The Coast Guard Academy is a huge proponent of the Coast Guard’s Partnership in
Education (PIE) program and as such is committed to enhancing educational opportunities
and career awareness for local youth through direct participation in education-related
initiatives. Collaboratively, cadets, faculty and staff put in over 1, 575 hours
tutoring, teaching lessons, mentoring, coaching, announcing/commentating at local
sporting events, and even taking over classrooms for a day in a local elementary
school. Approximately 50 cadets volunteer on a regular basis, however, the candidate
pool is is corps-wide and the faculty and staff are also strongly committed and
engaged.