This is you: Determined. Proactive. Prominent.
SJN’s Corps of Cadets is a living leadership lab. Every hour of the day, cadets learn discipline, teamwork, and responsibility through routines that build confidence and character. Cadets practice drill several times each week, prepare for four to five formal campus parades each year, and apply classroom leadership lessons in real time across companies and activities. Supported by adult Trainer Advisor Coaches (TACs), students grow into leaders who are ready for college, careers, and service.
Most importantly, the Corps of Cadets reinforces the expectation that Cadets internalize values of loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity, and personal courage. Cadets graduate from SJN knowing that they are a good young man or woman of character, ready to take on the challenges of tomorrow.
Developing minds and shaping character
The U.S. Army Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) is one of the largest character development and citizenship programs for youth in the world. The National Defense Act of 1916 established organized JROTC programs at public and private educational institutions. In 1964, Congress expanded the program to all military services and changed from active duty to shared support from the services and schools. As congressionally mandated by Title 10 United States Code, Section 2031, each military service must have a JROTC program to “instill in students in United States secondary educational institutions the values of citizenship, service to the United States, and personal responsibility and a sense of accomplishment.” JROTC’s mission, “To Motivate Young People to be Better Citizens”, is the guide post for the program’s success.
The U.S. Army’s JROTC program currently operates in more than 1,700 public and private high schools, military institutions, and correctional centers throughout the United States and overseas. The JROTC faculty is led by nearly 4,000 instructors who are retired from active duty, reserve duty, or National Guard Army service. Instructors are trained and qualified in accordance with the National Defense Authorization Act 2007 to teach and mentor approximately 314,000 JROTC Cadets annually. (US Army JROTC)
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Our prestigious program is built around the JROTC curriculum, and if you aspire to a U.S. service academy appointment, or ROTC scholarship, SJN offers preparation and results you can’t get elsewhere.
- JROTC Honor Unit with Distinction, the highest ranking
- 100% JROTC accreditation score
- #1 in Wisconsin for USMA appointments
- Military Academy graduates have earned millions in ROTC scholarships
College & Beyond
Our progressive, college-preparatory education includes the opportunity for advanced placement and dual-credit courses. The JROTC program cultivates emerging leaders who have confidence, self-mastery and compassion, inspiring others by example. You leave St. John’s Northwestern with the resources to succeed in your chosen profession, your personal relationships, and your lifelong goals. The Army JROTC curriculum links content to other disciplines as well as state education standards and teaches cadets to collaborate, reflect and think critically. Cadets gather new information, practice competency, and apply the competency to a real-life situation.
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