Vance County Schools – Justin Care To Attend U.S. Naval Academy Summer Seminar

Justin Care, a junior at Northern Vance High School, has been selected to attend the 2014 U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) Summer Seminar program in Annapolis, Md.

The U.S. Naval Academy invited a select group of approximately 2,550 young men and women from around the nation and abroad. The Summer Seminar is a fast paced leadership experience for rising seniors in high school. It helps educate, motivate and prepare selected students who are considering applying for admission to the U.S. Naval Academy.

The Summer Seminar teaches prospective applicants about life at the Naval Academy, where academics, athletics and professional training are key elements in developing our nation’s leaders. Each student will attend a six-day session and experience a glimpse of USNA life. Students will have the opportunity to live in Bancroft Hall, eat in King Hall along with participating in academic and leadership workshops. They also will participate in daily physical training involving group runs and conditioning exercises. They will experience firsthand what the Naval Academy has to offer through its exceptional academic, athletic, extracurricular activities and leadership training programs.

The summer program has an academic focus, with each student attending eight 90-minute workshops, covering subjects from information technology, naval architecture and mechanical engineering, to oceanography, mathematics, history and meteorology. Students also will participate in seamanship and navigation classes and will take a cruise aboard a Navy Yard Patrol Craft to apply what they will learn in class. Naval Academy Midshipmen lead the Summer Seminar with oversight by active duty Navy and Marine Corps officers.

Founded in 1845, the U.S. Naval Academy is a prestigious four-year college that prepares midshipmen morally, mentally and physically to be professional officers in the naval service. More than 4,400 men and women representing