Many Rainbow parents stopped and commented on the unusual sight on campus Friday. What they saw was the outdoor classroom turned into a military parade ground as Major Ronald Capes’ Asheville High School’s ROTC class came to demonstrate drills, lead team building exercises and talk about the life of a soldier.
During Omega’s civil war unit the students studied and read about Union and Confederate soldiers but the ROTC activities and Major Capes talk really brought home to them how working together, buddies or not, directly contributes to success, and in war time to being able to come home.
“I enjoyed how, on the plank walking, everyone had to really work together and if one person was out of step it messed everyone up”, commented a seventh grader.
Although the Omega students were skeptical when they heard ROTC was coming to work with them, Omega teachers, Susan and Jason, were happy with the lesson. “Everyone was pleasantly surprised”, said Susan.
As one student put it, “That was a lot more fun than I expected!”
