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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.  ...
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2022 Boys Ranch Graduation

Congratulations Boys Ranch ISD 2022 Graduates Seniors from Boys Ranch High School were honored May 20 in baccalaureate services at the chapel and then May 21 in graduation ceremonies in the Ned O. Miller Auditorium in ...
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Good, Honest Jobs

Youth learn life lessons, trade skills and work ethics through Experiential Learning Programs. One summer day, Nathan stood in front of Keely Miller’s desk and spread out his hands. They were covered with oil and engine ...
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Lance Purcell with his family

Teamwork as a Principle

The chairman of the Boys Ranch board believes in building teams. Lance Purcell is a team builder. It’s a skill he developed when he graduated from law school and started working with a lawyer in Canyon, ...
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Trailer full of watermelons

Gifts From the Heart

Longtime donor Harold Courson focuses on thoughtful gifts for the children at Boys Ranch. About 30 years ago, Harold Courson saw a truck on the side of the road, saw the load of watermelons and had ...
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girl holding a fish

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 ...
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