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Mobile Teen Takes Different Educational Path - Military Boarding School Provides Structure Needed for Success

Lacking confidence and not meeting his potential, Mobile teenager Carson Pruett has finally found a school that is providing him the structure and environment necessary to succeed in Camp Hill, Alabama’s Lyman Ward Military Academy.

The seventh grader’s daily routine is much different than many of his friends back in Mobile, and his mother is quick to attribute his academic success to this routine, something he was unable to achieve at other schools.

“Carson is gaining confidence that he never had before, and his study skills and appreciation for academics are more than I could have ever hoped for,” says Lynn Pruett.  “Carson and I have always been close, as most mothers and sons are, and this transition has been difficult for both of use, yet it means so much to me that so many people at Lyman Ward care for and watch out for the well-being and success of him,” Pruett says.

Pruett added that her son is a very intelligent young man, but he couldn’t see this in himself.  “Sometimes it takes someone other than a parent to show a child how special they are.”

LWMA is one of fewer than 50 military boarding schools nationally, educating young men in grades 6-12.  The Academy, founded in 1898, has watched as social and cultural influences have changed the way public and private schools function.

“While the perception of the military boarding school has changed dramatically during the past 50 years, the core principles of providing young men with an opportunity to succeed remains the same,” says Col. (Retired) Bill Jenrette, President of LWMA.