The Rockledge High School JROTC program offers students challenges and opportunities to:
*Sharpen communication skills
*Promote and encourage citizenship through participation in community service projects
*Develop leadership potential
*Strengthen self-esteem
*Improve physical fitness
*Provide incentives to live drug free
Army JROTC is active in approximately 1,700 high schools worldwide: in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Asia, Europe, and the Caribbean. Contrary to popular belief, the program is not designed to steer students toward a military career. Our objective is to teach young people to become better citizens.
Army JROTC is a program designed to make young people into viable members of society. It can prepare them for life by providing a framework for the qualities (skills, knowledge, and positive attitudes) that will help them succeed. It helps enhance qualities such as courage, candor, competence, commitment, and character. JROTC offers many opportunities for teamwork, advancement, and self-enrichment.
By enrolling in Army JROTC and joining the ranks of millions of other cadets who know the meaning of success, our young people will be taking the first step towards a promising future.
Program Outcomes. Program outcomes describe what JROTC Cadets will know and be able to do upon successful completion of the JROTC program. These outcomes also provide documentation for growth and development of the student and program for re-accreditation purposes, school visitors, parents, and the community. As Cadets complete each LET, their journey toward program outcomes will occur; each program outcome is linked to every LET lesson in the curriculum. Evidence of learning can be witnessed through a Cadet’s Portfolio, which will showcase continued development of program outcomes.
JROTC Program Outcomes are:
Act with integrity and personal accountability as you lead others to succeed in a diverse and global workforce.
Engage in civic and social concerns in the community, government, and society.
Graduate prepared to succeed in post-secondary options and career pathways.
Make decisions that promote positive social, emotional, and physical health.
Value the role of the military and other service organizations.
Core Abilities. Core Abilities describe the broad, life-long skills that every Cadet needs for success in future life and career endeavors. The core abilities are a result of the goals and values that drive the JROTC program and are built upon the program’s four years through integrating various lesson competencies and skills throughout the JROTC curriculum.
Apply critical thinking techniques
Build your capacity for life-long learning
Communicate using verbal, non-verbal, visual, and written techniques
Do your share as a good citizen in your school, community, country, and the world
Take responsibility for your actions and choices
Treat self and others with respect
Course Competencies. Competencies describe discipline-specific measurable and observable skills, knowledge, and attitudes. They are targeted in each lesson of the curriculum. Performance standards (criteria and conditions) provide the specifications for assessing mastery of a competency. Cadets show they have learned competencies by applying them in the completion of assessment tasks that require them to do one or more of the following:
Make a decision
Perform a skill
Perform a service
Solve a problem
Create a product
ENROLLMENT REQUIREMENTS: To be eligible for enrollment and continuance in JROTC, a student must meet the following requirements:
Education. The student must be enrolled in and attending Istrouma High School on a full-time basis.
Grade. The student must be in a grade above the 8th grade during the school year of enrollment.
Academic Standing. The student must maintain an acceptable level of academic achievement and standing as required by the JROTC program and Istrouma High School.
Conduct & Character. Cadets must maintain an acceptable standard of conduct. Those in leadership positions are expected to demonstrate high personal standards in order to set the example. All cadets should be honest, self-reliant, and have a sense of personal and social responsibility in performing unit and other academic assignments. They must exhibit self-discipline and respect for constituted authority through observance of laws, rules, and regulations; by prompt and regular attendance at instruction; and in their general demeanor. Cadets who fail to meet standards will be removed from leadership positions. All cadets will be screened at the end of each school year and will only be readmitted to the program with the approval of the Army Instructors.
Physical Ability. The student must be able to participate fully in the Physical Education program of Istrouma High School. This requirement, under open enrollment policies and when directed by the principal and Senior Army Instructor, may be waived. However, the school must provide any special equipment or additional instructors or aides that may be required to instruct these students at no cost to the government. The school must also ensure these students cause no disruption to the presentation of the JROTC curriculum.
Surveys/Screening Tests. The students will complete surveys and/or screening tests as may be prescribed by the school or JROTC.
DISENROLLMENT: At the discretion of the Senior Army Instructor, and with the approval of the school’s administration, a student cadet will be disenrolled or excluded from attendance, as appropriate. In all cases, a cadet will be considered for disenrollment when he or she—
Withdraws from school or any of the following:
Demonstrates ineptitude for leadership training indicated by a lack of general adaptability.
Fails to attain/maintain an acceptable standard of academic achievement, conduct, appearance or attendance.
Exhibits undesirable character traits, such as—
Lying, cheating or stealing.
Possession or use of illegal drugs or substances.
Conviction or adjudication as a juvenile offender or commission of any offense that could lead to imprisonment.
Frequent incidents of a discreditable nature with school or civil authorities or other similar acts.
Fails to maintain requirements for enrollment (see above).
Exhibits an indifference to and/or a lack of interest in citizenship and leadership training as demonstrated by-
Frequent absences or persistent tardiness from class or drill.
Repeated failure to wear uniform on designated days.
Failure to adhere to established personal grooming standards.
An established pattern of shirking responsibility, including failure to participate in unit events or community/school support activities, such as parades and organizational fund raising events.