Activities and Sports
Building Healthy Bodies and Positive Attitudes through Sports, Horsemanship and Physical Activity
Agapé Boarding School understands that it is important for young men to stay active. Athletic opportunities are a great way to accomplish this. We offer sports for two reasons. One, athletics gives the students some enjoyable activities to help Agapé be a more normal high school experience. We also use sports as a teaching tool for such qualities as perseverance, teamwork, proper attitude, and more. Boys gain basic athletic skills and many character traits through participation. Agapé Boarding School offers many different activities and sports including basketball, wrestling, boxing, baseball, swimming, volleyball, soccer, football, fishing, canoeing, a golf tournament, and an equestrian program which includes our summer rodeo events.
Most of these activities will be held on our campus; however, we do travel with our basketball team. Some sports are mandatory, while participation in others is entirely voluntary. For some sports, such as basketball, we hold tryouts for a team and compete with other schools and in tournaments. We run other sports as intramural programs on our own campus. It is important that each student stay active and healthy and learn to participate in our activities and our athletics program. We do not necessarily focus on skill level but on level of participation.
Our athletic director is also the basketball coach. We conduct many sports camps annually, for which we hire coaches for the week. All students participate in our wrestling, basketball, and soccer camps. We also hold voluntary annual camps for boxing, softball, and football. The athletic program is one of the many strengths of Agapé Boarding School. Boys benefit greatly from the skills they learn through athletics, and they reap those benefits both on and off the field.
Agapé Boarding School has a great horsemanship program. This program is designed to utilize the God-given, natural therapy offered through the horse to promote personal growth in confidence, character, responsibility, and leadership skills. Many life lessons can be learned from the back of the horse. It is the intention of this program to teach young men to become good leaders of themselves, their homes, and their communities.
This school is authorized under Federal law to enroll nonimmigrant alien students.What Others Say About Us
“Agapé has had a long history of helping boys. With improved behavior and impulse control, these young fellows learn to succeed and develop a healthy respect for authority figures, parents and loved ones. As a physician. I strongly support the model practiced at this boarding school.”
David.E.Smock .MD
“Families searching for lower cost boarding schools can’t compromise on quality of the care for their boy. For all the years I have been an educational consultant, Agapé has stood out from the others as offering the most affordable care and quality education for boys.”
My grandson entered Agapé under duress at age 14, a know it all who wouldn’t go to school. The staff at this school turned him around, in effect, replacing his missing father. He graduated as valedictorian this year. I can’t say enough about how this school helped him. He has…
Parent of Former Student