Diamond Hill-Jarvis High School Jrotc

The DHJ JROTC department is very proud of our 21 seniors who graduated last night (17 June 2021) at Farrington Field Fort Worth TX.

Our seniors are listed below in alphabetical order:

Arambula, Marcos
Carrillo, Nayeli
Cruz, Jose
Cuevas Lopez, Irving
Deleon, Isabel
Farias, Rosa Arzelia
Flores, Brianna
Flores, Lizbeth
Guerrero, Jasmine
Gutierrez, Priscilla
Juarez, Brandon
Lara, Alexis
Lozano, Javier
Marquez, Anahy
Martinez, Miguel
Mora, Mark
Ramirez, Patricia
Rico, Gloria
Rodriguez, Gyzel
Vergara Vergara, Jennifer
Weyawo, Kadia

On 17 June 2021, the DHJ JROTC department (the Eagle Battalion) held its end of the school year award ceremony. Understanding that not all recipients would be present to receive their awards, the event was excellent and we (Sergeant Major Nash and I) are so proud of our Cadets. Below is the list of awards and the awardees.
The Superior Cadet Award: The Superior Cadet Medal is a U.S military decoration, awarded by the department of the Army. It is limited to the most all around, outstanding cadet in each development class. Students receiving this award must have excellent academic grades, participate in JROTC activities and show dedication to JROTC and good citizenship and patriotism.

• For the LET 1 Superior cadet award goes to, Cadet Anahy Marquez (12th grade)

• For the LET 2 Superior cadet award goes to, Cadet Julian Banda (10th grade)

• For the LET 3 Superior cadet award goes to, Cadet Manuel Luna (11th grade)

• And lastly, the LET4 Superior Cadet award goes to, Cadet Javier Lozano (12th grade)

The Ann Brannon Award: the Ann Brannon award is given to students who have displayed the highest scholastic achievement in content area and to students who have displayed the most significant academic growth throughout the year.

• Cadet Melanie Ramirez (9th grade)

• Cadet Ruben Reyes (9th grade)

• Gabriel Howie (10th grade)

• Martin Vasquez (11th grade)

• Jose Cruz (12th grade)

The Patriotic Award: Various organizations recognize Cadets who are involved in community and school service, academic excellence, and outstanding leadership.

Cadet Alexis Lara (12th grade) is being recognized by the Daughters of the America Revolution

Cadet Angel Zuniga (11th grade) is being recognized by the Sons of American Revolution

Cadet Jasmine Guerrero (12th grade) is being recognized by the Military Order of the World Wars

Cadet Leonardo Vasquez (10th grade) is being recognized by the National Sojourners

Cadet Manuel Luna (11th grade) is being recognized by the Daedalian Foundation

Cadet Alexa Calvillo (11th grade) is being recognized by the Military Officer’s Association of America

Cadet Julian Banda (10th grade) is being recognized by Recruiting Command

Cadet Gyzel Rodriguez (12th grade) is being recognized by the American Veterans (AMVETS) Texas Department

Cadet Patricia Ramirez (12th grade) is being recognized by the Military Order of the Purple Heart

Cadet Kadia Weyawo (12th grade) is being recognized by the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry

Cadet Daniel Banda (9th grade) is being recognized by the Tarrant County Veterans Council

Cadet Rosa Farias (12th grade) is being recognized by the American Legion (Scholastic Excellence)

Cadet Javier Lozano (12th grade) is being recognized by the American Legion (General Military Excellence)

Cadet Diego Banda (9th grade) is being recognized by the Disable Americans Veterans

Cadet Anahy Marque (12th grade) is being recognized by the Association of the United States Army

Cadet Martin Vasquez (11th grade) is being recognized by the Reserve Officer’s Association

Cadet Jose Cruz (12th grade) is being recognized by the Scottish American Military Society

We are so proud of our Cadets, what they accomplished during this “year like no other” and we are excited about seeing them continue to grow to their full potential. Check out the photos to see some of our Cadets.

Today is our JROTC awards ceremony during each lunch period. We want to recognize our Cadets for what they accomplished this year.

Cadet Kadia Weyawo is in JROTC News congratulating her on receiving a TCU Community Scholarship. Great job Kadia!

U.S. Army JROTC Diamond Hill-Jarvis HS JROTC Cadet Kadia Weyawo receives Texas Christian University (TCU) Community Scholar Program

Showcasing Tarleton State University Army ROTC – Texan Corps of Cadets – Great university – Excellent ROTC program - interested contact: Mr. Ron Henry, [email protected] more information https://www.tarleton.edu/rotc/index.html

I wanted to share a finished product that some of the Cadets have been working on. Mrs. Ordaz (Principal of Cesar Chavez Elementary School) presented the idea and the opportunity of a Diamond Hill Pyramid reading project. It took a lot longer than I wanted but I am very proud of the product our Cadets put together. I would highlight Valeria Cabellero, a 6th grade student at Meacham Middle School. She is fantastic!!

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Eagle Battalion - Leaders are Readers Leaders Are Readers! This spring, the Diamond Hill-Jarvis JROTC participated in the Diamond Hill Pyramid Reading Project. For this project, Cadets volunteered to read various books for elementary age students. Cadets recorded and uploaded videos of themselves reading books donated from the Cesar

Seniors are required to attend in-person at DHJ starting 10 May 2021.

Cadets in Major Daniel’s A-day classes recently discovered the positive impact they can have on their community. While going through the JROTC lesson on Planning Projects (U3C1L3), the Cadets were given the opportunity to plan, prepare, and present a lesson to 8th grade students at Meacham Middle School, Fort Worth, Texas. The Cadets taught the lesson, which covered the Bill of Rights, to five class periods with each class lasting 45 minutes. Ms. Nguyen, the 8th grade teacher who collaborated on the project and a former JROTC Cadet herself, was very excited to have our Cadets present their lesson to her students. The Cadets taught each class in a virtual environment using Ms. Nguyen’s Google Meet from their classroom at Diamond Hill-Jarvis High School. Their lesson included a quiz with prizes given to the student who had the highest score in each of Ms. Nguyen’s classes. Even though the Cadets were a little apprehensive at the start of each class, they were full of confidence when the day was done. The Cadets completed the project by submitting their After Action Review (AAR) and all the Cadets involved recommended teaching more lessons to 8th grade students in the future. What started out as a lesson for JROTC Cadets to learn about planning projects turned into an opportunity to connect with their community.

Cadets that taught the 8th grade students are Alexa Calvillo (11th grade), Alondra Villalpando (10th grade), Irving Cuevas Lopez (12th grade), Jonathan Munoz (9th grade), Jose Cruz (12th grade), Juan Manzanares Franco (10th grade), Leo Martinez (11th grade), Patricia Ramirez (12th grade), and Santiago Lezama Jimenez (10th grade).

National JROTC website: http://www.usarmyjrotc.com/news/21/04/26_teaching.php

Diamond Hill-Jarvis Cadet earns Lockheed Martin Internship

Cadet Lieutenant Colonel (C/LTC) Jose Cruz was a junior at Diamond Hill-Jarvis high school when he applied for the Lockheed Martin internship. The internship opportunity appealed to C/LTC Cruz because his long-term goal is to earn his college degree in mechanical engineering from Texas Christian University (TCU) . He became aware of the internship while participating in the Fort Worth ISD Gold Seal Program of Choice (Project Lead The Way – which is a four year program of engineering courses). He is the first Diamond Hill-Jarvis high school student to earn the internship position at Lockheed Martin. While doing the internship he is experiencing unique opportunities that are developing his hard / soft skills. C/LTC Cruz will attend TCU next year and he has earn over $88,000 in scholarship so far. He also plans to be in the TCU Army ROTC program to earn his commission in the U. S. Army Reserves. C/LTC Cruz’s influence has already been seen by inspiring a fellow Cadet (Cadet Major Manuel Luna) to apply for the Lockheed Martin internship for School Year 2021-2022. We learned this week that C/MAJ Luna earned the Lockheed Martin internship position for next year.

Showcasing Texas Tech Army ROTC – Red Raider Battalion – Great university – Excellent ROTC program - interested contact: [email protected] more information https://www.depts.ttu.edu/armyrotc/

The Diamond Hill community packed the stands at today’s UIL 4A State Championship game in support of our . While we didn’t win the title, we are so proud of our Eagles! Thank you to everyone who has supported them on this historic run.

DHJ Athletics Booster Club 🦅 on Twitter “The Diamond Hill community packed the stands at today’s UIL 4A State Championship game in support of our . While we didn’t win the title, we are so proud of our Eagles! Thank you to everyone who has supported them on this historic run. https://t.co/HFqC4maxTn.....