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JROTC camp blends leadership training, STEM lessons and industry visits for Savannah‑Chatham County cadets
Summary
Cadets and staff described a JROTC leadership camp run through the GRTC program that combines physical challenges, STEM activities and local industry visits to prepare students for college, careers or military service.
Cadets and program staff from the Savannah‑Chatham County Public School System’s GRTC program described a weeklong JROTC leadership camp that pairs physical challenges with STEM lessons and visits to local industry and a university campus.
The camp “infused STEM and industry visits” into its leadership curriculum, staff said, to help cadets see career pathways near Savannah. Cadet 5, a cadet, said the program’s goal is “that we are raising students and cadets up to be the next in line, to take on those industries. Whether they go to college, whether they go straight into the workforce, whether they go into the military, whether they start their own business, we're providing them those important skills to be successful no matter what journey they choose.”
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