Congratulations to the candidates of Class 59 for completing the first two weeks of the program. Monday will begin the education portion and the candidates are excited and ready for this new adventure. Please encourage your candidate to do their very best in class and to keep pushing to the finish line. We will hold …
As TCA New London Class 59 gets under way, please remember to write your candidate. Encouraging letters from home can mean the difference between your child succeeding in the program or not. Evening mail time is so important to the candidates, especially in the beginning when they are trying to acclimate to their new surroundings …
We would like to thank our Class 59 parents/caregivers who entrusted us with their child on Saturday, October 15. Candidates have been fitted for boots, met with staff this morning for introduction to the different departments that make up TCA-New London as well as beginning the process of learning drill and ceremony movements to prepare …
On Friday, September 23, 2022 Tarheel ChalleNGe Academy – New London will conduct the graduation exercises for Class 58 cadets at the Stanly County Agri-Civic Center, Albemarle beginning promptly at 10am. We will be live-streaming this event on the Academy’s Facebook page for those who cannot attend in person. You will be able to find …
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 …
Once candidates are physically cleared to participate in the ChalleNGe program, they get introduced to physically demanding activities designed to force team building. Many of the obstacles require candidates to depend on and trust in the other members of their team, whom they have known for only three or four days. This is for many …
Tarheel ChalleNGe Academy-Salemburg candidates received their ‘military training” in Physical Fitness, Road Marches, Land Navigation, and the Obstacle Course. The first phase of the ChalleNGe program is known as “Acclimation.” Acclimation is the first two weeks of the program and is designed to be the most stressful. Candidates are faced with the regimented daily military …
Generally, in processing day is a day of reckoning for many candidates. For most, this will be the very first time they spend an extended period of time away from family and all of the comforts of home. Being thrust into a communal environment with the others on their team, all males get their hair …
Dare is a Law Enforcement program that was designed to educate youth about the dangers of drug use and build their capability to resist peer pressure and other factors that can lead to use and dependence on drugs. Law Enforcement officers many of whom also serve as School Resource Officers utilize TCA Cadets as part …
