Unit News 2008-2009

September 2^nd, 2008:

     Today marks the first day of the new 2008-2009 school year. Many new cadets have joined in the program. Hopefully with the effort and support from the senior cadets, these cadets will have the potential and leadership skills to be a part of Serra high school's battalion as future officers.

September 13^th, 2008:

     More than 40 cadets volunteered at the San Diego Padre's Home Park, Petco Park. The cadets managed the entrance gates such as Gas Lamp, K-Street, and Balboa Park handing out the giveaways for that day. The giveaway today was a Padre's 6 Pack Cooler Bag (pictured below), it can also be utilized as a lunch bag to keep food warm or cold. Not only did the cadets help raise money for the battalion which go toward the annual awards banquet and other activities they also earned 6 community service hours which are necessary for high school graduation. The cadets also only need 2 more community service events to qualify for the community service ribbon! Great job and great turn out cadets!

Petco Park Giveaway 9/13/2008

September 14^th, 2008:

     This is the 2^nd Padre's game volunteer of the year. Today's turn out was as great as yesterdays. Today was Sunday which is kid's giveaway day at Petco Park. Only kids 14 and under get today's giveaway. Today's giveaway was a bobble head / toothbrush holder (pictured below). Those that participated earned 5 community service hours! If you wanted to attend today's or yesterday's Padre's game to volunteer but were unable to participate, don't worry! There are 2 more left in the month of September, the 26th and 28th. Remember: These events help the battalion raise money, so help support the battalion by attending! There will be many other volunteering opportunities in the future. The cadets that participated in yesterday's and today's community service, only need 1 more community service event for the community service ribbon! (For more information about ribbons, navigate to the knowledge section on the left hand side of the website and go to the ribbons page!) Great job again cadets!

Petco Park Giveaway 9/14/2008

September 24^th, 2008:

     Today was open house for Serra High School. During the opening ceremony for Open House that took place in the Q-Hut, Cadets Olsen, Smith, Landuyt and Hepner presented the colors for the Pledge of Allegiance (pictured below). Also, numerous NJROTC cadets volunteered as escorts to help parents that needed help around the campus to get to their student's classes. Some of the cadets were (Cadet Dukes, Miller & Craig). For open house the battalion CO and XO (Perez & Amposta, C) presented a power point presentation inside the classroom (pictured below). Great participation today cadets!

For more pictures please visit the gallery.

October 4^th, 2008:

    Instead of catching some extra sleep this Saturday morning, several Serra cadets went to the MCRD San Diego. Today was Boot Camp Challenge. Boot Camp Challenge is a 3.3 mile obstacle course. Along the run will be obstacles used by Marine recruits during training. At each obstacle is a Marine Drill Instructor motivating the participants and pushing them to their hardest. As a participant you can register as an individual male, individual female, a 3 person team, or a 5 person male, female, or mixed team. There is also another category which is 5 person team ROTC. Serra cadet's we're registered into the ROTC category. The 5 person male team for Serra placed 1st in the category. The 5 person female team got 3rd in the category. Great job cadets. For more info about Boot Camp Challenge visit www.bootcampchallenge.com

For a picture slide show of the event please visit the gallery.

October 5^th, 2008:

    Today was a community service event at Mission Beach. Mission Beach was hosting a 10k run. Approximately 30 cadets met up at the school around 5 in the morning and a bus arrived taking them to Mission Beach. Cadets helped out by painting bib numbers on the runners, controlling water stations and other aids to the runners. All together the cadets did over 100 community service hours. Cadets that participated today are that much closer to the community service ribbon which requires 3 events.

October 11^th, 2008:

    All the JROTC units in the San Diego Unified School District met up at Admiral Baker's Field. The event of the day was Cadet Picnic. Cadet picnic is a competition between other units in the district which involves basketball, relay, sack relay, bat spin, water balloon toss and more. Serra High School placed 1st place overall at the competition.

For a picture slide show of the event please visit the gallery.

November 8^th, 2008:

    The day the cadets have all been waiting for is now. Today was an NJROTC Pre-Regional Qualifier hosted at UCLA. The competition took place within UCLA's field know as the Rose Bowl. A pre-regional qualifier is a drill, academic, and athletic competition. Cadets participate in an inspection, armed and unarmed basic, armed and unarmed exhibition, various athletic events, and an academic test. With only a few weeks of practice, and a team full of new faces, the cadets still did great. Serra placed 1st in both the athletic runs, 16 x 100 and 8 x 200, 2nd place unarmed exhibition, 4th place academics, 2nd place overall drill, and 2nd place overall athletics. For more results visit the respective team's page. Overall Serra placed 2nd, getting beat by Mar Vista from Imperial Beach and beating Troy High School.

For a picture slide show of the event please visit the gallery.

Junipero Serra High School NJROTC
San Diego, California
Junipero Serra High School