During the week of September 12 – September15, select cadets from Tarheel ChalleNGe Academy – New London participated in the North Carolina Governor’s page program. Cadets Mary Ann Dowd, Emily Eatman, Aurora Roope, Mackenzie White, Angel Contreras, Tyler Santana, Thomas Wiggs, Benjamin Rose II and John Warrick were chose to represent TCA New London. During …
One of the 8 core components required to graduate from the ChalleNGe program is completing the Job Skills component. Within the job skills component is practicing interviews in the computer employability class which is led by Ms. Warner in New London. With each class, Ms. Warner creates an interview atmosphere by having cadets participate as …
On Thursday, 11 August, Tarheel ChalleNGe Academy – New London Class 58 Cadets and staff traveled to Raleigh for the class state capitol field trip. Cadets toured the North Carolina Science Museum, North Carolina History Museum and the state legislative building. Cadets view artifacts, science exhibits, etc. and learn how the state legislature works during …
Friday, August 5th is the final day to submit portrait orders and paid parent pages for the class memory book. If you have any questions, please contact the academy at 704-961-9662.
We would like to congratulate Earnest Mintz, Jr. for being selected as Commandant at TCA New London. Mr. Mintz began his career with TCA New London in 2018 and has done an outstanding job in both his assistant team leader and team leader positions. Again, we would like to congratulate Mr. Mintz on this achievement …
On Monday, July 25, all cadets of Tarheel ChalleNGe Academy – New London Class 58 will participate in taking the ASVAB test. The Armed Services Vocation Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) is administered and maintained by the US Department of Defense and our cadets now take the computer based test instead of a paper based one. Taking …
On Wednesday, July 13, Tarheel ChalleNGe Academy – New London Class 58 held their class blood drive. The blood drive is held to help teach service to community to ChalleNGe cadets, one of the eight core components of the program. The goal was set at 20 pints and TCA New London met and surpassed this …
As we complete week 11, your cadet has completed half of the residential phase of the ChalleNGe program. Pre-testing for the HiSET has begun to measure where the cadets are academically. Please continue to write to your cadet and encourage them to give 100% every day. Letters from home are very important to the cadets …
A representative from Josten’s will be on campus on Saturday, June 18 to speak with families interested in purchasing a class ring for their cadet. The representative will also do ring sizing during this visit. Parents can have their ring ordering questions answered during this visit as well.
On Saturday, May 21. TCA New London’s Class 58 held their Drill and Ceremony competition being judged on regulation moves and their “fancy” drill which is a routine developed by the cadets themselves. Each team did a fantastic job with only 4 weeks to learn marching moves most have never been exposed to as well …