A Unique Opportunity
Red River Military School's basic training is unique and different from typical boot camps in that students are part of a larger boarding School. As a result, There are larger resources available to each Student. Furthermore students are respected and treated within National Industry Standards for Boarding Schools, which means:
- No verbal abuse
- No belittling of students
- No physical intimidation
- No unconventional discipline methods, etc
Therefore, Students learn discipline, respect, and appreciation for authority without being mistreated or disrespected.
Daily Schedule
7:00 AM INSPECTION
7:30 AM BREAKFAST
8:00 AM DRILL
8:30 AM READING
9:00 AM CLASS
9:30 AM CLASS
10:00 AM DRILL
10:30 AM BREAK
11:00 AM CLASS
11:30 AM CLASS
12:00 PM LUNCH
12:30 PM PROGRESS REVIEW
1:00 PM PROGRESS REVIEW
1:30 PM CLASS
2:00 PM CLASS
2:30 PM DRILL
3:00 PM READING
3:30 PM CLASS
4:00 PM CLASS
4:30 PM P.E.
5:00 PM PE
5:30 PM PE
6:00 PM DINNER
6:30 PM CHARACTER CLASS
7:00 PM DRILL
7:30 PM BREAK
8:00 PM EVENING CLASS
8:30 PM EVENING CLASS
9:00 PM REFLECTION
9:30 PM SHUTDOWN
- Inspection - Students wake up, make their bed, straighten their belongings, complete cleaning assignments, dress in uniform, and finish morning hygiene and grooming.
- Breakfast - Morning meal.
- Class and Evening Class - Students participate in academic courses conducted by a teacher or a teacher's aide.
- Progress review - Progress review is an hour a day. It is group meeting led by the students’ family representative. The students are each given an opportunity to share about choices that led them to the program, issues they are working on, progress they have made, plan of action for them moving forward, after etc. Once the student shares, the other students and family rep provide feedback. This promotes growth and honesty in Students as they learn to be honest with themselves and with others.
- Drill - Students participate in military like drills that teach them to listen, obey orders, follow directions, and respect authority. This includes marching in unison, saluting authority, and changing directions upon rapid fire commands. When practiced over and over again daily old habits and behaviors of being defiant, argumentative, oppositional, ignoring commands, slow to respond, and refusing to follow directions are replaced with new habits of listening, obeying orders, following directions, and showing respect for authority. The military learned a long time ago, that such positive behaviors start becoming internalized, ingrained, second nature or habit for the participant when drills are done for a 30 to 60 day period. This provides Students the changes and catalyst needed to succeed moving forward.
- Lunch - 2nd meal of the day
- Character Building Classes - Provided daily are character-building and personal development courses. These courses utilize many of the best available resources such professional audio and video tapes, selective reading material, and peer & staff feedback. These courses are very effective in helping students gain new insight, motivation and direction on a day-to-day basis.
- P.E. - The students participate in P.E. Courses and earn academic credit by participation. We have indoor and outdoor facilities to ensure daily stimulation.
- Dinner - The 3rd and last meal of the day. A fruit snack is offered around 8 p.m.
- Break - This is structured and supervised time that students can relax, read, write letters, draw, play board games, or card games.
- Reading - Students read approved books that are inspirational, self help or insightful. Reading is one of Life's most critical skills. For this reason reading is an important component of our daily schedule. Reading material that fosters personal growth provides a double benefit to the students.
- Reflections - Students reflect on the day and write down what they are learning, progress they are making and outline goals
Note: Students are assigned to groups that function as a Unit. Each Group's Daily Schedule is different from others. Therefore your child's time schedule may be slightly different from the one above but all of the components are the same.