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Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools has announced that West Forsyth High School’s JROTC Leadership Team will compete in a national championship event in Washington, D.C.

The 2022 U.S. Army JROTC Leadership Bowl Championship is held on the campus of The Catholic University of America, June 19-23. The WFHS team includes Donovan Allen, Lyness Amsberry, Madison Boone and Daniel Castillo. The event is sponsored by the U.S. Army Cadet
Command and is conducted by the College Options Foundation.
West Forsyth High School’s JROTC team earned top scores out of the 1,371 Army JROTC leadership teams that competed from around the world. The team is one of only 40 Army JROTC Leadership Bowl teams in the nation to advance to the final competition, which includes
an all-expense paid trip to the championship event in Washington, D.C.
During the two fast-paced preliminary rounds and the final competitions, cadets are tested on their knowledge of great leaders, leadership practices and skills, Army JROTC curriculum, as well as current events, citizenship and financial literacy.
The financial literacy videos are sponsored by the USAA Educational Foundation and provided to all cadets. Questions from the videos were included in Levels I and II of the online competition.
The JROTC Leadership Bowl is a nationally recognized competition created exclusively for JROTC students.
By participating, cadets learn the values of citizenship, leadership competition and college opportunity.
The competition creates tremendous opportunities for JROTC cadets by allowing them to demonstrate leadership and academic abilities.