Falcon Battalion LET 1/2

Happy Monday and Happy New Year! And I welcome ALL the new students to JROTC. Last week we issued all students the uniform, learned the JROTC creed and company mottos, along with introducing them to Drill & Ceremony. The expectations of this class, students are required to participate in all daily activities in order to successfully pass this class. These activities include Drill & Ceremony, wearing the uniform every Thursday (ALL Day) and participating in Physical Training on Friday's.Tuesday and Wednesdays are class days and students must turn in all assignments. Additionally, in JROTC we do not allow use of cell phones during instruction and we do not eat in class. I will post a copy of the syllabus this week. Monday - Drill & Ceremony Tuesday - Classroom Instruction/Past and Purpose of JROTC Wednesday - Classroom Instruction/Moving Up in Rank & Structure Thursday - Uniform Inspection Friday - Physical Fitnes...

Happy Monday parents and students, We are down to 2 1/2 more weeks until the end of the semester. This week cadets will be participating in the cadet challenge where they will do a series of exercises each day with the goal of improving our overall average by at least 30%. Good luck and I am requiring all cadets to give 110% on every event. Also, be reminded that we have changed the uniform inspection from Thursday to Tuesday. This is our final inspection for the semester and ALL uniforms will be turned in starting on Wednesday(unless you are on the Drill Team or participating in the Service Learning project on December 14). Items to be turned in: Shirt, Pants, tie/neck tab, jacket, nametag, awards and rank. When turning in the uniform, please remember to bring $4 for cleaning. Make-up days will be Wednesday and Thursday of this week. Monday-Cadet Challenge (1 Mile Run) Tuesday- Uniform Inspection Wednesday- Cadet Challenge (V-Sit reach, Curl Up, Pull-Up/Flex Arm Hang, Shuttle ...

Welcome Back, I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving break! Parents we have 3 1/2  more weeks until the end of the semester. Before the break I gave ALL students another copy of their grades in order to give them the opportunity to do make-up assignments if necessary (with maximum grade of 70%). All make-up work is due tomorrow at the beginning of class. This is also the last week students will wear the uniform, we have added 2 additional days (Tuesday and Wednesday) to make-up missed uniform inspections. Please encourage your students to do any make-ups this week. With that being said, we will start uniform turn-in next week, December 4. Students will turn in ALL ITEMS EXCEPT for SHOES and SOCKS. Students have the option of either getting shirt, pants and jacket dry cleaned at their expense or pay $4 and we will get it done for them. This weeks schedule is as follows: Monday  - Drill ...

Good morning Parents and Students. It's already week 14 of school with four more weeks to go until the end of the semester. This Saturday the cadets will have the opportunity to participate in the annual Veterans Day parade at Marietta Square. If your cadet has not signed up, please encourage them to do so, we want the Falcon Battalion to show up strong. I  would also like for all of you to come out and support and take pictures.(Marietta Square, November 11, 10am) This week we will be promoting MOST of our cadets to a higher rank based on their leadership potential and how they have been performing up to this point of the semester. Due to voting day on Tuesday, cadets will make up any missed uniform inspections on this Wednesday when they come back to school.  This week's schedule is as follows: Monday  - Drill & Ceremony/Battalion Formation (Parade Practice) Tuesday  - Voting Day(No School) Wednesday  - Class Instruct...

Happy Monday/Holloween!! I hope everyone enjoyed the weekend. This starts week 13 of school and progress reports will go home on Friday.  I will give each student a print out of grades today so they can see where they are and what if any assignments need to be made up. This includes students that need to make-up uniform grades, Make-Up day is Tuesday.   Parents, I can not stress enough that participation and uniform wear is a major part of this program, the classwork is the icing on the cake. Please encourage your students to participate and wear the uniform weekly. If there is a situation where the uniform was not prepared for inspection on Thursday, the student has the opportunity to make that up on the following Tuesday or the zero will remain in the grade book. I want to thank all the parents and students who participated in the candle fundraiser, tomorrow will be the last day to turn in money. Those who did not participate this time, you will have another o...

Happy Monday Parents and Students!! Congratulations goes out to our Female Raider Team who walked away with (5) 3rd place trophies as they competed at the Osborne HS annual Raider meet! We are back on our normal JROTC schedule this week after last weeks adjustments. Next week students will be will be graded on Rank, Drill and Ceremony, and the Cadet Creed. All things they SHOULD know at this point of the semester. Our promotion ceremony will be held the first week in November during uniform inspection. How well they do on these evaluations will determine their promotion status.   Parents, I can not stress enough that participation in uniform inspection, drill and ceremony and physical training is a major part of this program, the classwork is the icing on the cake. Please encourage your students to participate and wear the uniform weekly. If there is a situation where the uniform was not prepared for inspection on Thursday, the student has the opportun...

Congratulations goes out to our Falcon Battalion Raider team for winning 2 trophies this past Saturday at South Paulding HS. Please come out this Saturday and support our Raiders as we compete against several other High Schools at Osborne HS. the competition starts at 8 a.m. Last week I gave each cadet a student report to show where they are at this halfway point of the semester. Its all up to them at this point, NO EXCUSES! Due to the half day on Thursday, cadets will not wear the uniform this week. If they still need to make up missed uniform inspections, Tuesday is the make up day.  Below is the schedule for this week. Monday - Classroom Instruction - Self Awareness (LET I), First Aid for Heat Injuries (LET II) Tuesday - Classroom Instruction - Learning Styles (LET I),  Prepare to teach (LET II) Wednesday - Drill and Ceremony (School Wide Testing day....PSAT & ASVAB) Thursday - Drill and Ceremony (Hal...