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Clover High JROTC showcases unit growth, community service and flight opportunities
Summary
Clover High School’s Air Force JROTC presented unit structure, enrollment and goals to the school board, highlighting a first-ever perfect unit evaluation, 4,150 service hours toward an 8,200-hour goal, and flight-academy and scholarship opportunities for cadets.
Madison Price, a cadet who said she was a former wing commander, told the Clover School District Board of Trustees that Clover High’s Air Force Junior ROTC has become one of the largest and most active programs in the service’s high school corps.
"We are the largest program in the Air Force Junior ROTC," Price said in a unit mission brief to the board, outlining leadership roles, training and cadet-run operations. Presenters said the unit enrolled 261 cadets this semester, runs a zero-hour wing-staff class that plans events and communications, and supports extensive leadership and special-team opportunities.
The unit reported a string of achievements and targets: a perfect unit evaluation score described by presenters as the first in the unit’s history; 4,150 community service hours to date toward an 8,200-hour goal; high participation in campus special teams and competitions; and multiple cadets earning flight-academy and ROTC scholarship placements. Cadet leaders also said the program has run 92 flight lessons this year and that partnerships with outside groups have enabled many cadets to fly.
Cadet Colonel Natalie Parker, identified as wing commander, said retention and recruitment goals include retaining large percentages of returning cadets and recruiting new members through campus events and outreach. Lieutenant Colonel Hunter Cole described the program’s physical-training regimen and testing; Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Camille Joy highlighted community-service activities including Special Olympics support and food-pantry work.
The presentation emphasized cadet leadership: students plan and execute events, lead training and run communications. Board members praised the presentation, and Doctor Quinn and trustees thanked the adult leaders who support the program.
The school spotlight concluded with an invitation for questions from the board and recognition of adult instructors and volunteers who help run the program. The board did not take formal action during the presentation.
