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Freestate ChalleNGe Academy
What Is Freestate ChalleNGe Academy?
A Project of the National Guard, the ChalleNGe Academy aims to provide self-discipline, education, skills, and value to high school dropouts. It started in 1993 and currently operating in at least 27 states in the United States of America. The Maryland Freestate ChalleNGe Academy is one of the original states, which started the ChalleNGe Academy. It offers the program free to adolescents who are at-risk and between sixteen to eighteen years old. The residential phase consists of 22 weeks where the participants learn responsibility, leadership, and self-discipline. Existing in a quasi-military environment, the Academy also offers a one-year post residential phase wherein the participant is provided assistance in entry-level employment, technical school programs, or continued education. A matched and trained mentor is assigned to each participant during the post residential phase.
To take advantage of this program, an adolescent must be at least 16 years old on the day he/she is admitted to the program. He/she must be a dis-enrollee, expellee, or high school dropout. It is also a requirement that the participant is a resident of Maryland and a legal resident or citizen of the United States of America. The adolescent must also be underemployed or unemployed; not on parole or probation of any misdemeanor offenses; and not convicted, not waiting sentencing, not under indictment, nor charged with felony. The would-be participant must also be drug free, mentally and physically capable of participating in the program, and must come to the academy in his/her own volition.
The Freestate ChalleNGe Academy Program
Just like the other ChalleNGe programs, the Freestate ChalleNGe Academy program has eight core components, which the participant must complete to be able to graduate. The academy offers classroom studies so that each participant will have a desire for continuous self-improvement. The program also enhances each participant education skills in essay/writing skills, arts and the literature, social studies, science, and math so that each participant will earn a General Education Development (GED). Each participant is also allowed to explore his/her value structure in order to understand better his/her desires, needs, and attitudes. He/she is expected to attend workshops and classes on budgeting, parenting, team-building skills, gender stereotyping, stress management, anger management, and substance abuse.
A cadet is also expected to develop skills needed for job searches. He/she learns how to go through a job interview, how to fill up application forms, and how to write a resume. He/she is also encouraged to set goals. Hygiene and health are also taught in the program so that he/she understands the relationship between his/her emotional, physical, and mental well-being, and good hygiene and health habits. Classes like sexual responsibility, nutrition, and smoking cessation. Every cadet also develops an understanding of the factors, which make a strong community. Honor code, justice, violence prevention, and cultural awareness classes are taught to encourage responsible citizenship.
Each participant also develops an understanding of the advantages gained through volunteerism at agencies and community projects. Each adolescent is expected to spend hours volunteering in community projects. Every participant acquires the necessary skills not only to be a good leader but a good follower as well so that he/she will be a valuable member of the society. Character Development, Ceremonies and Drill, Color Guard, and Leadership Positions are part of the classes in the academy. Every adolescent is expected to be physically fit so he/she needs to participate in physical fitness training like organized sports, military style physical training, and running.
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Originally posted 2012-03-01 21:46:24.
