Stafford High JROTC Students Going To D.C For Leadership Bowl

STAFFORD, TX — Eight JROTC students from Stafford High School have won the right to compete in the U.S. Army JROTC Leadership Bowl on the campus of The Catholic University of America. The event takes place June 21-25 against other JROTC students.

Lisandro Vargas, Cassandra Andres, Kim Dinh and Denisse Ramirez-Jasso, will compete against other teams in the leadership competition, while Jaden Tran, Jason Luong, Bodhi Hendrickson and Malachi Martz will compete for the JROTC academic team.

The Stafford High School Army JROTC team earned top scores during the preliminary rounds of competition against hundreds of other JROTC teams worldwide.

The Stafford JROTC leadership team is one of 40 Army JROTC Leadership Bowl teams in the nation to advance to the final competition, while the acade3mic team is one of 32 teams chosen to compete.

The success of both teams helped them earn an all-expense paid trip to the Championship event in Washington DC.

Stafford's JROTC academic team tested on their knowledge of JROTC curriculum, English, Math and Science to advance to the championship round. One of the main goals of the JROTC Academic Bowl is to prepare students for state exit/graduation exams as well as college entrance exams, such as the SAT and ACT.

The winner of the U.S. Army JROTC Academic Championship will compete against the winners of the U.S. Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy JROTC Academic Bowls in the JROTC Joint Service Academic Bowl Championship.

The JROTC Leadership & Academic Bowl (JLAB) is a nationally recognized competition created exclusively for JROTC students. By participating, cadets learn the values of citizenship, academic competition, and college opportunity. The competition creates tremendous opportunities for JROTC cadets by allowing them to demonstrate leadership and academic abilities.

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