Naval Junior R.O.T.C.

The Naval Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC) is administered by the school's Naval Science Department. Each member of the department is a retired commissioned officer or senior enlisted person who has completed at least twenty years of honorable service in the Navy, Marine Corps or Coast Guard.

The program is available to high school students in grades nine through twelve.

The NJROTC program consists of up to four years of academic and military training and requires high standards of personal conduct. The objectives are to promote habits of orderliness, self-reliance and self-discipline, along with a sense of patriotism and an understanding of the need for constituted authority in a democratic society. In an effort to increase individual self-esteem, attention to meticulous grooming (both uniform and hair) is considered essential for members of the NJROTC unit. Uniforms and textbooks required for NJROTC are issued to students at no charge.

Although there is absolutely no obligated military service associated with the NJROTC program, those students who desire to enlist in the military services after graduation may enter active duty at advanced paygrade with as little as two years in the NJROTC program. Students interested in college ROTC scholarships are furnished information and assistance in application procedures for various colleges which have ROTC units of any service on campus. Students also are eligible for direct nomination to compete for appointment to the military, naval, or air force academies under the Honor Schools program.