Daily Schedule Examples

Below you will find an example of the daily

schedule that the average student will experience while in the Teen Challenge Training Center in Rehrersburg, Pa.

Students divide their recovery focus between an Academic and a Job Skills week format.  The first two months are designed to place a greater focus on classroom, academics and counseling. The following three months (3, 4 and 5) are focused on Job skills. During the last three months (6, 7 and 8 months) our students rotate each week from the Academic and Job Skills schedule.

Academic Schedule Example:

(months 1, 2 and every other week in months 6, 7, 8)

6:15am Wake-up

6:15-7:00am Breakfast

7:00-8:00am Personal time

8:00-8:30am Study Hall

8:30-10:00am Class 1

10:10-11:30am Class 2

11:30-12:30pm Lunch

12:30-1:50pm Class 3

2:00-3:30pm Class 4

3:30-4:30pm Free time

4:30-5:30pm Dinner

5:30-7:30pm Free time (phone calls allowed)

7:30-8:00pm Service

8:15-9:15pm Study Hall

9:15-10:00pm Free time (phone calls allowed)

10:00-10:30pm Room

10:30pm Lights Out

Job Skills Schedule Example:

(months 3, 4, 5 and every other week in months 6, 7, 8)

6:15am Wake-up

6:15-7:00am Breakfast

7:00-8:00am Personal time

8:00am-12:00pm Job Skills assignments

12:00-1:30pm Lunch

1:30-5:00pm Job Skills assignments

5:00-5:30pm Dinner

5:30-7:30pm Free time (phone calls allowed)

7:30-8:00pm Service

8:15-9:15pm Free time

9:15-10:00pm Free time(phone calls allowed)

10:00-10:30pm Room

10:30pm Lights Out

Frequently Asked Questions:

How long is the program?

To complete and graduate the entire course is a minimum of 12 months.
Teen challenge is designed into a two phase structure. The student enters Phase 1, which we refer to as "Induction", for a minimum of four months.
On completion of Induction the students transfer to Phase 2, at the Training Center, located in Rehrersburg, PA.

The minimum length of time within Phase 2 is eight months.

Who is considered "Family" for phone calls, mail, visits and passes?

To help us know who is contacting the students we have defined those able to contact students while enrolled in the program. 
A family member is an immediate parent, grandparent, sibling, spouse or child of the student. A fiancée MUST be accompanied by parent(s) or the students Teen Challenge counselor approve a chaperone for all visits.

May I call the student?

Yes, we encourage the positive encouragement of family during a students time

with us. We have an average of 200 students involved in the phase two Training Center. To allow as many men to keep in contact with family as possible we must have a structure in our students telephone usage per person.

Students are able to share in two phone calls per week (Monday through Sunday). These calls can be either incoming calls or outgoing calls. To make outgoing phone calls, students must have a way of paying for the calls. Most students use calling cards available at our student store on campus.
Time limit for ALL calls is fifteen minutes. 

May I mail packages & letters to the student?

Yes, we encourage the positive encouragement of family during our students stay.
Postal Mail is brought into the Training Center and given out daily from 11:45am to 12:20pm. 
-Return address and name of sender must be on all incoming and outgoing mail.
-No subscriptions for literature (magazines, newspapers, etc.) are permitted.
-The counselors will ask that all packages be opened in front of them at "mail call".
-A counselor’s note must be accompanied with the student who has a fiancée and receiving mail.
-Training Center’s address is to be used for all family, medical and/or legal correspondence.
-Please do not ship baked goods. We find this increases ant and pest problems in the dorm areas.

The correct address is:
Teen Challenge Training Center
c/o <students Name>
P.O. Box 98
33 Teen Challenge Road
Rehrersburg, PA 19550

Are students allowed visitors at the Training Center?

Yes, however visitors are limited to immediate family members. A student becomes eligible to receive visitors on the first weekend of their second month. The student may request a visit from their counselor 10 days prior to the planned visit. 
-Visits should be spaced out so that a visit is not within 4 weeks / 28 days from the last visit or pass. 
-The regular length of a student visit is 8 hours with a maximum of 8 hours off grounds.
-Visits are Saturday from 10:00am to 6:00pm or Sunday between chapel services. 

Chapel/ Family Fellowship Visits:

Our students are able to fellowship with family prior to and following chapel services. All visitation will be limited to inside the chapel or gymnasium. At completion of your time limit you must leave promptly.
-Sundays: Family fellowship is limited to 1 hour prior to start of and completion of Sunday Morning Chapel.
-Other services: Fellowship is limited to 15 minutes before Time of Reverence and following the end of the Chapel service.

Weekend Pass off the property:

Students are able to request for this pass beginning in the fifth month of the program. This pass will be granted on merit. This pass is scheduled from 3:45pm Thursday to 10:00pm Sunday.
-Passes are not granted over the following holiday weekends: New Year’s, 4th of July, Labor Day, Memorial Day, Thanksgiving or Christmas.
-Passes are not granted on “Celebrate” weekend (normally the 2 weekend of July)
-The student may request a visit from their counselor 20 days prior to the planned pass. 

Marriage Pass:

A student becomes eligible to request a marriage pass on the first weekend of their second month. To receive this privilege, the counselor must first verify the student’s marital status. The student may request a visit from their counselor 10 days prior to the planned visit. Passes are from 7:00am Saturday to 10:00pm Sunday.