Crescenta Valley High School’s JROTC academic team, composed of Captain Justin Sur, Andrew Jean, Christine Kim and Ethan Kim, will compete in a national championship event in Washington, DC June 24-28 on the campus of The Catholic University of America. This event is sponsored by the U.S. Air Force JROTC and is conducted by the College Options Foundation.

Crescenta Valley’s JROTC academic team earned top scores among the 582 Air Force JROTC academic teams that competed from around the world. The CVHS team is one of only 16 Air Force JROTC Academic B owl teams in the nation to advance to the final competition, which includes an all-expense paid trip to Washington, DC.

During the two fast-paced preliminary rounds and the final competitions, cadets are tested on their knowledge of core curriculum such as math, science and language arts as well as current events, citizenship, leadership skills and financial literacy. The financial literacy videos are sponsored by the USAA Educational Foundation and provided to all cadets. Questions from the videos were included in Levels I and II of the online competition.

The JROTC Academic Bowl is a nationally recognized competition created exclusively for JROTC students. By participating, cadets learn the values of citizenship, academic competition and college opportunity. The competition creates tremendous opportunities for JROTC cadets by allowing them to demonstrate leadership and academic abilities.