Learning for Life student heads to US Naval Academy

Sarah Rosa, a 16-year-old senior at Learning for Life Charter School in Marina, has been invited to attend the Naval Academy Summer Seminar program at the United States Naval Academy this year.

The Summer Seminar is a fast-pace leadership experience for rising seniors in high school. The Seminar helps educate, motivate and prepare selected students who are considering applying for admission to the USNA.

Sarah will join a select group of 2,550 young men and women from around the nation and abroad to attend the seminar.

When Sarah first visited the USNA as an eighth grader, she set her goal to one day graduate from the USNA with a civil engineering degree and as a commissioned Navy officer. Sarah comes from a Navy family. Her brother Aaron is a USNA graduate and commissioned Navy officer who received his pilot’s wings in January. Her father, CDR Louis Rosa is the Protestant Chaplain at the Naval Postgraduate School. Sarah and her four siblings were all home schooled by their mother, Maria, a teacher at Learning for Life Charter School. All of the Rosa’s five children accelerated at least one year ahead of their peers.

The USNA Summer Seminar teaches prospective Academy applicants about life at the Naval Academy, where academics, athletics, and professional training are key elements in developing U.S. leaders. She will attend a six-day session and experience a glimpse of USNA life. Sarah will experience first-hand what the Naval Academy has to offer through its academic, athletic, extracurricular activities and leadership training programs.

Sarah has also received news that she is accepted at Montana State University (MSU), in Bozeman, Montana for fall 2013-2014 enrollment. Since Sarah will not be old enough to attend the USNA until she is 18 years old, her plan is to begin her civil engineering studies at MSU and then transfer to the Naval Academy when she is 18 years old.


Sounds like Sarah's already going places! Go Sarah!