NEWS BRIEF: SEA PERCH PROVIDES HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE FOR NJROTC CADETS

Mackenzie Munn | Managing Editor
The NJROTC program introduced a new team to the program this year called Sea Perch. Any student in the unit who wants to join is allowed. The team builds underwater submarines that are controlled during competitions. The theme of this year’s goal is for the submarines to “clean-up trash.”

They host practices twice a week where they built their submarines and then perform sea trails in the indoor pool in the NJROTC annex.
After the trials, they run their subs through an obstacle course in a real pool. “I really enjoy it because it is very hands on and there is a lot of freedom to learn how to do everything,” Erica Dobies said. “We do almost all of it on our own.”

They compete in their first meet on March 14.