ROYAL RANGERS IN YOUR LOCAL SCHOOL

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ROYAL RANGERSIN YOURLOCALSCHOOL

• By Jeff Ortner
• Sr. Commander Outpost
• North Texas District

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Royal Rangers in Your Local School

• Topics Covered in this Session
• Introduction with My Story
• Recognition in the Schools
• P.I.E. Partners

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Royal Rangers in Your Local School

• PTA Involvement
• Religion in Public School
• Prayer in Public School
• Clubs in Public School

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My Story

• How I got involved with the schools
• How I introduced Rangers to the school
• What I am doing now in the school

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Recognition in School

• We need to understand what Recognition is
• It is a value, concept, idea, or program that you
  identify yourself with.

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Recognition in School

• Remember the words Identify with
• 1000s of Companies have been doing this
  Identify with for years.
• Example Moms Favorite Brand or Its What
  Professionals Use

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Recognition in School

• What does Royal Rangers need to do?
• 1. Provide Parents something that they can
  believe in
• 2. There values are your values

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Recognition in School

• 3. What they accept, you will accept
• 4. What they are proud of, you are too

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Recognition in School

• What group first realized what is important to
  the schools as well as the parents?
• The JROTC developed a program called the School
  Recognition Awards

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Recognition in School

• What does the Recognition Awards Program do? It
  awards things like
• A-B HONOR ROLL
• PERFECT ATTENDANCE
• GOOD BEHAVIOR

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Recognition in School

• Recognition awards ceremonies
• Royal Ranger as an Achievement Program

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Recognition in School

• Similarities between Royal Rangers and JROTC
• The Uniform
• Ribbon Awards
• Incentive of Recognition

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Recognition in School

• What makes this type of program practical
• No overlapping of materials
• No real additional training
• Local schools take care of tracking A-B HONOR
  ROLL, PERFECT ATTENDANCE, and GOOD BEHAVIOR

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P.I.E. Partners

• What are P.I.E. Partners?
• How can my outpost get involved?
• Are there any regulations involved?

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P.I.E. Partners

• P.I.E. Partners are Partners In Education
• Any club, church, business, or organization can
  participate

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P.I.E. Partners

• What do P.I.E. Partners do?
• Adopt a school
• Adopt a grade in the school
• Read with students, mentor in mathematics and/or
  science classes, computer instruction or real
  world experiences

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P.I.E. Partners

• Outpost involvement
• Talk to the school principal
• Any person/group can get involved
• Legislation actually opens this door
• Background check

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P.T.A. Involvement

• The easiest way to get Royal Rangers in your
  local school is by joining the P.T.A.

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Religion in Public School

• Supreme Court recognizes students right to free
  expression
• Students however have a limited right to
  distribute religious material

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Religion in Public School

• Can a school limit Royal Rangers?
• Yes and No
• Yes, if the school does not allow any forms of
  non-curricular activities or materials on its
  campus
• No, if non-curricular activities or materials of
  any kind are on the campus Equal Access Act,
  1984

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Prayer in Public School

• Student led activity
• Example See Ya at the Pole

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Royal Rangers in Your Local School

• Are There Any Questions?