what is NNDCC?

The Navy National Defense Cadet Corps at Northern High School was established on July 1, 2020. The accredited curriculum emphasizes citizenship and leadership development, as well as our U.S. Navy maritime heritage, the significance of sea power, and naval topics such as the fundamentals of naval operations, seamanship, navigation, and meteorology. Classroom instruction is augmented throughout the year by extra-curricular activities of community service, academic, athletic, drill and orienteering competitions, visits to naval bases or other activities, marksmanship training, and physical fitness training.

Program Benefits:

• The NNDCC program is motivational in encouraging students to graduate from high school and continue to higher education. Approximately 60 percent of the Cadets who are graduating seniors continue to higher education.

• Cadets are better behaved, have higher attendance, are role models for the avoidance of substance abuse, have higher self-esteem, develop positive life skills, and on average have higher grade point averages.

• Cadets learn the value of teamwork and individual accomplishments from belonging to NNDCC. The character education teaches values, principles, and self-discipline promoting positive, productive behaviors and provides a support structure that is critical in helping Cadets live a healthy and fit lifestyle.

• Cadets accepted for enlistment, who provide evidence of successful completion of at least 3 years of NNDCC are entitled to advanced promotion to pay grade E-3 upon initial enlistment in an active or reserve component of the Navy, or Air Force, and pay grade E-2 in the Army or Marine Corps.

• The Naval Science Instructor is authorized to nominate a maximum of three eligible cadets each year to compete for U.S. Naval Academy appointments.