I feel the need to comment here as well. I am also a graduate of Riverside Military Academy. I was sent there with a D average in public school and attended RMA the last year and a half of high school. I hated my parents at the time for sending me there. The academics were mediocre back then, but they did focus on teaching students how to learn, developing leadership, confidence, athletic skills and personal responsibility. For most kids, especially those in trouble, this program worked very well. I will say, some of the complaint comments here are troublesome to me. Three meals a day is fine, and at least when I was there, you could always go back for seconds. Also, you have to stay involved with your children. When I had trouble with algebra, my parents hired me a tutor over the summer to get me through it. At the end of the day, teachers will bend over backwards to help kids, but that only works if the child is doing their part, and lets face it, most high school kids are interested in just about anything other than algebra and are not at a stage in life to understand how important high school can be to their future. Parents must impart that truth to them.

Our son is on his third year at Riverside Military Academy. We searched all over the country to find a school that provided the structure and academics to challenge our son without having to be in a "reform school" atmosphere, and we found it in Gainesville, GA.