
Osbourn
Park
and
Potomac
High
Schools
are
both
hosts
to
the
Navy
Junior
Reserve
Officer
Training
Corps
(NJROTC),
which
prepare
students
for
military
training.
Both
of
these
programs
have
performed
well
in
recent
competitions.
The
Potomac
High
NJROTC
Academic
Team
participated
in
this
year's
Navy
National
Academic
Exam.
They
recently
received
their
results
and
ranked
in
the
top
10
percent
nationwide.
"The
exam
consisted
of
100
multiple
choice
questions,"
explains
Dr.
Debra
Rogers,
senior
naval
science
instructor
at
Potomac.
"The
questions
span
the
spectrum
of
current
events,
naval
maritime
history,
oceanography,
geography,
science,
and
leadership,
to
name
a
few.
The
academically
gifted
group
consisted
of
25
students
who
were
further
sub-divided
into
five-person
teams.
These
individual
teams
ranked
7th,
10th,
23rd,
85th,
and
136th
out
of
the
1,338
teams."
Not
to
be
outdone,
the
Osbourn
Park
High
NJROTC
recently
competed
in
the
Navy's
National
Invitational
Championships.
Twenty-four
teams
across
the
nation
performed
in
11
competitions
consisting
of
five
drill
events,
five
athletic
events,
and
an
academic
test.
This
year's
event
was
unique
in
that
the
cadets
competed
via
video
submissions
of
their
performances.
"Normally,
there
would
be
12
competitive
events,"
explains
James
Ogawa,
senior
naval
science
instructor
at
Osbourn
Park.
"And
all
24
teams
would
be
competing
head-to-head
in
Pensacola,
Florida
at
the
Naval
Service
Training
Command
headquarters,
but
due
to
COVID,
all
the
teams
are
competing
virtually."
Whether
virtual
or
in-person,
the
School
Division's
NJROTC
programs
continue
to
perform
well
on
a
national
level.
"Despite
this
year's
unique
learning
environment,
our
students
continue
to
excel!"
said
Rogers.