Christian boarding schools and other therapeutic boarding school options and residential programs for troubled teens, boys and girls, with teen counseling.

Academics at Heartlight

Academics at HeartlightThe academic arena for all the Heartlight residents is focused on the specific needs of each of the students. This is done in a setting that will provide an opportunity to transition back into a school setting, both academically and socially. Residents can be enrolled throughout the calendar year.

We know three things when a teen is accepted into the Heartlight program. First of all, chances are that their individual struggles and difficulties have affected their academic pursuits. Secondly, many students are “behind” or need to “make up” lost credits to ensure a timely graduation. And thirdly, we know that most of the teens at Heartlight will be returning to their old school, and transition back into the “old environment” of friends, temptations, and social pressures.

We create a setting for academic pursuits that provides the chance to make up lost credits, get ahead with credits by allowing individual pacing under the supervision of 4 full-time teachers, and ease the tension of moving back into the home academic setting by allowing students to make most of that transition during their stay at Heartlight.

Utilizing a fully-accredited Texas Tech University curriculum, students are allowed to take the classes they need, and get the help from our teaching staff that teach the material, help with the testing, and give specific and individual attention to each person. Academic plans are formulated for the student’s needs for graduating from their school back home. Making up lost credit and preparing for the educational transition after they leave Heartlight are key for a student’s overall success.

As the Heartlight resident progresses through the Heartlight program by displaying accountable behavior and responsible thinking, they are allowed to attend the local High School, which provides the perfect setting to “test the waters” and ensure that lessons learned can be transferred into their social arena. The Hallsville Senior High School has achieved an “Exemplary” rating from the Texas Education Agency.

Monitored study halls ensure the assumption of academic responsibility.



Christian residential schools and behavioral therapy for troubled teens with teen counseling to improve behavior problems of teenagers struggling with anger, oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), attention deficit, attention deficit disorder (ADD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), substance abuse, depression, reactive attachment disorder (RAD), intermittent explosive disorder (IED), obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), eating disorders, self-harm, or rebellion.

THERAPEUTIC BOARDING SCHOOLS AND BEHAVIORAL THERAPY FOR TROUBLED TEENS, BOYS OR GIRLS.

Heartlight's therapeutic schools provide troubled teens with the help and counseling troubled teens need. It gives time for the whole family to heal. Everyone can then look past the anger and teenage rebellion to focus on the troubled teenager's healing. Our Christian residential schools serve Texas, California, Oregon and Washington on the West Coast and Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Nevada in the Southwest, from Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Louisiana, and Mississippi, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois in the Central States, from Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, and Idaho in the north, and from Georgia, Florida, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and New Jersey along the east coast. Teens come to Heartlight from throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Heartlight is a Christian boarding school with loving and relational behavioral
therapy for troubled teens; a therapeutic boarding school for
girls and therapeutic boarding school for boys.