Viera High School
Army JROTC Back to School
Brief 2013-2014
AGENDA
• Welcome Back
• Review of Weekly Schedule
• Expected Behavior in Class
• Numbers of Cadets/Status of
Uniforms
• Team Highlights
• Upcoming Events
• Policy Letter Highlights
• Why Lab Fees
• Booster Club Info
Welcome Back
• Continue to build upon what you learned
• Leadership
• Physical Fitness
• Treating all with dignity and respect
• Keep current on events
• Good grades in all classes
• Be a good teammate
• Remember you are being observed every
day
Review Weekly Schedule
• Monday – Accountability, Drill and Ceremony
• Tuesday and Thursday – Accountability, Cadet
Creed and class room instruction
• Wednesday – Uniform inspection
• Understand grooming and body piercing
policy outlined in CCR 145-2
https://www.usarmyjrotc.com/jrotcRes/downlo
ads/CCR145-2.pdf
• Friday – Physical Fitness
• Dress out is a must (If you fail to dress out 3
or more times during 9 weeks = automatic 0)
Expected Behavior in
Classroom
• Treat everyone with dignity and respect
• Be quiet and respectful when others are
speaking
• Be on time to class/in seat or in formation
when bell rings
• If you get tired stand-up
• Participation in classroom discussions is a
must
• No hats, head scarf's or bandanas worn in
class
• No food or drink in the classroom
• Keep classroom clean
Number of Cadets in JROTC and
Status of Uniforms
• 216 Cadets in 2013-2014 Viera Hawk JROTC Battalion
• Cadets must return all JROTC policy letters signed by parents S:
6 September/No participation on teams allowed until all
paperwork is signed
• Transitioning soon to new JROTC Uniform: 20% of new uniforms
are in
• Will continue to wear current Class B uniform until all new
uniform components are in
• Class A jackets have 20
• Cadet Command only provides a limited number for Color
Guard, and Battalion level chain of command
• Winter JROTC jackets will be issued in the fall
• No head gear will be issued unless on Color Guard or Drill Team
• School campus is a no salute area
TEAM HIGHLIGHTS FROM LAST YEAR
• Raider: Male Team 1 finished 2nd Region and placed 10th in the
State Championship
• Color Guard: Female Team finished 1st in the Region and placed
11th at State
• Drill:
•Squad Unarmed Drill Team finished 4th in the Region and
placed 23rd in the State
• Squad Armed Drill Team finished 4th in the Region and 11th in
the State
• Rifle Marksmanship Team: Finished 1st in the Region and placed
3rd in the State
• Practices for 2013-2014 Teams:
• Color Guard starts Monday 19 August 3:45 PM
• Raider starts Monday 19 August 3:45 PM
• Rifle Team starts Friday 23 August 7 AM
UPCOMING EVENTS
• 30 August Rockledge @ Viera
• 6 September Satellite @ Viera
• 14 September Republican Dinner at Holiday Inn Viera
• 21 September Operation Stand down/Cancer
Wrestling Benefit
• 3 October Eau Gallie @ Viera
• 5 October Cocoa Raider Meet
• 18 October Melbourne @ Viera
• 19 October Cocoa Beach Raider Meet
• 2 November Regional Raider Meet @ Rockledge
• 11 November Veterans Day Color Guard at Viera
Manor
Policy Letter Highlights
• Drill and Ceremony: Must wear tennis shoes or points
deducted/No sandals or flip flops
• Uniform Inspection:
• Must wear all day on Wednesday
• Miss 3 uniform inspections during 9 weeks/automatic failure
• If absent on Wednesday must wear uniform next day or
coordinate make-up with SAI or AI
• No body piercings allowed to be worn with uniform
• Male hair: neat in appearance not touching ears, eye brows or
color (see https://www.usarmyjrotc.com/jrotcRes/downloads/8
library/publications/CCReg145 2.pdf
•Female hair: natural color, and worn up
• PT on Friday: Must dress out and participate in team sports or
workout
• Failure to dress out 3 times during a 9 weeks is an automatic 0
for discipline grade
• Cadets are financially liable for the uniform issued to them
WHY WE NEED $30.00 LAB FEEs
• Transportation to and from ROTC events
• projected cost: $22 per 1 hr/ea bus driver and $1.25 per
mile/ea bus projected cost: $400.00 ( for 2 buses)
• Additional equipment needed to properly train Raider and Rifle
teams
• Additional rope and snap links for Raiders, snap links,
projected cost: $ 300.00
• Pellets, targets, o-rings, C02 for Rifle Team,
projected cost $ 600.00
• JROTC military ball January 29, 2011
• Tickets $22.00-$25.00 per Cadet (Lab fee helps reduce cost
of ticket) projected cost: $ 3500.00
• Organizational Day TBD in March 2014 projected cost $700.00
TOTAL COST for 2013 – 2014 = $5,500.00
Booster Club Meetings
• Booster Club Meetings:
• 3rd Tuesday of every month 6PM
• First Booster Club Meeting is this coming
Tuesday 20 August at 6 PM/Pizza provided
Questions?
Reminders:
20 August: Booster Club meeting 6 PM
6 September: All paper work due
30 September: Lab fees paid