Boarding School for TROUBLED Girls…Learn More About Columbus Girls Academy
Columbus Girls Academy works with troubled teenage girls who have life-controlling issues and troubling behaviors that, if continued, will negatively impact their future. We enroll girls ages 12-17.
Columbus Girls Academy is an affordable nonprofit all-girl alternative boarding school, less than half the cost of typical therapeutic boarding schools. Situated on a beautiful, rolling 200-acre campus in Southeast Alabama, the school has been helping struggling teen girls find a more productive and positive lifestyle and attitude for over four decades. Teens come to Columbus Girls Academy from around the country.
The year-round boarding school for troubled girls offers a faith-based, loving, relational, and affordable program with around-the-clock supervision in an immersive therapeutic environment. The program is designed to repair and rebuild young lives negatively impacted by trauma, adoption, family discord, or a significant personal loss. The daily program is planned and disciplined so that girls feel safe and cared for during their time here.
Our troubled girls boarding school students can achieve an excellent, well-rounded, fully accredited education. We offer year-round school and deal with each girl’s behavioral and emotional issues that bring academic decline or failure.
We believe that a Christian worldview and a traditional education are needed for teens with poor or undisciplined educational experiences, leading to a lack of preparation for their future. While enrolled here, students must work on their courses all weekdays, catching up for lost time and retaking failed or low-grade courses.
The Year-Round Troubled Teen Boarding School Offers A Second Chance at a Great Education
Teens come to this all-girl boarding school with various academic records, often with a history of failing grades and skipping classes. For many of our students, enrollment here means a second chance at graduating high school, a possibility nearly destroyed by their former lifestyle. Our self-paced curriculum and one-on-one classroom instruction from certified teachers, help students gain mastery of subjects and earn missed credits toward a high school diploma.
In addition to our teachers, coursework is facilitated through Ignitia Virtual Academy (a part of Edgenuity). It is a fully accredited online Christian worldview school with a personalized learning environment to help students achieve tangible educational goals. Ignitia motivates our students to achieve phenomenal progress toward high school completion. Through Ignitia, we offer introductory courses, honors, Advanced Placement courses, credit recovery, intervention, and test readiness.
Ignitia Virtual Academy is accredited through Cognia (formerly AdvancED) and the Northwest Accreditation Commission (NWAC) and as such, has nationally recognized accreditation. This is the same accreditation awarded to public schools and fully recognized by high schools and colleges nationwide. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has also approved the Edgenuity instructional model and curriculum for student-athlete online instruction.
Edgenuity is a leading provider of online curriculum and instructional services. It is used by more than 20,000 schools, including 20 of the 25 largest school districts, to meet academic goals and improve student outcomes.
Our teachers ensure students keep up their coursework, offering tutoring as necessary and answering any questions. They give each student plenty of encouragement and praise. Students who fail to keep up or struggle with a specific topic are helped. Still, if they purposely drag their feet out of rebellion, they may lose privileges, like outings and fun times, until they get caught up.
Increasing Student Engagement, Progress, and Achievement
Keeping troubled teen students engaged in what they’re learning is vital to ensuring they master standards so they can move forward in their education
Our math subjects are enhanced by IXL.com, which provides grade-level practice problems per math concept that ensures a student’s mathematical confidence. 
We also use other teaching tools, such as Reading Plus, which has been shown to improve the reading level of a high school student. 95% of our graduates attain university reading level, dramatically changing their comprehension abilities.
How Our All-Girl Boarding School for Troubled Teens is Different
Our educators match the students’ courses with their primary school courses. We work closely with the parents and students to design an individualized program of study that best supports the child’s past educational progress and future educational or career goals.
Our teachers and counselors also lead our faith-based character-building training courses with the students, an essential aspect of our program. We utilize the Bible and landmark books by today’s leading evangelical Christian authors to teach key concepts. Christian speakers and musicians visit our campus to provide spiritual instruction, encouragement, and motivation, and the boys are taken to off-campus spiritual events.
Unlike today’s public schools and schoolbooks, we don’t push a sociopolitical agenda, race theories, gender manipulation, and altered American history. We simply teach the essential skills needed in life and help our students find real purpose and meaning.
Students learn to become independent while building solid academic and problem-solving skills. Our academic program teaches the child’s strengths and enables our teachers to intercede when conditions indicate help is needed. Close supervision, the latest education technology, and individual workstations support and motivate students to continue their education throughout the time they are in our behavioral therapy program. Individual tutoring is also available in the classroom for specific subjects.
Our academic program includes:
• Fully Transferable Credits
• Cognia Accreditation
• Latest Technology
• Optional Tutorial Services
• Low Student-to-Teacher Ratio
• Skill Building
• Educational Remediation
• Credit Recovery
• College Preparatory Courses
• GED/SAT/ACT Preparation
Students thrive and get ahead on our structured, year-round schedule. Our educational routine focuses on the classic basics but emphasizes character, honor, respect, time management skills, responsibility, and accountability. Academic expectations are taken seriously, and our students discover a sense of pride in succeeding with each new educational level.
Self-control and self-discipline are vital benefits of our academic program — two character traits that will help them succeed in every aspect of life. They discover true satisfaction and confidence from attaining goals and achieving good grades through hard work and self-management. This helps students transform into productive and cultivated adults upon graduation and beyond.
Boarding School for Troubled Girls, Also Features Therapy
The professional staff at Columbus Girls Academy work hard to to teach girl to be honest, to be responsible for her actions, hold others accountable for theirs, and change her focus from self to serving others. We seek positive decisions not out of strict obedience but from genuine self-motivation.
Counseling at the boarding school for girls occurs in individual and group situations. Each student works with a mentoring team member who also serves as the point of contact for the family. Adapted to each girl’s circumstances, the curriculum encourages introspection and examination of personal problem areas through scripture memorization, character quality studies, and more.
Each girl’s life on campus involves various weekly recreational and extracurricular activities. Recreation adds enjoyment to daily life with activities on our 35-acre private lake, special outings, field trips, concerts, and team-building events.
Columbus Girls Academy balances discipline with individual responsibility. We see marvelous transformation in our residents daily as they come to true confidence and life purpose.
See how this lower-cost and reputable boarding school just for troubled girls can bring about restoration in your family. We invite you to explore our website, then use our inquiry form, or call us today to learn more.