Our Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ Sgt. Henry Johnson Battalion Army JROTC held its annual on Monday, June 8 at Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ High.
The ceremony opened with a presentation of the colors by the Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ High Color Guard, and Adamarys Viveros served as the student emcee. Lieutenant Colonel Michael Hutchinson shared a heartfelt message prior to the promotions and presentation of leadership awards.
This year's award winners were:
- Army ROTC Scholarship – Nicholas Hartman, Bilal Jamakzai
- Cadet of the Year – Jason Martinez
- Cadre Award – Junior Say
- Daughters of the American Revolution – Ashley Castillo, Lasiyah Taylor
- Sons of the American Revolution – MarQuez Rouse
- United States Daughters of 1812 Award – Angelina Guallpa Caguana
- Daughters of the American Colonist – Aaliyah Lugo
- Daughters of Colonial Wars – Kennedy McDonald
- Order of the Purple Heart – Xavier Suarez Wright
- AMVET Award – Star White
- American Legion Military Excellence Award – Makenzie Brown
- American Legion Scholastic Excellence Award – Jeanne Kabwe
- Veterans of Foreign Wars – Misael Alejandro, Rashed Almelhim
- Association of the United States Army – Lena Alsharif
- Military Officers Association of America – Pee Eh Shee
- Reserve Officers Association – Anna Tu
- Retired Enlisted Association – Lemar Alsharif
- Superior Cadet – Hasani Abahenya, Debbie Meh, Dan Gabriel Cotanda, Susie Hai
- Sons of Union Veterans - Robert Renauld
- Military Order of the World Wars – Jason Martinez
- Non-Commissioned Officers Association – Roshawn Royal
- Please Remember Me Foundation – David Henderson
- General David Traub Award – Claudia Corradino
- Sergeant Henry Johnson Award – Rajanie Morgan
- Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ High Memorial Award – Ywa Hai Blut
- Gold Star Mother’s Memorial Award – Jedriel Comas Bertran
- Moshier Memorial Scholarship – Delee Ford, Htoo Blah Wah
- Thies Family Scholarship – Ashley Ulerio
After the awards presentation, senior Henry Hypnarowski passed along the chain of command to junior Claudia Corradino. Hypnarowski led his fellow JROTC members with excellence, and we are thrilled to see Corradino rise to this leadership role for the coming academic year.
Superintendent Joseph Hochreiter closed the ceremony with congratulatory remarks and words of gratitude to our cadets and honored guests.
We thank all the school staff and administrators, friends, family members and various veteran groups in attendance for making this ceremony such a special occasion.
Congratulations to our cadets and to their JROTC instructors, Lieutenant Colonel Michael Hutchinson and 1st Sgt. Allen Reome!