
Affordable Boarding Schools
Trying to find affordable boarding schools? Take a look at Whetstone Boys Ranch, where your boy can learn how to deal with upsetting issues and sharpen his character.
Whether your boy has bitterness, anger, online obsession, apathy, failing grades, or disrespect, he will learn here to make better choices. He then can focus on what’s essential in his life. Whetstone helps troubled teenage boys with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), ODD (Oppositional Defiance Disorder), anger, or depression.
Unlike other affordable boarding schools, the discipline at Whetstone Boys Ranch offers personal attention to troubled teenage boys in a hands-on, working-ranch environment.
Because Whetstone’s director and staff work with the boys 24/7, they teach character development and proactively sharpen each boy’s mind, body, and soul. The boys learn essential lessons from daily interaction with our team and working with ranch animals.
Whetstone’s reason why is to help boys accept responsibility for their negative behavior. Once troubled teenage boys understand and accept honesty, self-control, responsibility, and perseverance; they can focus on making needed changes in behavior.
The great outdoors is the classroom of Whetstone Boys Ranch. The boys benefit from working on the ranch, learning to live a life of accountability and respect.
The safe, daily structured program supports his personal, spiritual, and academic growth. He can interact with Whetstone’s director and caring staff on-site as they share healthy meals, strenuous outdoor activities, and personalized school studies. Gatherings around the hearth also urge each boy to share and understand his story and the stories of those around him.
Troubled teenage boys at Whetstone live an active, healthy family lifestyle. They can mend and improve problems with education and learning, too!
Teen residents at affordable boarding schools, like Whetstone, enjoy a 285-acre working cattle ranch that features distance running, basketball, football, golf, and swimming opportunities. Students live in a safe environment monitored by staff 24/7. Boys enjoy healthy meals morning, noon, and night sitting and talking with staff. And the friendly atmosphere continues as Whetstone staff and their families live on campus.
Another essential part of Whetstone’s daily structure includes a liberal arts-based education. Whetstone’s l
icensed teachers also give each student what he needs, whether that involves redirection, encouragement or one-on-one tutoring. Then, when he returns home, he can re-enter school and keep up and succeed academically.
Whetstone aspires to lead troubled teenage boys to be Godly, upright young men of sharpened character.

That’s why Whetstone’s focus on character development includes a unique three-level/six traits system, applying Scripture in chapel topics, reading assignments, and community service work. One-on-one discussions with Whetstone’s attentive staff also encourage growth in each troubled teen boy.
Unlike most affordable boarding schools, Whetstone helps young boys improve at every level of life. The team at Whetstone wants your troubled teenage boy to grow into a respectable young man here this year. We’ll help him change his behavior and transition back home to school and family. Give us a call today!