76.7 F
Charlotte Amalie
Friday, March 29, 2024
HomeNewsArchivesLocal High School Student Attends Summer Seminar at U.S. Naval Academy

Local High School Student Attends Summer Seminar at U.S. Naval Academy

Chasen A.D. Richards, a student at the St. Croix Educational Complex The U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) invited a select group of approximately 2,550 young men and women from around the nation and abroad to attend the Naval Academy Summer Seminar program this year. Summer Seminar is a fast-paced leadership experience for rising seniors in high school. This program helps educate, motivate and prepare selected students who are considering applying for admission to USNA. Chasen A.D. Richards, a student at the St. Croix Educational Complex on St. Croix, will participate in this year’s 2013 summer seminar program. He is the son of Shawna K. Richards and Rafael A. Llanos Jr.
The seminar teaches prospective applicants about life at the naval academy, where academics, athletics and professional training are key elements in developing the 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 and eat in King Hall along with participating in academic and leadership workshops. They will also participate in daily physical training involving group runs and conditioning exercises. They will experience first-hand what the academy has to offer through its exceptional academic, athletic, extracurricular activities and leadership training programs.
Summer Seminar 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 will also participate in seamanship and navigation classes and will take a cruise aboard a Navy Yard Patrol (YP) Craft to apply what they will learn in class. U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen lead 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 every state in the U.S. and several foreign countries make up the student body, known as the Brigade of Midshipmen. Midshipmen learn from military and civilian instructors, and participate in intercollegiate varsity sports and extracurricular activities. All midshipmen are on full scholarship and have a choice of 23 different majors. Additionally they study small arms, drill, seamanship and navigation, tactics, naval engineering and weapons, leadership, ethics and military law as part of their education.
Upon graduation, midshipmen earn a Bachelor of Science degree and go on to serve at least five years of service as commissioned officers in the U.S. Navy or U.S. Marine Corps.
For more information, visit: www.usna.edu or the USNA Admissions Facebook page.

Print Friendly, PDF & Email
Keeping our community informed is our top priority.
If you have a news tip to share, please call or text us at 340-228-8784.

Support local + independent journalism in the U.S. Virgin Islands

Unlike many news organizations, we haven't put up a paywall – we want to keep our journalism as accessible as we can. Our independent journalism costs time, money and hard work to keep you informed, but we do it because we believe that it matters. We know that informed communities are empowered ones. If you appreciate our reporting and want to help make our future more secure, please consider donating.