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Things to consider upon enrolling your Troubled Teen
in a Christian Boarding School
A positive Christian Boarding school is an excellent choice
for a troubled teen that has struggled to find his/her identity
and purpose and has made some mistakes in the past. Abundant
Life Academy is designed for the gifted, yet unmotivated troubled
teen that struggles with laziness, lack of appreciation, and
rebellion toward parental authority. Abundant Life Academy is
the alternative to the typical Christian boarding school. In
order to enroll your teen into Abundant Life Academy you need
to make sure that a boarding school is God’s will for
your child. We ask you to pray and to seek Godly counsel.
"... The Ascent of a Leader... ALA is equipping the
young leaders of tomorrow to love with Honor, through the
glory and integrity of Christ..." -Craig Rogers,
Executive Director
When we evaluate a prospective student we look at the family
as a whole. Our family evaluation criteria are based on the
family’s commitment to the process of reconciliation.
Many times the parents have a history of rescuing their child
from difficult situations and in doing so have become the
problem. At Abundant Life Academy we cannot work with parents
who rescue their children. Our job will be to reintroduce
adversity into the life of the child. Our job is to require
from the student a high standard of performance that the parents
have not been able to bring forth. Our job is to instill solid
principles such as discipline, hard work, and trustworthiness.
This task is not an easy one and our students are not always
willing participants. In almost all cases the new Abundant
Life Academy student will attempt to coerce and manipulate
his/her parents into rescuing them from the process of growth
and maturity. They have become experts at wiggling out of
our difficult situations and quit at the first sign of hard
work. Our hope is that the parents will refrain from rescuing
their child from the struggle and in doing so their child
will grow into a powerful adolescent.
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The staff of Abundant Life Academy is dedicated to building
a foundation of Christ-like character through a powerful leadership-training
program. It should be obvious that there is a great deal that
is expected of our students. We expect greatness. In the beginning
our students rarely want anything to do with hard work and
standards of excellence. Additionally, our program is designed
for the teen that needs to be challenged and guided into their
greatness. We compel our student-leaders to excel in academics,
develop lofty vocational and academic goals, amplify intellectual
boundaries, embrace spiritual maturity, and to participate
in powerful projects of compassion and outreach. Before returning
home, our hope is that all of our student-leaders will have
identified clear strategies of growth in all areas of their
lives, giving themselves to the fulfillment of their destiny.
In order to fulfill our goals we require a great deal of our
student’s parents. We expect the parents of our students
to be a partner in the process of reconciliation. We expect
the parents of our students to be supportive and a source
of encouragement for our staff. We hope that our student’s
parents will join the battle by making a commitment to pray
for the staff and students of ALA. Our battle is not against
flesh and blood, but against powerful forces of darkness…
we need our parents to be prayer warriors and consistent encouragers
to those of us in the front lines of the battle.
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our philosophy on working with troubled teens.
 The
Abundant Life Academy Christian boarding school experience
will resurrect and grow the leadership potential in the lives
of our students while preparing them to impact the world.
We will mentor our students until they catch their vision,
and grasp a commitment to excellence. Our students will develop
the tenacity, the perseverance, and the endurance necessary
to be powerful leaders, overcoming the wiles of the world.
Again, in order to accomplish such a feat we cannot do it
without the full support and cooperation of the student’s
parents. One of the most important criteria for admission
into Abundant Life Academy is the parent’s willingness
to work along side of us, offering support and encouragement
in everyway possible.
Encouraging the maturity of Christ-like character and honor
is the unique signature of Abundant Life Academy. These virtues
are built through experiential hands-on learning; we call
"life mentoring", delivered through a Positive Peer
Culture environment. Our student-leaders are being taught
leadership skills from tried and true professionals from diverse
backgrounds. . However, we can’t take the place of the
student’s parents. We require the parents to be an integral
part of the child’s success while at ALA. We ask the
ALA parent to stand by us firmly and support us through a
difficult battle. We require the parents to be in covenant
with the staff of Abundant Life Academy, working together
to ensure the successful completion of the program.
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