Greetings Parents and Guardians, We are in the final two weeks until the end of the school year. Congratulations to all of our graduating cadets – we are excited for their bright future and so proud of their accomplishments across high school! CLC: All CLC Basic cadets should have received their additional uniform items for CLC. If not, it is imperative they see Cadet Sellers or Cadet Norton by Wednesday as our hallway is projected to be closed after Memorial day – so

Greetings Parents and Guardians, CLC: Thank you to all for turning in your registration and fees for CLC. The Citadel CLC group closed the registrations (1 week before I anticipated) – from here on we can only make substitutions, any drops from the roster are non refundable unless there’s a replacement to take the dropped spot. Cadets need to continue to participate in the Tue, Wed, Thurs after school prep sessions (submit excuses for absence to Cadet Norton). CLC Prep

Greetings Parents & Guardians, The CIA trip to New York City looks like a blast from the pictures posted on Facebook. They are on their way and expected to arrive back at ARHS tonight at 2300hrs (11pm). Thank you MSgt Powell, MSgt Blake and to our chaperones for making this trip possible! Summer CLC Course rate change : The cost for CLC has reduced. The NEW price is $250 for Basic Cadets and $275 for Cadre Cadets . Registration paperwork is due by 30 April. CLC

Greetings Parents & Guardians, The week is finally upon us – Our Field Trip (CIA) to the Big Apple departs on Thursday ! We’re excited for the opportunities for this year’s trip! It will be amazing! Congratulations to our cyber team for their performance at this year’s 2026 Palmetto Cyber Defense Competition . 10 of the top high school teams around the region competed by defending their networks against live hackers – problem solving challenges typically found across

Greetings Parents & Guardians, We hope your family had a safe and enjoyable spring break. The return to school marks the beginning of the final 7 week stretch toward graduation and the summer Cadet Leadership Course at The Citadel. We will hold a registration meeting for ALL cadets (basic & cadre) on Wednesday from 1600-1700 – we will provide registration forms, cost information, and details about CLC. Cadets need to attend 3 prep sessions each week (two conditioning/wo

Good afternoon, Parents & Guardians, We had an outstanding turn out and great weather for our annual Bataan Death March (picture attached). We joined James Island HS AFJROTC and Lucy Bekham HS CGJROTC to honor and remember the 75,000+ Filipino and American service members who, in April 1942 during WWII, endured the 65 mile forced march from Mariveles to San Fernando, Philippines – many paying the ultimate price along the journey. We appreciate the support of our parents t

Greetings Parents & Guardians, This week begins the 4 th and final quarter of AY2025-2026. Our focus is transitioning toward conditioning for the summer South Carolina Cadet Leadership Course (1-6 June 2026 at The Citadel). CLC Cadets should be attending two (2) morning or afternoon conditioning sessions plus one (1) in-flight fitness training each week. We will host a cadet information and registration meeting after Spring Break. A parent information meeting is sch

Greetings Parents & Guardians, Congratulations! Congratulations! We are So Very Proud of our cadets for TWO outstanding accomplishments this week! HQ AFJROTC Unit Inspection : Our Cadets knocked it out of the park and shined brightly for our annual unit inspection. They excelled at the unit mass inspection, Drill & Color Guard demonstration teams, Unit Mission Brief, Inventories, and unit equipment/facilities/uniform management – in total our cadets earned a 98.5! To

Good afternoon Parents and Guardians, This past Tuesday, our Cyber Team was recognized by the Charleston Engineers Joint Council for winning the AFA Cyber Patriot Platinum Division for the 6 th consecutive year in South Carolina. (see attached picture). Our students dined and met engineering professionals, Citadel engineering students, and Army JROTC cadets from Military Magnet (SC winners of the Gold Division for Cyber Patriot) They also learned about the engineering p

Greetings Parents & Guardians, Thank you to c/Chief Huger and our Military Ball Planning Committee members and MSgt Powell for an AMAZING military ball last night!! Our cadets looked fantastic, the food was delicious and DJ Tripp had the dance floor hopping! Thank you to our boosters for their support, families for their help with transportation and especially to all of our cadets who attended. It was a tremendous evening. Look for pictures on our Instagram (arhs_

Greetings Parents & Guardians, We are just under 2 weeks away from Fierce Fox Meet 2026 (Saturday, Jan 31, 2026). We will be hosting 635 cadets from 21 schools and our cadets have been working extensively to prepare to host a fantastic event. Our boosters will need help with lunch distribution approximately 10:00am to 2:00pm. Sign ups will be going out soon. If you are interested in helping, please contact our booster president at afjrotcboosterpre@gmail.com Our AFJ

Greetings Parents & Guardians, Thank you to everyone who dropped off (and picked up) our cadets who supported Kiawah Marathon yesterday. There were 5,000 runners participating and our cadets did a fantastic job for 6 hours to match the experience to the accomplishments! Well done – great job staying focused and working hard all day long! Congratulations to Cyber Team for their performance Friday in the Cyber Patriot State Finals for Platinum division. As expected, d

Greetings Parents and Guardians, Thank you to our cadets who volunteered to support the parking detail for our ARHS Future Business Leaders of America annual conference. Thank you for everyone’s responsiveness to the postponement of the Pass In Review parade (date tbd) and rescheduling of the Wando Warrior Meet to 2/14/2026 due to weather. This week, our Cyber Team will compete in the state finals round for Cyber Patriot. Our team qualifies in the top tier for the Plati

Greetings Parents & Guardians, We hope you and your families had a happy Thanksgiving. We’re rolling into a busy December with several key events and end of semester exams. Families are invited to attend our Pearl Harbor Remembrance Ceremony and Pass In Review , which will be held outdoors in the ARHS Football Stadium on Friday, December 5 th during 2d period (11:05-12:35). Please park anywhere in the student parking lot and enter the stadium through the home gate si

Greetings Parents & Guardians, Congratulations to our competitive extra-curricular (LDR) teams! The picture attached is from Patriot Challenge at Fort Dorchester High School this past Saturday where 13 JROTC programs competed in Academics, Aeronautics, Drill & Raider events. Our Drill Team placed 2d overall , earning: 1 st place-Duet Exhibition w/Arms, 1 st place-Platoon Basic w/out Arms, 2d place-Individual Exhibition w/Arms, and 3d place in Squad Basic w/Arms, Plat

Good morning Parents and Guardians, Congratulations to our Drill Team for their excellence at Saturday’s Bulldog Meet competition at The Citadel . This meet is by-invitation only for our region’s finest multi-service JROTC teams. The Freshman Squad earned a 1 st place finish in Freshman Regulation Squad Unarmed and 3d place in Freshman Color Guard. Our team also placed 1 st in Exhibition Duo Armed. Thank you to the many parents who came out to cheer our team and co

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