Commonwealth ChalleNGe hosts 325 cadets for academic, athletic competition
Cadets from seven ChalleNGe programs and Jamaica compete in the drill competition on the final day of activities at a four-day academic and athletic competition May 31, 2015, at Camp Pendleton, Va. The Virginia Commonwealth ChalleNGe Youth Academy hosted 325 cadets from four states, the District of Columbia and Jamaica for the Eastern Regional Invitational, in which teams competed in basketball, softball, soccer, chess, triathlon, a drill competition and an academic bowl. Commonwealth ChalleNGe is the Virginia component of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program, which focuses on preparing teenagers who have dropped out of high school, or are on the verge of dropping out of high school, with the skills, discipline and academics to become a productive citizen. ChalleNGe cadets from the Tarheel ChalleNGe Academy (North Carolina), South Carolina Youth ChalleNGe Academy, Fort Gordon Youth ChalleNGe (Georgia), Fort Stewart Youth ChalleNGe (Georgia), Freestate ChalleNGe Academy (Maryland) and Capital Guardian Youth ChalleNGe Academy (D.C.), as well as cadets from Jamaica’s National Interschool Brigade Movement, traveled to Virginia for the event. (Photo by Master Sgt. A.J. Coyne, Virginia Guard Public Affairs)
Commonwealth ChalleNGe hosts 325 cadets for academic, athletic competition
Cadets from seven ChalleNGe programs and Jamaica compete in the drill competition on the final day of activities at a four-day academic and athletic competition May 31, 2015, at Camp Pendleton, Va. The Virginia Commonwealth ChalleNGe Youth Academy hosted 325 cadets from four states, the District of Columbia and Jamaica for the Eastern Regional Invitational, in which teams competed in basketball, softball, soccer, chess, triathlon, a drill competition and an academic bowl. Commonwealth ChalleNGe is the Virginia component of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program, which focuses on preparing teenagers who have dropped out of high school, or are on the verge of dropping out of high school, with the skills, discipline and academics to become a productive citizen. ChalleNGe cadets from the Tarheel ChalleNGe Academy (North Carolina), South Carolina Youth ChalleNGe Academy, Fort Gordon Youth ChalleNGe (Georgia), Fort Stewart Youth ChalleNGe (Georgia), Freestate ChalleNGe Academy (Maryland) and Capital Guardian Youth ChalleNGe Academy (D.C.), as well as cadets from Jamaica’s National Interschool Brigade Movement, traveled to Virginia for the event. (Photo by Master Sgt. A.J. Coyne, Virginia Guard Public Affairs)