August CPO Meeting Minutes
9/11/2024 11:44 am
Nease NJROTC Cadet Parent Organization (CPO) and Booster Club
August 29, 2024 Meeting Minutes Meetings
New time for this year: Thursday mornings at 7:45am – portable 40
September 19, October 17, November 21, December 19, January 16, February 20, March 27, April 17, May 15
All attendees must sign up to attend in person meetings by noon the day before the meeting.
https://nhsnjrotc.membershiptoolkit.com/volunteer/134158
Must have SJCSD volunteer clearance to attend meetings (or any other on campus activity)
https://www.stjohns.k12.fl.us/volunteer/
There will be a link sent out by email prior to each meeting to join virtually.
How to Get Information Between Meetings: Register on Nease NJROTC Booster website
https://nhsnjrotc.membershiptoolkit.com/Home
Subscribe to newsletter • Check calendar on website • Join Parent FB page https://www.facebook.com/groups/932690304805433
Follow Community FB page
https://www.facebook.com/NNJROTC
Join Remind for parents • Text the access code to 81010
NS1 Parents: @ns1parent, NS2 Parents: @ns2parents, NS3 Parents: @ns3parents, NS4 Parents: @ns4parents
Meeting Attendees: Audrey Celzo, Keri Collins, Christina Cummings, Ken Curtis, Mandie Davis, Danielle Fortuna, Jyoth Swaroop Gandikota, Kim Gourd, Morgan Hathaway, Kristy Labardee, Sarah Miller, Andrew Nevelos, Molly Newman, Tom Peasley, Tonia Peasley, Carrie Pedreiro, Anugya Pudel-Chataut, Julie Roberts, Sarah Skaggs, Nita Singh, Christin Smith, Kate Theobald, Shantel Rose, Karen DeJager, Will Newman, Kelly Geer, Paul Rukab, Dana Rukab, Sarah Froehlich, Colleen Waters, Veronica Gasca, Heidi Reuppell, Herrera, Jen Monahan Tanner
Warrant’s Report If anyone has ideas for community service, please go to website to fill out the form / contact the unit (color guards, community service, etc). Please do not just send emails, utilize the process. Usually have one parent chaperone for community service and that role is mostly safety – kids run it.
Communication – If questions arise, talk to your cadet. If they do not know, they need to find the answer. The unit provides a plan of the week (POW) which they try to post on Fridays and shows them everything going on. They can also join the remind. Mon / Tues get a brief on the POW. Every cadet is part of a company which has a platoon and the platoon commander is their first stop for questions. We are trying to encourage them be responsible and learn time management. It’s ok for them to sometimes learn the hard way. Use the chain of command
Air Rifle – there is a lot of interest this year on Air Rifle and we have invested a lot of money through grants into the program. We expanded the program to also include precission in addition to sporter. We are limited to 6 targets because we are practicing in the classroom. There are 52 kids interested but can only have 12 kids shooting at one time. It takes time to teach the kids different poses, safety, etc. Tell them to stick with it and talk to gunny so they can try it. There is a plan in place to hopefully one day get a rifle range built. It has been requested through the county and we are hoping for approval later this year and then we will do fundraising to get a shooting range built. Our area manager committed to providing electronic targeting equipment if we get the range which would enable us to double or triple the number of cadets who can shoot at one time. It’s a great program and a great team and we hope to see that keep growing.
Promotions – E6 and below take a test and also have to pass PFT. If you want to go beyond E6, then it’s usually tied to a job which cadets can express interest in and apply for. Top staff makes recommendations to instructors and they select based on who is best fit for the job requested, involvement in program, experience. Then for E7 and above, they have to take a test and do an oral board run by the cadets. The test is given in company on designated days. If they fail it, they stay current rank until next promotion cycle. Promotion tests are October 7th and 8th. November 7th or 8th promotion ceremony where parents can pin cadets, during company and Warrant will send an invite. It is held at football field so anyone can attend without clearance. Study guides for promotion tests are on the cadet website where POW, etc are located.
Community service – 20 hours per year required, 15 through the unit that are organized and set up by unit; 5 unit service which are things that happen within fence line of Nease (football games, flag, events in auditorium). BCT counts for unit hours if working it as a cadre. All these hours can be used for Bright Future, the community / unit service breakdown is a requirement of NJROTC. If the volunteer hours are outside the unit, the unit does not accept them but could still be used for bright futures. Avg 4500 community service hours per year. Nease hosted Drill Meet are unit service hours and is a great way to knock those out. Unit has a website that has their hours entered by a cadet in charge based on roster from the event. Cadets can get a print out and take to instructors for signature. Cadets are encouraged to keep their own log to verify.
Cadet Report Make sure your cadets are on all of their reminds which are set up for each class / company and team Make sure they are up to date on everything
Past Event Reports:
Basic Cadet Training (BCT) Week Went well- had a great turn out at parent meeting
M Shack Spirit Night Wonderful turn out and they gave us back 10% - got $180 check from them
Beer Stop/Gifted Boutique Night – parent social Went really well – good turn out, great meeting so many parents
Beach Clean Up Event - cadet volunteers and social Went really well – more trash than usual; good turn out with NS1s, got lunch etc
Bark fest at the link - cadet volunteers Went really well- hung out with dogs and got lunch
Upcoming Events:
September 20th – St. Augustine JROTC vs Nease JROTC flag football game at St. Augustine High School STA is doing military appreciation game – active duty and veterans get in free Intention is to do this annually and Nease would host next year They plan to have tanks, equipment, etc. Idea came from Sponsor, Geico. STA is using as fundraiser and is game of week for local news
September 25th - Cadet Photos Parent volunteers for photos help check uniforms; seniors can check out service dress blues and will return them after photos (check out is for one week) and then they can check them out again for Navy Ball
October 9th and 10th – cadet photo proof night Normally from 3-6 or 7 to see pics and order
October 20th – Blue Angels Field Trip Will need chaperones o Date correction – students go on October 18th (Friday) which is a day dedicated to active duty and JROTC – practice show o Chartered 2 busses – priority is to get freshman who want to go. In previous years used school busses but had to return early for school dismissal so chartered bus to avoid that and students who go will need to be picked up from school after normal school hours
November 2nd – Nease Hosted Drill Meet – cadet social Will need cadet and parent volunteers o Cadets do not compete but run behind the scenes activities
November 11th – Veterans day Parade in Palatka
