05/18/2017
We have some great High School clubs from Terre Haute North pitching in tonight's competition! Check them out:
African American Club -
To provide educational and cultural enrichment experiences for students of African American descent and students of other ethnicities. Learning from our past with a symbol of knowledge, life-long education and continued
quest for knowledge. We work hard to educate students at Terre Haute North High School about the African American culture.
DECA -
DECA is an international association of high school and college students that study and compete in the areas of marketing, management, and entrepreneurship. DECA students learn skills in business, finance, hospitality, sales, and services. This program helps students become academically prepared, community oriented, professionally responsible, experienced leaders. DECA integrates into the classroom instruction to provide authentic, experienced learning methods to prepare students for college and careers. DECA applies learning by taking that knowledge through rigorous project-based activities that require creative solutions with practical outcomes. DECA connects to business by partnering with local and broader levels to provide members with meaningful insight into industry and promote relevant learning. DECA promotes competition in the global economy so that members can excel and improve their performance in the classroom and beyond.
Interact Club -
Terre Haute North Interact is a female service club, sponsored by the Terre Haute Rotary Club, that strives to help make both our school and local communities better places.
S.T.E.M. Club -
S.T.E.M.S. is a club for young women at Terre Haute North. The acronym stands for Sisters together encouraging and mentoring souls. It was originated at Woodrow Wilson in 2013. Young African American girls who were facing some different challenges in life were referred to join our groups and my coworker and I would meet with them and help guide them through life and everyday life after high school. In 2013-2014 I was offered a full-time position at Terre Haute North High School, in which I was able to carry the meetings there, considering some of the girls graduated and were now students at North. Over the years I have watched these young women grow and mature. I also like to call it stems because these young women are seen as flowers. I consider the k-6th grade young women our seeds, in which we plant in our community and watch, grow. from a seed. If cared for properly, the young women become a stem, 7-12th grades. At this age they learn more about their self and start setting goals in life. After some care the stems will eventually blossom into a beautiful flower. Not all flowers blossom at the same time as will these young women. Also flowers blossom into various sizes and color. No two flowers are ever the same, as it is with our club. I am so proud to watch my original group of young ladies mature and am now preparing to graduate with the class of 2017. I am sure they would love to speak about our group and the things we have to offer the other young women in the community.
ROTC -
The mission of Air Force Junior ROTC (AFJROTC) is to "Develop citizens of character dedicated to serving their nation and community." AFJROTC is not an US Air Force accessions program and cadets are never under any obligation to join the military. AFJROTC is a Title 10 US Code mandated citizenship training program that is designed to educate and train high school cadets in citizenship, promote community service, instill personal responsibility, character, and self-discipline. The program achieves this through classroom education in air and space fundamentals and hands on learning opportunities in a number of fun and challenging extra-curricular activities.
The AFJROTC program is grounded in the Air Force core values of “integrity first, service before self, and excellence in all we do.”
The program has 878 AFJROTC units with an additional 14 National Defense Cadet Corps units for a total of 892 units in high schools world-wide. There are more than 121,000 high school cadets in the program and over 1,950 retired USAF instructors who lead, mentor, guide, and teach our cadets in high schools in the US and around the world. AFJROTC enjoys overwhelming school administration and community support because of the huge positive impact on cadets, schools, communities, and our nation. In many communities that have no military bases within many miles, the cadets and instructors of AFJROTC are truly “The face of the US Air Force in communities all over the US and the world.”
