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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.
Spirit Squad is a squad that travels
to drill meets with the unit to provide support and spirit with during the
competitions during drill meets and fun days. |
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