• CTE (Career Technical Education) at EHS:5 ROTC Air Force

This is a leadership development program with the focus on building character and to create citizens that care about their community. 

I'm not sure if the ROTC program is officially under Elsinore High's CTE umbrella or not, but I wanted it to be included in this blog series. 

 Color Guard.

It's a student run program. They take individuals as freshmen and raise them up to the point that, by their junior or senior year, they run the program.

Curriculum

• Aerospace Science 1 (ROTC)
  • Period 4
  • Period 5
• Aerospace Science 2 (ROTC) (Period 1)
• Aerospace Science 3 (ROTC) (Period 3)
• Aerospace Science 4 (ROTC) (Period 3)
• Cadet Leadership Course (Camp Pendleton)
• Drill & Ceremonies (ROTC) (Period 7)
• Freshmen Leadership Camp

The ROTC building on the campus of EHS. 

A Journey Into Aviation History

from the website

This is the recommended first course for all new cadets. It is an aviation history course focusing on the development of flight throughout the centuries. It starts with ancient civilizations, then progresses through time to modern day. The emphasis is on civilian and military contributions to aviation; the development, modernization, and transformation of the Air Force; and a brief astronomical and space exploration history. 

It is interspersed with concise overviews of the principles of flight to include basic aeronautics, aircraft motion and control, flight power, and rockets. Throughout the course, there are readings, videos, hands-on activities, and in-text and student workbook exercises to guide in the reinforcement of the materials. 

The course objectives are:
1.  Know the historical facts and impacts of the early attempts to fly.
2.  Know the major historical contributors to the development of flight.
3.  Know the contributions of the U.S. Air Force to modern aviation history.
4.  Know the key events of space exploration history.They generally do the management and planning sessions for all the different activities in the program.

Freshmen Leadership Camp

This week-long camp (June 8-12, 2020) provides entry training to ROTC and will prepare incoming freshman cadets for the first day of school and beyond.  The camp is held on the Elsinore High School campus for one week, starting at 8:00 am and ending at 11:00 am each day.  

A graduation ceremony and pot luck party closes the camp on Friday. Selected cadets may be eligible to attend Camp Pendleton Summer Leadership School the following week, earning 5 elective credits.  Cadet recruiters will visit the middle schools in the Fall and Spring to hand out more camp information and registration forms.

Learning through doing

I was told of one exercise where the Bataan Death March was the focus. The cadets went to the school's track, walked for 56 laps, the equivalent of about 14 miles, which was only a portion of the distance of the infamous WWII march. Once finished they refueled on MREs. 

Highlights on the ROTC calendar include, Military Ball, Awards Ceremony, Marching Competition and Cadet Promotions.

From the web page

Welcome "Flying Tigers"! 

A fantastic year has just started and you are all invited to make the most of it as a cadet in the United States Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps. 

Get those stripes...get those scholarships...get that career you have been dreaming about after high school or college. HUA, Elsinore! (Heard Understood Acknowledged)

In the last class, they had about 120 cadets in the program, and though they do have class size limits, there isn't a waiting list. 

Cadets are given about $360 worth of uniforms, which includes shoes, socks. Their responsibility throughout the year is to keep it clean, which often means drycleaning. If they want to wear additional uniforms, they are purchased by the cadets themselves. 

The program tries to offset some of those costs by supplying gently used uniforms that are donated, to students that may not be able to afford them. It was estimated to be about $250 just for the pants, the top and the boots.

They do hold fundraisers to further offset some of the costs. 

Among the fundraisers they have car washes and selling butter braids (it's a pastry).

A big thank you to Stacy Styrcula, EHS's College and Career Center Technician. Without her help I couldn't have done this series. 

Link to blog 1: Video and Photography

Link to blog 2: Graphic Design

Link to blog 3: Sports Medicine

Link to blog 4: Screen Printing

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