Every year LTC Bill Hitchcock encourages his students to submit Letters to the Editor of local newspapers to comment on newsworthy issues. During the 2008-2009 school year, thirteen students in LTC Hitchcock's U.S. Government, Political Science and International Relations classes were successful in getting published. As a matter of fact, four of these students, Haden Yonce, Cody Watson, Ben Wood and Justin Moore, were selected "Correspondent of the Day" in the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Another student, Ron Berscak, had two of his submissions published.