2025 - 2026 Key Events
August 2025
8 NFL Atlanta Falcons vs Detroit Lions Color Guard Presentation 7pm | Mercedez Benz Stadium Purchase tickets by clicking on the link.
14 Corps Fund Raiser (Vertical Raise)
14 Parents Night/Meeting (Raiders)
20 Physical Fitness Test
23 Raider Competition Wheeler HS, GA (Hosting)
26 Unit Polo & Localized PT Gear Issue
27 Curriculum in Action (CIA) - Field Trip, Sewell Mills Cultural Center
29 Football Color Guard
30 Raider Competition Etowah High School, GA
September 2025
4 First uniform wear
5 Football Color Guard
6 Lumpkin High School Raider Challenge | Dahlonega, GA
11 9-11 Remembrance Stair Climb
12 Football Color Guard
13 Trojan Raider Challenge | Carrollton, GA
13 MLS Atlanta United Football Club vs Columbus Crew Color Guard Presentation, Mercedes Benz Stadium
18 Corps Wide Sope Creek Clean Up
20 Riverside Prep Academy | Gainesville, GA.
22 - 26 Fall Break
October 2025
3 Corps Physical Fitness Test
3 Walton High School Football (Homecoming) Saber Team/Color Guard (TBD)
4 Paulding Raider Challenge | Dallas, GA
9 Corps of Cadets Picture Day 0830-0930
11 South Paulding Raider Challenge | Douglasville, GA
10 Curriculum in Action (CIA) - Tellus Sciece Museum, Carterville, GA
15 Corps Marching In Wheeler Homecoming Parade 6 - 7pm
17 Football Color Guard / Sabre Team (Homecoming)
18 Dalton Academy Raider Challenge | Hiram, GA
20 Challenge Day Raider Nationals Team Selection
25 Spaulding Raider Challenge | Griffon, GA
30 (Thursday) Football Color Guard (Seniors Night)
31 (Friday) All Service JROTC Raiders National Championship | Gerald Lawhorn Boy Scout Camp - Molena, Georgia. https://thenationals.net/raider-main-ALLSERV.htm
November 2025
3 JLAB (Leadership and Academic Bowl)
6 Raider End of Season Banquet
8 Raider State Championship | 412 East Washington Street, Milledgeville, GA.
8 Veteran’s Day Parade Marietta, GA
December 2025
4 East Cobb Middle School Recruiting/Awareness Presentation
5 Basketball Color Guard
January 2026
6 School starts
9 Basketball Color Guard | Physical Fitness Test (mock)
14 Corps Fundraiser (Vertical Raise)
16 Curriculum in Action (CIA) Field Trip - Chattahoochee Nature Center
21 Physical Fitness Test
26 Unit Evaluation w/Chief Kent Davis (ret)
27 Basketball Color Guard
30 Basketball Color Guard & Sabre Team
February 2026
4 Basketball Color Guard
6 Basketball Color Guard
7 Aerial Drone Comp, Best Academy, Atlanta, GA
8 Orienteering Competition | Red Top Mountain State Park, Iron Hill, GA
10 Basketball Color Guard
16-20 Winter Break
21 Aerial Drone Comp | Duluth High School, Duluth, GA
26 Atlanta Hawks vs Washington Wizards | Color Guard Performance | State Farm Arena
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28 Aerial Drone Comp | Chapel Hill HS, Douglasville, GA
March 2026
1 Orienteering Comp | Sweetwater Creek State Park, Lithia Springs, GA
11 Atlanta Gladiators Hockey | Color Guard Performance| Gas South Arena
25 Sope Creek Watershed Clean-Up (Community Service Event - Mandatory)
28 6th Annual "Pirate" JROTC FieldBall Tournament | Stone Mountain HS, GA
28 GA-52 Military Ball at Governors Club, Kennesaw, GA
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April 2026
18 Cedar Shoals Ultimate Raider Challenge | Athens, GA
24 Corps Field Day
30 Awards Assembly/Ceremony 5:30pm - 7:30pm in Wheeler Performing Arts Center (PAC)
May 2026
2 Prom, Georgia Aquarium
8 Uniform Turn In
19 Graduation Ceremony | 7:30pm | KSU
20 Last Day of School
22-23 May: All Service National Championships, Columbus, GA (Columbus Conference & Trade Center) Top 80 JROTC Teams in the US
June 2026