Keystone State ChalleNGe Academy Welcomes Class 25-2
On July 13, 2025, the Keystone State ChalleNGe Academy welcomed Class 25-2. The next 22 weeks are going to be both challenging and rewarding to both the cadets and cadre as we are now at 90 candidates on ground. This is by far the academy’s largest class.
The next few weeks of Acclimation will have the candidates transition from their home life to our way of operations. They will spend all day learning drill and ceremony, proper procedures, mealtimes, formations, and time within the barracks. They will do lots of physical fitness activities to include dodge ball, team building events, and learning the importance of stretching and cool down.
The culminating event for Acclimation is completing the Rappel Tower in the morning and the cross-over ceremony in the afternoon. The cross-over ceremony will officially name them cadets in the program with all the rights and rewards that come with that title.
These young adults are special as they are the ones who have accepted the challenge to change their lives for the better and strive to improve themselves one day at a time at our academy.