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TCA New London Class 57 Drill and Ceremony

On Saturday, November 13, 2021, TCA New London’s Class 57 held the Drill and Ceremony competition at the New London campus. We would like to congratulate Team 3 for winning both the regulation and fancy portions of the competition. Most cadets have never participated in any type of organization that requires military type marching and …

TCA New London Drill and Ceremony/Family Day

It has been determined that the TCA New London Drill and Ceremony/Family Day will be an in-person event. This event will take place Saturday, November 13, 2021 beginning promptly at 10:00am. This will take place on TCA grounds and is slated to take place outside; weather permitting. Because of social distancing and other COVID protocols, …

TCA New London Class 57 Gets Underway

Tarheel ChalleNGe Academy – New London’s Class 57 began on Saturday, October 16, 2021. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the parents/caregivers who have entrusted us with their children. Candidates are busy this week registering for education classes, learning marching moves, participating in team building exercises as well as getting accustomed to …

TCA New London Class 56 Honor Graduate

Tarheel ChalleNGe Academy – New London held their class 56 awards ceremony this afternoon. We would like to congratulate Team 2 Cadet Giovaunnie Faulknor for earning the distinction of Academic Honor Graduate. To earn this title, Cadet Faulknor had the highest combined score on all five of the HiSET tests. We expect great things from …

TCA New London Class 56 Graduation

Due to COVID restrictions, Tarheel ChalleNGe Academy Class 56 will hold graduation exercises starting promptly at 10:00 am with Team 1; Teams 2 and 3 will follow respectively in the auditorium Because we are still required to operate under pandemic protocol,  only 2 people will be allowed in to see the cadet walk across the …

TCA NL Class 56 Color Guard Event

On August 12, Tarheel Challenge Academy Color Guard members were invited to post the colors for the city of Longview police department’s Promotion of Rank Ceremony. Our color guard members did a wonderful job and the TCA New London staff would like to thank Sgt. D.E. Marlowe, community resource officer/school resource officer for Longview Police …

TCA Salemburg Class 57 Camp Butner

Tarheel ChalleNGe Academy Salemburg candidates traveled to Camp Butner for a part of their acclimation phase training.  The Acclimation phase took place during the first two weeks of the program and tends to be the toughest part of the program because of the new daily regimen filled with military-themed structure, discipline, demanding activities and 5:30 …

TCA NL Class 56 Blood Drive

On Thursday, July 29, 2021 TCA New London Class 56 held its class blood drive as part of the service to community core component. Red Cross came to the academy and saw 26 potential donors and collected 22 pints of blood. Did you know that one donation can save three lives? Our cadets learned this …

Salemburg Tarheel ChalleNGe Graduation class 56

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TCA NL Students of the Week for Week 9

TCA New London cadets are progressing through the education process and have made it to week 9. We would like to congratulate the following cadets for being chosen as students of the week for this week; Cadets George, Rivera, Faulknor, Black and Murray. We hope everyone enjoyed their virtual visit with their cadet during the …