TYA in the Media

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Videos

• Ch 6 Bus Stop Forecast - Class 33, 1st platoon
• Oklahoma Horizon Show 5/18/08
• Tulsa World Slideshow Graduation 2008

News Articles

• TYA graduates 83 cadets  Muskogee Phoenix, muskogeephoenix.com 6/26/09  ...PRYOR — The 32nd class of cadets has graduated from Thunderbird Youth Academy. The 83 cadets were saluted by Lt. Gov. Jari Askins and Major General Myles Deering, Oklahoma adjutant general, during a commencement ceremony June 20. 
• 83 TYA cadets graduate  The Paper, Pryor, OK 6/26/09
• Re-Greening at St. Simeon's - St. Simeon's Auxiliary Newsletter May 2009
  
• Holocaust survivor tells her story in Pryor  Pryor Daily Times - Pryor,OK,USA 5/12/09  Bogart visited Mayes County in April and spoke at several area schools, including Thunderbird Youth Academy. She also spoke at First United Methodist Church ...
• TYA featured on RSU-TV Pryor Daily Times 5/6/09 The program will highlight all youth programs, including TYA, TRTP & STARS.
• Goal: Reverse gang culture Broken Arrow Ledger - BAledger.com  4/28/09 ''I could always see the potential in people, even the youth. ... Add Tulsa Community College, Job Corps & Thunderbird Academy to the list and there can be something for everyone ...
• TYA cadets participate in the RSU Centennial Parade - 3/25/09
• Stars alight Guard's 4th annual Youth ChalleNGe night - www.ngb.army.mil Washington 2/25/09
• Ranger Challenge tests skills of university ROTC cadets - Muskogee Phoenix 11/8/08  Approximately 70 TYA students from Pryor were on hand to participate in rappelling,...
• TYA grant will allow high school credits - TradingMarkets.com 10/23/08 ...The grant will allow cadets to earn high school credit for classes by partnering with the University of Oklahoma (OU) Center for Independent and Distance Learning.
• TYA grant will allow high school credits - Business Week Online 10/23/08 ...An almost $62,000 grant from the AT&T Foundation allows (TYA) to offer high school credits to cadets.
• Community pitches in - Pryor Daily Times 10/22/08 ...This week, Thunderbird Youth Academy and Adair Boy Scouts are distributing grocery sacks in Pryor...
• Deserving of praise - Tulsa World Letter to Editor 7/26/08...Thank you for the article on the graduates of TYA in Pryor...
• Devon K. Callawy, Bixby, graduates from TYA 6/13/08 Neighbor Newspapers...These 94 young men and women will proudly walk across the stage to be recognized for completing 22 weeks of rigorous and intense training that will have an impact on their lives.
• Cadets Leave with Life Lessons 6/15/08 by Sara Plummer, World Staff Writer, Tulsa World...TYA's 30th graduating class marks a milestone.
• TYA Cadet Pulls Child from Lake  5/22/08 by Julie Yates, Staff Writer, Pryor Daily Times...TYA cadet saved a child's life last Saturday.
• Arbor Day and Teacher Memorial 4/24/08 Pryor Daily Times...pictures of Cadets honoring Arbor Day and the tragic deaths of teachers in the Mayes County area
• Cadets, children plan memories 4/22/08 Tulsa World...Article and picture about Cadets honoring Arbor Day and the tragic deaths of teachers in the Mayes County area.
• Thunderbird Cadets Show Off Campus 3/6/08 Pryor Daily Times ...Cadets were surprised last week with two famous vistors when Trisha Yearwood and Karri Turner toured the campus on Feb. 25.
• Coalition discuss gang, crime prevention  10/24/07
• Sherrer encourages local students to consider Thunderbird  (PDF) OKLAHOMA CITY 6/10/07 Pryor Daily Times  ...TYA in Pryor is now accepting applications for admission

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• Dignitaries visit number one TYA  By Kay McFarland, Pryor Daily Times 5/31/07 ...TYA has been selected the number one youth challenge program for 2006.
• New Partnership ChalleNGes Teen Dropout Crisis  By Heather Campbell for Boys & Girls Club Association  ...Go to page 16 of the BGCA Connections publication.
• First Ladies Examine Youth Program for their States  By Sommer Woodward, Pryor Daily Times 4/25/07 ....Kim Henry, First Lady of Oklahoma, brought a group of first ladies from other states to visit the Thunderbird Youth Academy (TYA) in Pryor Monday.
• KOTV Video Clip of Oklahoma's 45th Infantry Division Honored
• Director Chosen at TYA  By Sommer Woodward, Pryor Daily Times 3/26/07   ...Michell Graff is excited to oversee and provide direction to the program.
• A Day in the Life By Sommer Woodward, Pryor Daily Times 1/29/07   ...The Thunderbird Youth Academy (TYA) ALPHA program was recently awarded the best overall program for a youth challenge program from the annual National Guard Youth ChalleNGe conference.
• Meltons receive lifetime achievement award By Sommer Woodward, Pryor Daily Times  1/27/07   ...for the work they do with the cadets at Thunderbird Youth Academy.
• One man's trash is another man's fuel Pryor Daily Times  12/2/06 ...A platoon of eager young men helped unload tires being dropped off, stacked tires for counting, and loaded and restacked tires into semi trailers.
• State pilot program seeks to help ex-youth offenders build new lives By Paul Monies, Business Writer, NewsOK.com 11/8/06  ...Project Moves will help youth offenders, those aging out of the state's foster care program and high school drop out at Thunderbird Youth Academy.

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• Soldier Killed In Iraq Honored In Claremore By KOTV - Tulsa,OK,USA 10/26/06  ... through a newly created scholarship fund. The Jason Hendrix Memorial Scholarship Fund will help kids at the Thunderbird Youth Academy. ...
• Tulsa Family Sees Their Soldier Son On National TV By KOTV - 10/25/2006 10:09 AM - Updated 10/26/2006 10:54 AM  ...News on 6 reporter Steve Berg says that is because Patrick Oglesbee (TYA Grad) appeared in a story Tuesday night on the CBS Evening News.
• Soldier's Relatives to Offer Tribute By RHETT MORGAN World Staff Writer 10/25/06...The proposed scholarship will benefit the Thunderbird Youth Academy in Pryor.
• Oklahomans Remember 9/11, Murrah Bombing By 1st Lt. Geoff Legler, USA, www.americasupportsyou.mil 9/12/06   TYA Cadets participate in the Freedom Walk 2006.
• Academy offers new beginnings to youngsters  By Chad Previch,The Oklahoman 7/18/06  ...Soon-to-be cadets hope to turn their lives around.
• Students Land Safely   By TOM DROEGE Tulsa World Staff Writer 6/18/2006  ...Off they go: Thunderbird program gives at-risk youths a little taste of tough love...
• Fallen soldier laid to rest in Fort Gibson KTEN - Denison, TX, USA   ...developed a love of the military while attending the Thunderbird Youth Academy in Pryor several years ago...
• Fallen soldier honored by nation, family   Muskogee Daily Phoenix - Muskogee,OK,USA   ... Approximately 75 students of Thunderbird Youth Academy in Pryor lined the cemetery route in honor of Stanley, a 2003 Thunderbird graduate. ...
• Cadet Maxwell to graduate Thunderbird Youth Academy   Enid News & Eagle June 13, 2006 ...will graduate from Thunderbird Youth Academy at 10 a.m. Saturday...
• Fallen Soldier  KOTV.com published 6/15/06  ... high school. But while at the Thunderbird Youth Academy in Pryor he made up his mind he wanted to be a soldier. Instructors say ...

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• A Soldier's Journey to Manhood Ends in Trajedy   The Oklahoman published 6/8/06   ...Army Spc. Derek A. Stanley was killed in Afghanistan...
• Retired General Shares Experiences   Pryor Daily Times published 6/4/06  ...questions retired Brig. Gen. Thomas P. Mancino addressed Friday during a presentation he made to cadets at Thunderbird Youth Academy...
• Memorial Death March Honors Bataan Prisoners   Glenpool Post News Editor published 4/13/06   ...Glenpool cadet takes part in annual event...
• Elgin Veteran Honored for Bataan Service   Comanche County Chronicle - Elgin, OK   ...Ten Oklahoma teenagers from Thunderbird Youth Academy of Pryor, Okla. marched in uniform for 26.2 miles at the 17th annual Bataan Death March Memorial...
• TYA Takes Part in Bataan Memorial Death March   Pryor Daily Times published 3/30/06  ...During the trip TYA visited with the New Mexico Youth Challenge program in Roswell...
• TYA Cadets Go to Washington   Pryor Daily times published 3/3/06   ...across the nation who were selected to attend the event which proposes to expand the cadets' awareness of the National Guard and the Youth Challenge Program...
• Lynch Gives $1 Million to Natl Guard Youth ChalleNGe  Carolina Newswire (press release) - published 3/2/06 ...The gift will be used for scholarships for the thousands of at-risk youth...
• Rumsfeld Urges Guard Youth Program Members to Aim High  US DOD (press release) Washington, DC published 2/28/06 ...urged about 60 members of the NGYC Program here today...
• Sec. Rumsfeld Remarks to NGYC Program  US DOD (press release) - Washington, DC published 2/28/06 ...Welcome to the Pentagon...

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