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Fort Liberty Trip

On the weekend of 9/19/24-9/20/24, our GCHS NNDCC had its first overnight field trip for this year. They went to Fort Liberty in Fayetteville, NC. They stayed off base due to renovations at the hotel on base and had a great time bowling on Friday night.

Chief Howard and Mrs. McKinley chaperoned along with Shyanne Carlisle and Carla Clarke (Bus Driver). All of the chaperones worked very hard to make sure that the cadets had a safe, enjoyable trip and we appreciate them a lot!

On Friday, after arriving at GCHS at 5:30 AM and driving around 3 hours to get there, the cadets enjoyed an informational video and a self-led tour around the All-American 82nd Airborne Division Museum on base at Fort Liberty before having lunch at the dining facility on base beside many soldiers who were working that day.

After they ate lunch, the cadets were driven to the training facility that houses all of the training materials such as inert (practice, not able to detonate) bombs and certain types of training guns to feel their weight. While at the training facility, the cadets were able to use the rifle simulators. Right after this, they were driven over to the aviation side of the base and got to try flying helicopters on the flight simulators. Many crashes, many laughs, and many MANY memories were made here.

When their time was up at the flight simulators, they went to the hotel and settled in. After bowling a few minutes away from the hotel, they went back and stayed at the hotel and swam in the pool for the rest of the evening. The next day, they made the long drive back and had an enjoyable time on the bus and in the new ROTC van.

A big thank you to Chief Howards and all of the other chaperones for sponsoring and supporting our trip! Go Barons!

By Courtney Unger

Baron Beat Editor

 

HOSA Regionals

Competition

HOSA club is getting a start to their year of 2024/2025 as the first meeting for anyone who had an interest in the club was September 9th.

I interviewed Mrs. Rountree, the director of HOSA, and asked her some questions about HOSA.

A frequent question asked is what is HOSA? “HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America) is a student organization that promotes career opportunities in the healthcare industry. Students in HOSA participate in various activities, such as competitive events in health-related fields, community service projects, and promote leadership opportunities.” Now if you find this interesting, HOSA may be your club.

The regional competition is coming up. The HOSA Regional Leadership Competition, that takes place in Greenville, NC on November 19, 2024. Students are currently choosing their competitive events, and starting to prepare for their individual competitions by studying for them and creating plans for what is expected.

“I expect the students to be very successful at RLC,” says Mrs. Rountree.

HOSA is hosting a blood drive on Friday, October 18, 2024, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. I encourage anyone interested in donating to please do so! HOSA hopes to have a good turnout, meet our point goal, and save many lives in the process.

To schedule a time to donate blood use the link: https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=GCHS

By Brooke Cyr

Baron Beat Writer

 

Gates County

Hunter Safety Team

Gates County Hunter Safety Team has their first meeting for all interested for the 2024-2025 year on October 3rd.

To participate, you must be enrolled at Gates County High School or the middle school to try out for the team. One may try out for Shotgun, Rifle, or archery. You may try out for all three, but you should make sure to manage your time well and make sure you get your scores in before the end of tryouts.

By Brooke Cyr

Baron Beat Writer

 

GCHS NNDCC

First Uniform Day

Wednesday, September 25th, GCHS NNDCC had their first uniform day.

The regulations are very strict. For example, “Caps shall be worn squarely on the head, with the bottom edge horizontal.”

Also “Uniforms shall be kept clean, neat, and in good repair.”

Cadets take these regulations very seriously.

By Tyliyah Howell

Baron Beat Writer