The ASLA Pen

ASLA PEN 01 APR 2008
Colonel Denny A Peeples

THIS IS NO APRIL’S FOOL
EAGLE PATIO CONSTRUCTION PARTY !!!
0630 – 1500 This Saturday

PARENTS:
Please come help pour 15 cubic yards this Saturday from 0630 to about 1500. I will provide food, drinks and shade for everyone that helps. Cadets get double community service and parents get undying thanks from a grateful Colonel J. I have dreamed of concreting this area for about two years and thanks to Mr. Jimmie McConnell and his volunteer efforts, the Eagle Patio will become a reality.

Please email me or call me at 533 8401 if you are planning on helping. By the way we need to borrow 4 large wheel barrows…

Future football parties, BBQs and cadet drill parties are coming

Col Peeples:
Congrats to SMSgt Martinez and the cadets for getting 3rd place and a trophy at the Flagstaff JROTC Field Day this past Saturday, GREAT JOB !!!

Awesome time had in San Diego for the Top Gun trip with a tour of the USS SAMPSON, hosted by Cadet Roos’s Dad, CMDR Phil Roos, a Badger alumni, Go Badgers !!!

Upcoming Events:
9/10 April: Apogean CIA trip to Karshner Caverns and Ft Huachuca
16-19 April: Vandenberg AFB CA CIA Trip, Dingo and EZ Flights
22 April : Luke AFB Trip. Blacksheep and Casino flights
24 April: Change of Command and  Awards Ceremony, required for all cadets

Mountains TEACH us to CLIMB.

Go Do Great Things !!!!!!!

Denny

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ASLA PEN 14 MAR 2008
Colonel Denny A Peeples

HAPPY SPRING BREAK !!

PARENTS:

The grades are final, posted in the classrooms and exported to the school computer. If your cadet did not make the grade you were expecting, please ask about their community service. The documentation forms were handed out 7 Jan and were due 12 March at the end of school. Late forms were not accepted. 10 hours a quarter is required (for 10% of grade) and 15 hours is allowed for extra credit. If a cadet chooses to not do community service, then the highest grade they can make is 90. If they do 15 hours then they could make a 105.

I was NOT impressed with the community service this quarter and the grades reflect the lack of effort. Quite a few cadets have chosen grades TWO letter grades lower than they could have made had they been responsible with paperwork.

Col Peeples

IT’S NOT WHAT WE CAN DO; IT’S WHAT WE DO.

Col Peeples:
Congratulations on finishing third quarter in style with the first ever Dining Out hosted by our Booster Club and the first ever overnight ASLA trip, this time to Kitt Peak, the Titan Missile Museum and the University of Arizona.

Recap of Recent Events:
29 Feb: first ever ASLA Dining Out highlighted by Cadets Hayden Lienau as Mr President and Anthony McComack as Mr Vice. Thank you Cal and thank you Booster Club for an awesome evening.

1 March: Orienteering Quad State Championship: Cadet Michael Martinez and Brandon Matson won THIRD PLACE in 4 states !!!! Lowest, best finish for a second year unit ever !!!! Cadet Hayden Lienau and Sterling Maynard WON THE ORIENTEERING MEET that coincided with the championship run, meaning that Prescott has already qualified for the 2009 championship run.

1 March: School Fair, thanks to Cal and volunteer cadets for making the 2008 school fair a huge success. Cal also presented ASLA to the Mile High Middle & Granite Middle School to educate 8th graders about the opportunities at ASLA.

3 March: Color Guard presented colors at Ruth Street Theatre for the Navy Band

6 March: 8th grade orientation hosted by the cadets. 8th graders were handed out free JROTC tshirts and parents were given syllabuses.

10/11 March: Dingo / EZ Flights: First overnight ASLA trip to Tucson: tour of Kitt Peak national observatory, the Titan Missile Museum and hosted by U of A AFROTC for a Shadow Day. Our ASLA cadets attended college for a day and then were treated to a cookout for lunch. Sleeping on the floor in a gym at Davis-Mnothan AFB and bowling seemed to be a highlight…

Upcoming Events:
26/27 March: ASLA Top Gun flight for the top academic students: trip San Diego to visit the world famous Stenson Science Museum and the USS SAMPSON which commanded by Phil Roos, one of our parents. Let’s Party !!!

Go Do Great Things !!!!!!!

Denny

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PHS ORIENTEERING PLACES THIRD IN CHAMPIONSHIP
Colonel Denny A Peeples 03 Mar 2008

Badgers Rule !!!!
The 2007/8 Orienteering Season has ended. I’ve just been notified that Cadets Michael Martinez and Brandon Matson won third in the Southwestern Regional Orienteering Championship (NM, TX, AZ, NV) held this past Saturday at the Lake Pleasant Orienteering Complex. The Badgers found all 26 points in the correct sequence in a hilly, cactus strewn 25 sq mile playfield and returned to the start point in 1 hour and 46 minutes. 857 two-man teams compete for the 35 SW regional championship berths and Martinez / Matson bring home third place !!!. 1st year = 14th in the SW,  2nd year = 3rd in the Southwest. Great job !!!

The first meet of 2008/9 year was also held Saturday and Cadet Hayden Lienau ( ASLA corps commander) and Cadet Maynard (Orienteering Commander) placed second out of 117 teams. Congrats, leading by example, headed to the championship in one year !!!

More importantly:
Cadet Mitch Hogue & Cadet Tristan Wagon were given spot promotions due to outstanding citizenship displayed during competition on the Orienteering Course Saturday. Their promotion orders read:

The cadets were given a spot promotion because of outstanding performance during an Orienteering Meet, 1 March 2008 at Lake Pleasant, AZ. Cadets Wagon and Hogue helped rescue an injured cadet during the competition portion and get him back to medical assistance. They disregarding their own competition and gave up the possibility of winning the event to help a stranger. GREAT JOB DOING GREAT THINGS !!!

Thanks for your support

Denny 

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ASLA PEN 21 FEB 2008
Colonel Denny A Peeples

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
ASLA “EXCEEDS STANDARDS” in USAF Inspection
“Prescott Standard” = exceeding the standards

From: Totsy McCraley
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 4:45 PM
To: Prescott High School
Cc: Kevin Kapp
Subject: Congratulations to the PHS ASLA Program

A special congratulations goes to Col. Denny Peeples, Sgt. Cal Martinez, and the PHS ASLA Cadets for the fantastic review they received from Col. Belch representing the Air Force JROTC Programs today. The ASLA Unit earned the Exceeding Label in the twelve main categories, and they earned either a Meets Standards or Exceeds Standards in all of the 123 areas which comprise these twelve main areas. Col. Belch compared the PHS Unit, which has only been in existence for two years, to a top unit that has been in operation for twelve to fifteen years. So, when you see these fine young men and women, as well as their two instructors, please let them know that you appreciate the job they have done in such a short time.

Col Peeples:
I would to thank every cadet making us into the unit that we are today. I’ve been saying all along that what we are doing here in Prescott is unusual and not the norm for AFJROTC unit: core credits, college credits, three varsity sports, three clubs, and extraordinary CIA trips all in a cadet run operation…

Special recognition for Cadet Lienau and Cadet Stone, selected as ‘outstanding performers’ in preparing for the inspection. Great work for the Honor Guard, AM and PM who did an outstanding job raising and lowering the flag (as usual). Also deserving special KUDOS are Cadet Rooper, who made our uniforms perfect and Cadet Salas who counted and recounted and labeled our equipment. THANK YOUR FOR YOUR HARD WORK !!!! You are doing great things !!! Col Belche visited us in the Fall of 2006 when I was opening the unit in chaos without Cal, his first words, “Gosh, Denny everything seems so smooth !!!” thanks Cal J.

Events:
29 Feb 2008 ASLA Dining Out 1800 at the Multipurpose Room, PHS, required attendance for all cadets, part of Leadership Education grade.

Semi- formal dress: service dress with white shirt and tie, females with white shirt and tab. Females may wear USAF skirt if desired.

Guests are invited, contact SMSgt Martinez.

PARENTS WE NEED VOLUNTEERS, please email Paula Parker at “pparker@cvsdstaff.us”

Teams:
Orienteering (Col Peeples)
23 Feb 2008 – Bombay Mine leave flagpole 0400 RTB 1500

Drill Team (SMSgt Martinez)
23 Feb 2008 – Drill Meet in Phx leave flagpole 0700 RTB 1600-ish

Uniform 28 Feb 2008: ASLA T-shirt

Go Do Great Things !!!!!!!

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ASLA PEN 15 FEB 2008
Colonel Denny A Peeples

Parents:

Tues, 19 Feb (the day after our Monday off for President’s Day), ASLA is hosting USAF Col Belche who will inspect ASLA to Air Force Standards.

YOUR CADET NEEDS TO HAVE A HAIRCUT AND BE IN FULL SERVICE DRESS ON TUESDAY!!!!

If able we’d like everyone at the flagpole at 0730 for an opening ceremony and flag raising before school. Please, please help us get your cadets in uniform and looking sharp on Tuesday.

Wednesday, 20 Feb
ASLA is having a Lunar Eclipse Party at Watson Lake Picnic Area (top of the hill) 6:30 – 8:30 and everyone is invited. There will be a total lunar eclipse from about 8:01 – 8:51 PM and we want everyone to see it!!!!

The Prescott Astronomy Club will be there with telescopes and interpreters to educate all about the lunar eclipse.

I will host a burger burn with free hamburgers until they run out. Please everyone let’s come party.

Have a safe weekend

Denny

Go Do Great Things!!!!!!!

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ASLA PEN 1 FEB 2008
Colonel Denny A Peeples

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

Thank you for your Tax Credit generosity to ASLA in 2007. Because of your choice to keep your state taxes here in your home town, ASLA will combine the tax credit monies with USAF grants to continue to send your cadets on rather amazing high school Curriculum-In-Action trips.

Proposed: (will be presented to PUSD School Board 4, 11 March for required out-of-state approval)

26, 27 March: “Top Cadet Trip”, 12 top academic cadets + 3 chaperones to San Diego to see the USS SAMPSON. (Cadet Roos’s Dad is the Commander J, thanks Phil)

16-18 April: Dingo & EZ (Space Science classes) to Vandenberg AFB, CA, the USAF western space port to see space operations trainings and actual launch pads

29 April: Blacksheep & Casino flights to Luke AFB to stand near an F-16 and feel the sound of freedom !!

Please donate hand tissues and hand sanitizer to ASLA. Just send them in with you cadets. We are in desperate need of those sanitary items and they disappear so quickly in these winter months.

Alumni News:
Congrats to ASLA Alumni Heather Watts who just finished her final game on the PHS Girl’s Soccer Team. Heather wants to see the world and be a pilot. She is a college recruited scholar-athlete and has been conditionally offered an appointment to the United States Air Force Academy, a $387,000, 4 year scholarship. Heather has been invited by the coaches to visit the Academy in Feb. We are very proud of you Heather, go girl!!!!

Congrats:
ASLA Color Guard presented the Colors at the Prescott Chamber of Commerce annual stockholders meeting at the Prescott Resort Wed. Cadets, Anthony McComack, Michael McComack, Agrait and Weeks enjoyed, thanks to Mr. David Maurer, former Chamber President, a rather outstanding surf and turf lunch for high school kids J. Although the cadets were nervous to sit with PUSD Superintendent Kevin Kapp, PUSD Board President Dee Navarro and members Dr Joan Fleming and Mr. Steve Campbell, they made you proud and acted with perfect decorum and professional behavior. AMAZING huh, wish they could do that at home ?? ;) The Color Guard also, the same day, presented colors at the PHS Girls Soccer Team State Playoff game. Good job guys !!!

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Booster Club is cranking – YEA !!!!!
Next ASLA Booster Club Meeting Thur 1600(4PM) 7 Jan at ASLA. We need YOUR help.
Thank you thank you to Paula, Pat, Adana, Lorri, Louise, and Robert for being meeting to talk about the way ahead. Nancy Page has created 12 table centerpieces for the dining out, thank you thank you.

Booster Club events:
20 Feb 2008: Lunar Eclipse Cookout Watson Lake 1800-2000
29 Feb 2008: ASLA Dining Out 29 Feb 1800 at PHS Multi-purpose Room. It will be a great time to ‘spy’ on your cadets and see them learn the military protocol of a formal military dinner. Please email cal: cal.martinez@prescottschools.com to help.

Events:
Sat 9 Feb  Drill Team Color Guard competition at Bullhead City Overnight stay Friday night them competition at 0730 in Bullhead City. POC Cal Martinez

Wed 13 Feb ERAU Shadow Day: 12 cadets + Col Peeples ‘shadow’ ERAU ROTC cadets during leadership lab

Teams and Clubs:

Orienteering (Col Peeples)
2 Feb 2008 – Lost Dutchman State Park leave flagpole 0400 run 0800-1000 RTB 1345
23 Feb 2008 – Bombay Mine leave flagpole 0500 RTB 1500

Drill Team (SMSgt Martinez)
9 Feb 2008 – Bullhead City Meet leave flagpole 0530 RTB 1730-ish

Air Rifle Marksmanship Team (SMSgt Martinez)
Late March – 2 day clinic/shootoff with Sunnyslope HS at Ben Avery Range near Lake Pleasant

Academics 4 -8 Feb 2008
Thursday is Uniform Day: Short Sleeve, windbreaker, trench Coat if cold
Apogean Flight: Air Rifle Marksmanship
Blacksheep Flight: Hand Ball in Gym
Casino Flight: Monday: Jeopardy, Middle East, Friday E2C
Dingo Flight: Leadership Education, Test Wed, Fri E2C
EZ Flight: Leadership Education M-W, Test Wed, Fri E2C

Go Do Great Things !!!!!!!

Denny

PS: I am serving the USAF Reserve next week, 4-8 Feb at the Air Force Academy and Lt Col (Ret) DeKemper will be subbing for me. My reserve job is to help get students into college for free through AFROTC scholarships and appointments to the Air Force Academy. I am very excited to learn better how to help your cadets.

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