"Most of our youngster-we have two age groups, 8-13 and 14-21- come from impoverished homes, but we also have middle-class children. Sixty percent come from broken homes. We have Catholics, Protestants, Muslims and four Jewish boys in the Cadet Corps. There are girls groups in our program, too... Ebony Dolls, Njema Girls and Mod Squad, we call them , and they of course, don't wear uniforms or take part in our military program."Some of our non-military activities are: a drum and bugle corp that has filled a wall with prizes they've won this year; a choir; fencing; karate; a steel band, and basketball. The girls attend classes in ballet, guitar, modeling and charm, sewing, cooking, secretarial work and heritage. There are both boys and girls in the after-school tutoring sessions and the Pen and Scroll Fraternity."
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