Welcome to Summer Recreation
Recreation helps children’s bodies to stay active and their minds to stay healthy. A long summer is almost here. This year, some Boys Ranch residents will attend summer school, and some will focus on their Experiential …
Teaching Life Skills Through FFA
FFA teaches responsibility, finance and life skills. The animal is just the beginning. For years, students at Boys Ranch have learned responsibility, finance and life skills through FFA involvement. This 2021-22 school year was no different. …
Fish Tacos for Change
Time spent fishing and cooking gives houseparents the opportunity to ‘do life’ with the kids. When the young fishermen of Hamilton Home pull fish out of one of the lakes at Boys Ranch, houseparent Adam Kinnon …
Hannah is Learning Regulation for Better Relationships
Hannah is a precise thinker. Numbers are fun for her, and math is her favorite class. She enjoys riding, not to mention petting goats and playing with dogs. In fact, Hannah likes just about everything at …
‘How Boys Ranch Saved My Life’
By CeCe Bruce Photo by Gabi Collins ‘I think I would not have made it to 16 if I had stayed in the house I was in.’ I always start off saying that Boys Ranch really …
Jalen Chose to Do Better
The Choice to Do Better Made the Difference When Jalen came to Boys Ranch, he hated school. After two years at Boys Ranch, Jalen, 18, still doesn’t like school, but everything else about his life is …
