Keystone State ChalleNGe Academy Now Accepting Applications

The Keystone State ChalleNGe Academy (KSCA) is accepting applications for its fourth class of cadets which begins in January 2024. The KSCA is designed to give academically challenged teens a second chance at obtaining their basic education, learn leadership, self-discipline, and responsibility while working toward finishing their education and building a better life.

The opening of the academy at Fort Indiantown Gap (FTIG) in Lebanon County in July 2022 formally established the National Guard Bureau’s Youth ChalleNGe Program in Pennsylvania.

The program is open to 16- to 18-year-old Pennsylva...