MS teens gaining cyber experience

ABERDEEN, Miss. - Two Aberdeen High School Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFJROTC) students are taking classes this summer as part of a Cyber Academy pilot program to develop the next generation of cyber experts. Rising junior Makayla D. Davis and rising senior Joy Adair, both cadets in the JROTC unit, are gaining experience and earning college credit this summer through a partnership between the school, the AFJROTC and computer science company CSforAll that operates the academy. “CSforAll looked at a pool of half a million students across the nation,” said AFROTC instructor Allen Williams. “There’s diversity in that number. They have the schools like Aberdeen that are Title I and in an underserved population and thought if they could make a difference at that level, it would reverberate,” he said. The students are to begin taking online courses in June and July through Mississippi State University, ahead of AHS’s introduction of AP computer science in the fall. There are two potential industry certifications included. Aberdeen’s one of 30 JROTC programs nationally that is part of the program. It’s a two-year pilot program beginning at the freshman level. (Source: Monroe Journal 05/25/20) https://www.djournal.com/monroe/news/aberdeen-jrotc-students-chosen-for-cyber-academy-program/article_cf22b757-3005-5101-b1a0-6ca769cd238b.html