Category: Teams

Massing of the Colors

10/28/2017

On October 21st, our Kearny AJROTC color guard team participated in the the 61st Annual Massing of the Colors, which took place at Balboa Park. The event honors the flag and those who serve or have served our country. The parade our team participated in consisted of many color guard teams from civic, military, veterans, law enforcement, JROTC, ROTC, and scouting. We would like to congratulate our team for doing an amazing job at the event and thank all of those who serve and have served to protect our country.
- c/CPT Peterson

Fullerton Academic Competition 2017

10/15/2017

On October 7th our Kearny JROTC academic team sent two teams to compete at an academic competition hosted by Troy High School in Fullerton, California. Our cadets competed on trivia against twenty two other teams. Our first team, consisting of one LET 2 and three LET 1's, won one of their rounds and scored a total of 385 points competing together for the first time. Our second team, consisting of two LET 3's and two LET 2's, won all of the rounds leading up to the playoffs and scored a total of 730 points. Congratulations to our academic team for their accomplishments!
- c/CPT Peterson

October 11th Archery Competition

10/15/2017

On October 11th, our Kearny JROTC archery team competed against Hoover, as part of the district wide Archery League tournament. Although it was a close match, our team still prevailed and took home our second win of the year. Congratulations to our Kearny archers!
- c/CPT Peterson

JLAB 2017

7/4/2017

This year, our Academic Team made their way to Washington D.C. for the JLAB (JROTC Leadership & Academic Bowl) Championship. The first two levels of JLAB, leading up to the championship, consisted of being tested on JROTC, SAT/ACT, and current event related questions. Having rose into the top three percent of the competition out of thousands of JROTC schools from both across and outside of the United States, our team won their way to the nation's capital. There, our team went head to head against many other teams on a much wider variety of topics and questions. Congratulations on their achievement!
- c/SGT Peterson

Kearny Graduation 2017

6/15/2017

Kearny High School's 2017 graduation took place on Wednesday, June 14th. We had our color guard present the colors for the ceremony as well as several other cadets volunteering to help keep the event organized. We would like to thank all of those who helped out and congratulate all of our new Kearny graduates!
- c/SGT Peterson

JLAB Round 2 2017 Results

3/16/2017

On February 14th, our Academic Team competed in this year’s JROTC Leadership and Academic Bowl (JLAB). Through much time, effort, and determination, they placed as one of the top twenty schools on the western side of the United States. We would like to congratulate them on their academic excellence and success on traveling to our nation’s capital, Washington D.C., to compete in the final round. Please congratulate the following cadets on their academic superiority over hundreds of schools in America: Brandon Bavongkhoun, Jacob Franco, Krista Peterson, Christina Tran, and Lesley Warner.
- c/CPL Bui

Cadet Challenge 2017

3/7/2017

On March 4th, our Raider Team competed in this year’s Cadet Challenge at Hoover High School. The Cadet Challenge is a competition against schools within the brigade consisting of push ups, sit ups, basketball tosses, and the relay race. Although we did not bring back the trophy, we would still like to congratulate all our cadets who participated in this event for all of their hard work.
- c/SGT Peterson

JLAB Round 2 2017

2/15/2017

On February 14th, our Academic Team competed in this year's JROTC Leadership and Academic Bowl (JLAB), where they strive in academic excellence in order to travel to Washington D.C. for the final round. They will go against all JROTC schools in the western side of the United States. Let's wish them some good luck!
- c/CPL Bui

Academic Bowl Championship 2017

1/11/2017

Congratulations to our Kearny JROTC Academic team for winning the SDUSD JROTC Academic Bowl Championship of 2017! Schools have had the chance to match its top academic cadets against each other through the Academic League. During the Academic Bowl, teams had been arranged for the final competition based on their cumulative points obtained from the league-play to compete in the competition. With much hard work and dedication throughout the school year, four of our cadets: Jacob Franco, Lesley Warner, James Nguyen, and team commander, Christian Blanco, brought back the first place trophy after competing against twelve other teams.
- c/SGT Peterson

Veteran's Day Parade

11/28/2016

On November 11th, our Kearny High Color Guards walked in the 2016 San Diego Veterans Day Parade, a tribute to all Veterans for their service. They proudly represented our school and our JROTC program as well as honoring our country’s Veterans. We would like to thank “Veterans Week San Diego,” the all-volunteer team dedicated to our veterans and this annual event. We also thank the veterans themselves and everything they have done for our country.
- c/SGT Peterson

October-November Podcast

11/5/2016

Below is our October-November Podcast. We S5 hope you enjoy!
- c/SFC Tran

Academic Team Competition at Point Loma High

10/24/2016

Last Thursday on October 20th, members of our Kearny High JROTC Academic team went to compete against Point Loma High and Scripps Ranch High at Point Loma's campus. With many questions asked on topics such as history, biology, and more (involving both trivia and problem-solving,) Kearny placed second.
We hope to host next month's competition on our campus.
Good job and good luck to the KHS Academic team!
- c/SGT Peterson

September-October Podcast

10/1/2016

Here's our September-October Podcast!

Academic Team

9/16/2016

Attention Kearny High School cadets,
Our nationally-ranked JROTC academic team is looking for a few sharp, knowledgeable cadets to compete with the team for the district title this year! All grades accepted (except seniors), and cadets should have at least a 3.0 GPA, and, preferably, some background knowledge (think trivia) on multiple subjects. But even if you aren't the best at games like Jeopardy, still consider joining if you are outstanding at core school subjects (math, science, etc). If you are interested, please
TEXT, don't call the academic team commander at (619)-821-7910.
Include your full name, JROTC class period, academic grade, and small school. Thank you for supporting our Kearny AJROTC Teams! First meeting/practice will be on Monday at lunch in Room 805.
- c/SSG Nguyen

Archery Competition

2/25/2016

On Saturday, February 20, our varsity archery team attended a brigade-wide archery competition. The competition was held at Lincoln High School, and the other schools in attendance were Madison High, Crawford High, San Diego High, and Lincoln High. After all three flights, parents and peers of shooters were allowed to take a few shots with the guidance of the archers. After the parents and peers were allowed to shoot, the final scores were tallied and the winning individuals and schools were announced. Third place individual went to our own Mikaila Lane, Second place to our Asia Dunbar, and First to our Lily Bell! Our archery team as a whole also placed first! We are very proud of our archers for doing their best Saturday, and look forward to seeing how they improve in the future.

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