Week of November 28, 2016

Welcome Back, I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving break!


Parents we have 3 1/2  more weeks until the end of the semester. This week I will be giving 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%). This week will be the last week they will wear uniforms, so please encourage your students to do any make-ups this week. I will allow them to wear the uniform all week in order to remove a zero. With that being said, we will start uniform turn-in next week. Students will turn in ALL ITEMS EXCEPT for SHOES and SOCKS. Students have the option of either getting both shirt and pants dry cleaned at their expense or pay $4 and we will get it done for them.

Monday - Drill & Ceremony/Introduction to weapon drill

Tuesday - Class Instruction (Learning Styles)


Wednesday - Class Instruction (Portfolio Inspections)


Thursday - Uniform Inspection


Friday - Physical Training 


**I will be out next week attending a required class in Kentucky. Students will be participating in the cadet challenge ALL week so ensure they wear physical fitness attire each day"

Week 16-November 14-18

Happy Monday I hope everyone enjoyed the weekend.

This starts week 16 of school and one more week before the Thanksgiving break, Yeah!!

To all the parents that served in the military, Thank You for Your Service!  As some of you may know the cadets participated in the Veterans Day Parade on last Friday in Marietta square and they did an excellent job, I was really proud of them. This week we are preparing for our Battalion Formation, first one since 2007. This is a chance for all the cadets to come together as one and show their company spirit. We will also recognize the Pebblebrook staff that are also veterans.


Monday - Drill & Ceremony/Battalion Formation Practice

Tuesday - Class Instruction (Conflict Resolution)


Wednesday - Class Instruction (Brain Structure)


Thursday - Uniform Inspection/Battalion Formation Practice


Friday - Physical Training 


**Parents we are doing a brief overview/discussion on Suicide Prevent. Students will be given a handout on the truths and myths of Suicide"

Week 13 October 31 - November 4

Happy Monday/Holloween!! I hope everyone enjoyed the weekend.

This starts week 13/14 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 gradebook.



Monday - Drill & Ceremony

Tuesday - Class Instruction (Personal Growth)


Wednesday - Class Instruction (Learning Styles)


Thursday - Uniform Inspection


Friday - Quiz 


**Congratulations to the Female Raider Team who participated in the State Raider Competition this past weekend, the ladies had a Great Season!"

Week 11 October 17-21

Happy Monday!! I hope everyone enjoyed the spirit week and homecoming festivities last week. I'm sure our cadets enjoyed dressing up in spirit wear on Thursday instead of wearing the uniform. 

This week we will be off our normal schedule of events due to testing and College fair. We are taking advantage of that by conducting evaluations for upcoming promotions. Students 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 either the last week of this month or first week in November during uniform inspection. Although we will not see the JROTC students on this Wednesday, we will have uniform inspection on Thursday and Physical Training on Friday.

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 gradebook.



Monday - Promotion Evaluations

Tuesday - Promotion Evaluations continued


Wednesday - PSAT, ASVAB testing


Thursday - Uniform Inspection


Friday - Physical Fitness 


**Drill Team tryouts/practice will begin today at 3:40 p.m. All 1st and 2nd semester cadets are welcome to participate. Cadets are released by 5:00 pm**

Week 9, October 3-7

Welcome Back!! I hope everyone had a good and relaxing fall break and ready to come back recharged. Today we will start week 9, with 9 more weeks to go before the semester is over and we still have a lot more to learn. Today we will continue with our normal weekly schedule as you can see below. This week we will start discussing a class Service Learning project which involves cadets actively participating and organizing a community service project. 

 

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 gradebook.



Monday - Drill and Ceremony


Tuesday - Classroom Instruction (Leadership from the Inside Out)


Wednesday - Classroom Instruction (Military Alphabet/Time and Service Learning)


Thursday - Uniform Inspection


Friday - Physical Fitness 


**JROTC Raiders will compete at Osborne HS this Saturday @ 0800, please come out and support**

Week 8 September 19-23

Last week before the break !! Progress reports went home on Friday. I have spoke to those students individually who are failing my class. Parents/Students, JROTC is not a difficult class but you will have to participate in ALL activities on the weekly schedule in order to pass. 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.



Monday - Drill and Ceremony


Tuesday - Exam (Mission of JROTC, Rank/Structure, Uniform Wear, Awards, Military Customs/Traditions, U.S. Flag


Wednesday - Classroom Instruction (Leadership)


Thursday - Uniform Inspection


Friday - Physical Fitness 


**JROTC Raiders will compete at Creekside HS in Fairburn, GA this Saturday @ 0800, please come out and support**

Week 7, September 12-16

Congratulations goes out to our Falcon Battalion Raider team for winning 3 trophies this past Saturday in Forsyth, GA. Please come out this Saturday and support our Raiders as we compete against several other High Schools at South Paulding HS, the competition starts at 8 a.m. Progress reports will go out this Friday. Today I gave each student a progress sheet on where they stand in JROTC, and addressed those students who were failing. Just as a reminder to parents and students, the uniform pants and jackets are to be dry cleaned as often as necessary (PLEASE DO NOT WASH AT HOME). Below is the schedule for this week.


Monday - Drill and Ceremony


Tuesday - Classroom Instruction (Stars & Stripes continued, Military Customs and Traditions)


Wednesday - Classroom Instruction (Leadership)


Thursday - Uniform Inspection


Friday - Physical Fitness 


**Students can sign up to do Courtesy Patrol (CP) for this Fridays home game against Berkmar High School.