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DUNEDIN HIGH SCHOOL |
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Extracurricular Activities The Dunedin
High School NJROTC Unit offers a variety of extracurricular activities: Drill
Team, Color Guard, Academic Team, Rifle Team, and Athletic Team. Each team
provides a positive environment for building leadership skills, teamwork, and
self-confidence.
We have two drill teams, and
armed and an unarmed. The number of cadets varies from year to year. Both
teams compete in standard and exhibition routines at drill meets. The standard
routine consists of basic movements, which are right out of the cadet field
manual. The exhibition routine is a performance of showmanship, displaying
originality, and crowd appeal.
The Color Guard is divided into
as many teams as cadet participation requires and is available to all cadets.
The Color Guard commander selects Naval Science III and Naval Science II
cadets as team captains. Each Color Guard performance consists of four or
five members: two guards or rifle bearers, the American flag, the Unit flag,
and the Navy Flag. Optional color guards perform at all home football,
basketball, and baseball games as well as at various community events by
presenting our national ensign to the audience during the national anthem.
The Academic
Team prepares and takes tests throughout the year and sponsors the Suncoast Academic
Challenge, a postal match used for fundraising. Tests are usually a one
hundred question, multiple-choice test based on Naval Science I, II and III,
textbooks. The Academic Team also sponsors peer tutoring and tutors students
in need at Dunedin Middle School each Thursday.
The Rifle Team involves
marksmanship or shooting for score. The Rifle Team members must pass a written
test that covers range safety and obtain parental consent to shoot. The team
uses .177 caliber air rifle to shoot at targets that are 10 meters (33 feet)
from the firing line. They shoot in 3 positions: prone, kneeling and
standing. The team participates in matches throughout the year. The Unit’s
Rifle Team also sponsors a postal match, The Annual Suncoast JROTC Air Rifle
Postal Match, which is used to raise funds.
The Athletic Team is made up of
cadets from each grade level who desire to achieve an optimal level of
physical conditioning. The team competes in areas of push-ups, sit-ups, and
running events. During training sessions, cadets will participate in activities
such as tough football, volleyball, and basketball.
Orienteering is a sport that involves land
navigation over unfamiliar terrain using a compass and a topographic map.
Orienteering is a challenging individual sport that is fun and rewarding. It
involves critical thinking while running through the woods from one point to
the other. Training involves using a compass and reading a topographic map. |
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Email: njrotcdunedin@yahoo.com |
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