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JROTC cadets are put to the test during Summer Leadership Challenge

June 23, 2015

Lt. Col. Rooker, who leads our Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC) program here at APS, is spent a week earlier this month with high school cadets during their annual summer camp at at Fort Benning! The JROTC Cadet Leadership Challenge is held near Columbus, GA at the Fort Benning Army base and gives our high school…

APS Employees Help Fill Over 2,400 Empty Stockings!

December 10, 2014

Lt. Col. Rooker led me into Santa’s Village on APS volunteer day. It was great to see our staff helping families in need. Last month many of them donated money towards this cause, so it was cool to see how that donation manifested into this event.  All 30,000 square feet of this once-vacant retail space…

A Big Salute to Cadet McQuay and First Sergeant Venning!

September 10, 2014

Congratulations to Cadet Kimberly McQuay of Benjamin E. Mays High School, one of 29 cadets nationwide awarded this year’s Legion of Valor Medal.  She was one of only two from the state of Georgia. LTC Robert Rooker, Director of Army Instruction, tells me it has been a great couple of months for APS JROTC, with…