Family BBQ. The U.S. Air Force Junior ROTC program, a high school elective course for Marin schools, began the new semester with a family barbecue, softball, swimming and a parent seminar on how to help your student succeed in school. The JROTC staff began the new with a family BBQ and friendly game of softball to ensure that new students and family members had an opportunity to meet other families already at Novato High School's JROTC program.
Parent seminar on how to help your high school student succeed. The event ended with new high school freshman family members sitting in a seminar on how to help new high school students succeed academically. The seminar covered how to check homework status on the website, how to contact teachers, creating a student weekly study schedule, tutoring opportunities, student organization, nutrition, and many more helpful hints. Parents enjoyed talking to other parents to gain ideas on how to help one another.
Building Better Citizens for America (BBCA) awards $600 to a cadet for SAT prep class. Mrs. Susan Miller, President of the BBCA, awarded Cadet Nick Langevin a full scholarship to attend SAT prep training. Nick is a top JROTC leader, a 4.0 GPA scholar, and varsity football and la crosse team member. Anyone interested in joining the BBCA can contact Susan at 415-328-2120 or email at SMiller_50@comcast.net.
Marin's JROTC's mission is to improve student character and capability...especially in academics. The program has limited space and is taking new students, so enroll now. Please contact Mr. Hiroshi "Yoshi" Yamaguchi at 415-314-5429 or email HYamaguchi@NUSD.org for additional information. Mr. Yamaguchi is a retired Air Force senior officer with flying, training, and Pentagon experience.
