Photo by Staff Sgt. Crystal Housman | California National Guard Primary | 01.14.2024
U.S. Army Pfc. Ernesto Ramirez, an active duty wheeled vehicle mechanic stationed in Colorado, visits Sunburst Youth Academy, Jan. 14, 2024, on Joint Forces Training Base, Los Alamitos, California. Ramirez is a graduated from the academy’s Class 30 Wolfpack platoon in 2022. Sunburst is a National Guard Youth Challenge Program run in partnership between the Orange County Department of......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Crystal Housman | California National Guard Primary | 12.13.2023
A crowd of nearly 2,000 people cheer for cadets in Sunburst Youth Academy’s Class 32 during their commencement ceremony, Dec. 13, 2023, at the La Mirada Theatre of Performing Arts in La Mirada, California. 156 Southern California teens completed the academy’s 22-week residential program and earned up to a year’s worth of high school credits in half the time. Twenty students also received......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Crystal Housman | California National Guard Primary | 12.13.2023
U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Peter Gutierrez, left, commandant of Sunburst Youth Academy, shakes hands with Cadet Steven Navarro, right, as Navarro receives his certificate of program completion during a commencement ceremony for its 32nd Class, Dec. 13, 2023, at the La Mirada Theatre of Performing Arts in La Mirada, California. 156 Southern California teens completed the academy’s 22-week......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Crystal Housman | California National Guard Primary | 12.13.2023
Sunburst Youth Academy holds a commencement ceremony for its 32nd Class, Dec. 13, 2023, at the La Mirada Theatre of Performing Arts in La Mirada, California. 156 Southern California teens completed the academy’s 22-week residential program and earned up to a year’s worth of high school credits in half the time. Twenty students also received their high school diploma or HiSET equivalency......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Crystal Housman | California National Guard Primary | 12.13.2023
Sunburst Youth Academy Cadet Izabella Stark hugs two classmates after the academy’s graduation ceremony, Dec. 13, 2023, at the La Mirada Theatre of Performing Arts in La Mirada, California. 156 Southern California teens completed the academy’s 22-week residential program and earned up to a year’s worth of high school credits in half the time. Twenty students also received their high......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Crystal Housman | California National Guard Primary | 12.13.2023
Sunburst Youth Academy Class 32 graduate David Chocoj Xajil raises his fist in the air after receiving his high school diploma during the academy’s commencement ceremony for its 32nd Class, Dec. 13, 2023, at the La Mirada Theatre of Performing Arts in La Mirada, California. 156 Southern California teens completed the academy’s 22-week residential program and earned up to a year’s worth......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Crystal Housman | California National Guard Primary | 01.20.2023
Sen. David Min, who represents California’s 37th state senate district, right, talks with teachers and staff members of Sunburst Youth Challenge Academy, Jan. 20, 2023, while touring the high school credit recovery program during his visit to Joint Forces Training Base, Los Alamitos, California. Sunburst is run in partnership between the Orange County Department of Education and the......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Crystal Housman | California National Guard Primary | 01.20.2023
Sen. David Min, who represents California’s 37th state senate district, talks with Sunburst Youth Challenge Academy Principal Dinah Ismail in a classroom, Jan. 20, 2023, while touring the high school credit recovery program during his visit to Joint Forces Training Base, Los Alamitos, California. Sunburst is run in partnership between the Orange County Department of Education and the......
