Navy Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps

Effective July 1, 2024, Frisco ISD’s Navy National Defense Cadet Corps has become a Navy Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps. While both programs strive for the same mission to instill ideals of leadership, character, honor, and service, the NJROTC designation also brings federal funding.  

Program Overview

NJROTC students take courses that meet both classroom learning objectives as well as physical fitness goals. Students are given opportunities to serve their community, become leaders in their class and participate in area competitions.

Students wishing to participate in the NJROTC program must be full-time students at LTHS. To enroll in NJROTC, please schedule an appointment with your school counselor and request Naval Science 1 during course selection. Applications are no longer necessary. Transportation is the responsibility of each student and their family.

Frisco ISD program graduates have gone on to exciting new chapters, including attending the U.S. Naval Academy, West Point, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Harvard, Texas A&M and Texas Tech; enlisting in a variety of armed forces; and becoming first responders. Regardless of what ambitions Frisco ISD’s outstanding students may have, the NJROTC program is dedicated to building the confidence to achieve them.

UIL Implications/Guidelines

All UIL (including Music and Academics) except Athletics

1. A student entering the NJROTC program at Lebanon Trail High School will be eligible immediately to participate in all UIL activities excluding Varsity Athletics.

2. If a student withdraws from the NJROTC program and returns to their home campus, they will not lose eligibility for UIL activities except athletics. Although UIL eligibility is retained, qualification in activities is not guaranteed to follow the student to the home campus.

Varsity Athletics

1. A student who applies for admission at the first opportunity, is admitted into the NJROTC program, and transfers to Lebanon Trail High School at the first opportunity, will retain their eligibility for varsity UIL competition and may participate immediately.
   
   First opportunity includes:

   • returning FISD students who have submitted an admission form in their eighth grade year and transferred to Lebanon Trail High School immediately following admission into the program. 

   • New FISD students who are admitted into the program prior to establishing residency at another FISD high school. 

2. A student whose parents live in Frisco ISD and did not choose to apply for admission in the NJROTC program at their first opportunity, and enters the program at a later time, is ineligible for varsity athletic competition until they have been enrolled in and regularly attending Lebanon Trail High School for at least the previous calendar year. 

3. If a student withdraws from the NJROTC program and returns to their home campus, they will be ineligible for varsity athletic competition until they have been enrolled in and regularly attending their home campus for at least the previous calendar year.

4. A student who withdraws from the NJROTC program at the end of the first semester of their junior year and chooses to stay at Lebanon Trail High School will retain UIL eligibility for varsity athletics.

Courses

The NJROTC accredited curriculum emphasizes citizenship and leadership development, as well as our maritime heritage, the significance of sea power and naval topics such as the fundamentals of naval operations, seamanship, navigation and meteorology. Classroom instruction is augmented throughout the year by extra-curricular activities of community service, academic, athletic, drill and orienteering competitions, field meets, flights, visits to naval or other activities, marksmanship sports training and physical fitness training. 

View the Frisco ISD Academic Catalog to learn more about the four NJROTC courses that cover a variety of topics and build upon each other.

Naval Science 1

This course is an introduction to the meaning of citizenship. Students will learn the elements of leadership, the value of scholarship in attaining life goals, the importance of a healthy lifestyle, how to control stress, principles of first aid, and an overview of Naval ships and aircraft. These elements are presented at the fundamental level.

Course Content

• Introduction to the NJROTC program

• The NJROTC uniform

• Introduction to military drill and ceremonies

• Introduction to leadership

• Citizenship and Government

• Introduction to Fitness and First Aid

• Introduction to the US Navy

Naval Science 2

This course builds on the principles discussed in Naval Science 1. The course introduces Cadets to the technical areas of naval science and the role of the U.S. Navy in maritime history.

Course Content

• Ongoing instruction towards leadership

• Introduction to Maritime history
  Revolutionary War, Civil War, World War I, World War II, Cold War Era

• Introduction to Nautical Sciences
  Maritime Geography, Oceanography, Meteorology, Astronomy, Physical Sciences

Naval Science 3

Broadens the understanding of students in operative principles of military leadership. Students learn about teamwork, using order and discipline to accomplish objectives.  Students gain a more in-depth knowledge of Naval ships and aircraft.  Marine navigation and seamanship is introduced. 

Course Content

• Sea Power

• National Security

• Naval Operations

• Military Law and International Law at Sea

• Introduction to ship construction and damage control

• Organization

• Basic seamanship

• Continued instruction in leadership, citizenship, and discipline

Naval Science 4

This course focuses on practical leadership. Students in this course will have the opportunity to lead under supervision. Students will have the opportunity to work with other junior Cadets as mentors and leaders. There is a strong emphasis on preparation for life after high school. 

Course Content

• Theoretical and applied aspects of leadership

• Motivational techniques

• Goal setting and development

• ACT/SAT preparation courses

Contact

For more information about this program please contact the following: