Mayde Creek High School Navy Junior ROTC
program commissioned its first reserve officers Wednesday. This was the first Navy commissioning in Katy Independent School District.The program is a brand new Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Unit at Mayde Creek High School. Currently, it is the only naval unit in KISD.
“We just started up this year,” Cpt. James Kilpatrick said. “Part of the program consists of a commissioning where we become actually part of the official Navy ROTC program.”
With about have about 100 cadets, the unit has been training in full military outfit, practicing marches and going to drill meets.
The program is unique in the high school curriculum, focused entirely on citizenship development.
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