness, counseling and residential programs can lead to restoration in your family.

Though we are not in Virginia Beach, Virginia, please take a minute to investigate our website, then if you need any other questions answered, the first step is to complete our inquiry form or call us today.

More about boarding schools in or near Virginia Beach, Virginia:
Virginia Beach is an independent city located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia, on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. Although Fairfax County is the most populous jurisdiction in the state of Virginia, Virginia Beach is the most populous city in the state, as well as the 39th largest city in the United States, with a population of 437,994 according to the 2010 Census.
Virginia Beach is the easternmost city of Hampton Roads that make up the core of the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA. This area, known as “America’s First Region”, also includes the independent cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Suffolk, as well as other smaller cities, counties and towns of Hampton Roads.
Virginia Beach is a resort city with miles of beaches and hundreds of hotels, motels, and restaurants along its oceanfront. Every year the city hosts the East Coast Surfing Championships as well as the North American Sand Soccer Championship, a beach soccer tournament. It is also home to several state parks, several long-protected beach areas, three military bases, a number of large corporations, two universities, Edgar Cayce’s A.R.E. and numerous historic sites. Near the point where the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean meet, Cape Henry was the site of the first landing of the English colonists, who eventually settled in Jamestown, on April 26, 1607.
The city is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as having the longest pleasure beach in the world. It is located at the southern end of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, the longest bridge-tunnel complex in the world.Jones, Melissa, Superlatives USA: The Largest, Smallest, Longest, Shortest, and Wackiest: ]
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Thank you again for considering Shepherd’s Hill Academy as you look for
therapeutic boarding schools for your teenager in or near Virginia Beach, Virginia.