Romeoville HS MCJROTC Honored By Valley View Board

ROMEOVILLE, IL — The Romeoville High School Marine Corps JROTC was recently recognized by the Valley View School District Board of Education for the group's success during last school year.

Master Gunnery Sergeant Jonathan Couturier said that for the second year in a row the MCJROTC program is a distinguished unit, a Naval Honor school.

"The Marine Corps JROTC program in the nation is the smallest," Couturier said. "So in essence, it is much harder to achieve this distinction."

The status allows more opportunities for students, including summer training and camps.

"This certainly validates the caliber of the program," Couturier said.

The group has also had great success this school year, and recently took the championship at a competition in Indiana. The program took seven first place finishes, and one second place; and earned 14 of the 20 individual medals that could be earned.

Romeoville High School students recognized include: Jake Aldridge, Ashely Amaya, Christopher Baker, Bradley Bauer, Emily Beechler, Eric Beechler, Natalie Bell, Liliana Blanco, Genesis Castaneda, Taya Chaney, Ashley Damian, Elijah Dickson, Erick Gomez, Luis Gutierrez, Emmanualla Gyamera, Mohammad Kazmi, Kimberly Lopez, Derek Madison, Peyton Magliano, Martin Masnica, Ava Nolfi, Monserrat Ortiz, Erin Robinson, Margaret Ryan, Nadya Saucedo, Aiden Saxon, Raed Slim and Zephaniah Spain.