JROTC NEWS
JROTC News february 26th
JROTC News
The Knights Battalion held a flag burning ceremony on the 26th. The purpose of this ceremony is to respectfully retire unserviceable and worn American flags. The ceremony took place on February 26th after school. At the beginning of the ceremony the battalion underwent a change in command; Teagan Findlay receiving the position of BNCO, and Braeden Frankhouser receiving XO. 8 people attended the Ceremony; roughly 50 flags were retired. Retiring an unserviceable or worn flag is important to properly respect our flag and the people that fought for it.
jrotc news december
JROTC News
Drops of sweat dripped down their brow as their bodies were frozen like statues. A pin drop could be heard across the entire building as the tension between the shooters filled the atmosphere. Staring down their sight, their focus was fully upon the black dot that plagued them, and the winning bullseye within it. The lead pellet rang through their ears as it was fired. 10 points. It was just the beginning to the finish line, and from there, victory.
Preston’s JROTC program is proud to announce that our Air Rifle team ranked 1st place at the 12th Annual Foothills Invitational with a final score of 921. Out of the 81 cadets that competed Cadet Major Teagan Findlay (Senior) placed in the top three among those cadets. Maddy Kincaid (Freshman), a first-year cadet and shooter, already accomplishing much in the JROTC program, placed top ten in the New Shooter category. This is a very exciting start for our team and for the season here at Preston High with more shoots already scheduled, including a shoulder to shoulder hosted by Preston on January 10th, 2024. The Preston JROTC Air Rifle team has a bright future considering the outstanding performance shown by Maddy Kincaid and the other under classmen that participated. The Knight’s Battalion is proud of our skilled shooters and is looking forward to the many Victories to come.
jrotc news december 22nd
JROTC News
JROTC is having some fun for the holiday season, on December 22nd there is a 2hr early out and the JROTC staff have decided to make a little Christmas party, the cadets will enjoy many different games and fun activities along with having a special Christmas lunch with the help of slaughter house and food service where there students can come and enjoy the lunch as well.
jrotc december 16th
JROTC News
Preston JROTC has been recruited by Wreaths Across America to honor our local veterans. The Knights Battalion participated in two Ceremonies; The first Ceremony took place at the Saint Paul Lutheran Church in Aurora, and the second ceremony took place at the Terra Alta Cemetery. During the Aurora ceremony Cadets from the Knights Battalion presented the colors and seven service flags. After the Aurora ceremony Cadets helped locals lay wreaths on the graves of veterans. At the Terra Alta cadets helped lay wreaths on the graves of veterans in the Terra Alta Cemetery.
JROTC news 9th-10th
JROTC News
Today was November 9th one day away from Veterans Day. Bruceton color guard did have some mess-ups but overall was a successful event, there was a four man team, which included two exhibition rifles (with no trigger or real muzzle) and the U.S flag along with the WV flag. The cadets that did the color guard did an After Action Review. They had some positive notes such as, we honored our veterans, each of the cadets got to meet someone new in the JROTC program.
jrotc news november 8th-9th
JROTC News
Veterans day is coming up for our JROTC cadets, it will be a busy day for them all on November 8th and 9th. The 8th Preston High School will be honoring the veterans, and our cadets will be doing a big color guard for most cadets to be in, JROTC will have ushers welcoming the veterans, our XO will be saying a speech to the veterans. For the 9th there will be three color guards for the following middle schools Bruceton, Central, and East.
jrotc news october 27th
JROTC News
Friday the 27th we honor LTC Craig. LTC Craig made the JROTC program that we all know or have been in today. Craig was a senior JROTC instructor for 13 years, he was very proud to run the JROTC program. Two of our JROTC cadets went to the Kingwood funeral home to pay are respects. The two cadets went to present a U.S flag to the family and certificate of Honor to LTC Craig, to show how much we honor LTC craig, we will miss his leadership and thank him for all he’s done for our program.
Jrotc news october 25th
JROTC News
JROTC has many different activities, most people don’t know which activities we have. Our main activities are the Air Rifle team, Raider team, JLAB, Color Guard and Saber Guard, each of our activities play a part in JROTC each activity is either for the school or the JROTC program itself the Air Rifle, raider and JLAB can win awards and trophy that would be placed in the Great Hall (concourse)for all students and parents to see. Parents can also find any photographs or more information on the JROTC website.
jrotc news october 1st
JROTC NEWS
The JROTC cadets performed in front of hundreds of people during the buckwheat festival, all the cadets were confident. Cadets wore either class As or class Bs during the parade. Our cadets go through a process in which they must sign in. The Battalion practices before they march in the parade. Each cadet that participated received the N-4-1 ribbon (Parade Ribbon).
JROTC News article september 20-30th
JROTC News
The Buckwheat Parade is coming soon and the JROTC program is going to march with the Buckwheat Parade. The JROTC cadets have been practicing after school every Monday evening. The first Practice started September 5TH 2023, the last practice is September 25th 2023. The Parade is going to consist of a color guard, commander, staff color guard, service flags, rifle exhibition and along with the company formations.