Topics of the Day

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Topics of the Day
-Goals / Visions -Activities -Community Service
-Academics -Field Trips / Fun -Drill Team /
Color Guard
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Visions And Goals

• - Build better citizens building confidence and
  pride and respect for everything they do.
• - Help Students graduate with honors.
• Prepare cadets for life after Putnam either
• a. civilian
• b. military
• Inform students of the possibilities given to
  them through R.O.T.C.

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Corps Goals

• Increase the amount of cadets properly and
  proudly wearing uniforms on Thursdays.
• Create more community service projects
• Increase cadet after school participation
• Have more out-of-school activities!

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Air Force Corps Values

• Integrity FIRST
• Service before self
• Excellence in ALL we do

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Activities

• Memorial Day Parade
• Promotion Ceremony
• Military Ball
• Parents Night / Open House
• Road Show
• Awards Banquet
• Graduations (8th grade and 12th grade)
• Flag Day at Elementary schools/ Nursing Homes

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Memorial Day Parade

• Cadets go and show their support at the parade as
  we march down State Street to City Hall to hear
  the mayor speak. This is an honor for the Cadets
  and makes the community proud.

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Promotion Ceremony

• Cadets in the ROTC class, Color guard, and Drill
  Team who show
• Leadership
• Responsibility
• Respect
• Commitment
• Get promoted to higher ranks. Younger Cadets
  get motivated to achieve higher rank and assume
  more responsibility.

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Military Ball

• Military Ball a formal event held by R.O.T.C.,
  celebrating military excellence, and a job well
  done. We have guest speakers a formal dinner, and
  a dance following.
• This Friday we are attending a Military Ball in
  Worcester!!!!!!

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Awards Banquet

• Cadets who exemplify the qualities of a positive
  leader and make contributions to the ROTC are
  recognized at this event.

• Usually held at the end of the year in Putnams
  Pride Restaurant, the awards ceremony is
  celebrated with speakers, family and friends.

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Community Service

• Veterans Day in Wilbraham
• Blood Drive
• School Trash Pick-Up
• Bike Repair
• Park Clean-Up
• Flagging Graves at Cemetery

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• In partnership with the Red Cross every six
  months we host a blood drive. We lend our room
  and help as much as possible while some of our
  troops donate blood. We like to get involved in
  our community, and what better way to get
  involved then a blood drive.

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Bike Repair

• Students fix up old bikes and give them to other
  students who need transportation to get to school
  and other places.

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Veterans Day

• Every year on Veterans Day we go to St.
  Michaels Cemetery and place flags on the graves
  of war veterans.

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Fun Stuff(Knockdown)

• Movie Night
• Dances
• Field Day
• Knockdown
• Lots of trips to the base!!

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2007 Christmas Dance

• Throughout the year we have many dances. Our most
  recent dance was the first JROTC Christmas Dance.

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Field Day
Cadets from all schools in the region come
together at Westover Air Reserve Base, and have a
party where they dance, bowl, and compete in
other outdoor activities.
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Academics

• Flight Simulator
• ASVAB Prep
• MCAS Prep

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Field Trips

• Springfield Armory Barnes Air Base
• Science Museum Minuteman National Park
• Hartford Air Museum C-5 Simulator
• Westover Air Base Boston Science Museum
• Overnight Trip to Washington D.C.

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Boarding the C-5
On the trips to Westover students get to tour the
gigantic C-5.
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C-5 Pilot Juan
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Bowling at Westover ARB
After touring the planes we go bowling and eat!
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Springfield Science Museum
We also go to the museum where we learn more
about aerospace science and weaponry.
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Color Guard / Drill Team

• Competitions Military/Veterans Day
• Perform at Pep Rallies School Assemblies
• Veteran POW Day Football Games
• Funerals Graduations

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Drill Team / Color Guard
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Competition - Drill Team

• Every year we participate in regional
  competitions. This Year our Drill Team won 1st
  Place.

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Color Guard 1st Place
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Thanks For Coming

• We appreciate your interest in our school and
  hope that Putnam exceeds your expectations.