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JROTC
JROTC Distinguished Unit Award
Plum High School’s JROTC program has excelled again. Our 110 cadets received the 2019 Distinguished Unit Award!
The Distinguished Unit Award is a JROTC headquarters initiative and it recognizes those units that have met a minimum number of community service hours during one academic school year. This year the requirement was set at 1,400 hours. However, the Plum Borough School District JROTC surpassed the target and contributed almost 1,800 community ser- vice hours. That’s over fifteen hours per cadet.
The unit’s community service projects ranged from working in the Plum Food Pantry and supporting PHS athletic events to participating in Adopt-A-Highway on Route 286 for the tenth consecutive year. Cadets also volunteered at elementary school events, reponded
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Recognized Cadets:
American Legion Scholastic Award: Parker Zacher American Legion General Military
Excellence Award: Shane Hutchison Daughters of the American Revolution:
Matthew Carroll
Air Commando Association Award: Gage Parker;
Aidan Gray
Celebrate Freedom Association Award:
Michael Cooper
Retired Enlisted Association Award: Lauren Gras
to PTA requests, supported the American Legion, and participated in peer tutoring, among other endeavors. “We have dedicated cadets upholding our core value of service before self. I am extremely proud of our cadets and their community outreach and support.” shares Colonel Peterson.
We salute the young women, men, and their leadership who dedicated their time for others.
Tuskegee Airman Association Award:
Brandon Romanelli
Air Force Sergeants Association Award:
Benjamin Tishko
Military Order of the Purple Heart Award: Aidan Gray Veteran’s of Foreign Wars Award: Patrick Smouse Military Officers Association Award: Evan Stinson Military Order of World Wars Award: Kasey Fischer Scottish Rite, Northern Jurisdiction Award:
Dylan Sutton
Order of the Daedalians Award: Dillon Nguyen