Boot Camps Near Milwaukee, WI, for Teens

Boot camps for teens provide a structured schedule including activity, community service and life coping skills. Certain facilities provide a structured experience to both regular and at-risk teens and their families through intense training and and strict schedules, sometimes using military techniques. Programs range in format, length and intensity, allowing for a variety of options to suit the needs of the participants and their family.

  1. Rawhide Boys' Ranch

    • Rawhide Boys' Ranch (known for its auto donation program and support by NFL legend Bart Starr) is located in New London, Wisconsin. Rawhide offers programs for at-risk teenage boys ages 13 through 19 and will accept campers on either a court-ordered or voluntary basis. Military style programs include 120- to 180-day options and focus on moral values, integrity, honor, courage, self-discipline, hard work, loyalty and selfless service. Students participate in community service, physical training, counseling, academics and moral training. In addition to the military style programs, Rawhide also offers standard residential care, a private residential program, a transitional group home, treatment for foster care, alternative schooling or counseling services. Rawhide Boys' Ranch is approximately two hours from Milwaukee; however, a counseling office for Rawhide is on Green Bay Avenue in Milwaukee.

    Holiday Home Camp

    • Holiday Home Camp is a 26-acre facility less than an hour from Milwaukee on Lake Geneva in Williams Bay, Wisconsin. Holiday Home Camp offers programs aimed at economically challenged communities. Teen campers ages 14 to 16 are welcome to participate in a five-year long Leadership Training Program focused on developing leadership, communication and community living skills through activities in Chicago and at camp. The Leadership Training Program requires youth involvement each month, as well as a week stay at camp over the summer.

    St. John's Northwestern Military Academy

    • St. John's Northwestern Military Academy, in Delafield, Wisconsin, is approximately 30 minutes from Milwaukee and is primarily a boarding school for boys in grades 7 through 12, but it also offers active day programs. Cadets have the opportunity to explore spiritual growth, develop a solid academic record, appreciate athletic competition and military traditions.

    Rogers Memorial Hospital, Child and Adolescent Center

    • The adventure-based therapy program offered through the Child and Adolescent Center of Rogers Memorial Hospital in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, approximately 30 minutes from Milwaukee, offers therapy that goes beyond a traditional setting. On-site facilities offer outdoor activities ranging from fishing to ropes and challenge courses. Coping, communication and cooperation skills are the focus on during the adventure therapy program. It is available to teens ages 12 through 17, but they are admitted on a case by case basis.

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