UPCOMING EVENTS
Military Ball Tickets are on sale through Thursday 7 March. Cost is $20 per ticket. The price includes your meal and pizza during the dance.
The Air Force Unit Evaluation will take place on Monday 11 March. Everyone needs to be in uniform IAW the Cadet Handbook.
State Testing will take place on Tuesday 19 March for all 9th, 10th, and 11th grade cadets. Selected seniors will test as well.
Awards Day will take place on Tuesday 16 April in the Boy's Gym at 9:30 am.
The Galveston CIA trip will take place on Friday 26 April - Sunday 28 April.
Leadership Field Day will be in May. Date is TBD.
Parkway Recognized as "The Best Of the Best" for the last 3 years
Congratulations to the Command Staff and cadet corps of LA-071 at Parkway High school for earning the Distinguished Unit Award for academic year 2011-2012. This is the third time in a row for this Senior Cadet Staff. The Distinguished Unit Award recognizes the personal growth and accomplishments of the cadets, the contributions of the instructors as mentors of the cadets, and the support of the school and community. The Distinguished Unit Award is limited to the best of the best of our nation’s 884 AFJROTC units.
Ace Visits Parkway
The Parkway High School Air Force Junior ROTC will celebrate its program’s 40th Anniversary by hosting the top flying “Ace” of the Vietnam War during a Leadership Symposium on May 11, 2012 at 9:30 am in the Auxiliary Gym.
Colonel (ret) Charles B. DeBellevue became the first Air Force Weapon System Officer to become a flying “Ace” in 1972 and the War’s “Top Ace” with 6 MIG kills to his credit. Ironically, his first MIG kill occurred on 10 May 72 at 9:42 am—40 years and 1 day from the symposium. He is the recipient of the Air Force Cross, 2 Silver Stars, 2 Legion of Merits and 5 Distinguished Flying Cross’.
Colonel DeBellevue will be making two appearances while in the area; one at the Eighth Air Force Museum Association’s Distinguished Speaker Series Spring Dinner at the Eldorado Resort Casino on May 12th and the other at Parkway High School on the date stated above. He plans to discuss leadership and what it was like flying into, at the time, the most heavily defended area of the world.
Parkway Cadets at the Freedom Shrine Dedication
