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Cadets At School
Through partnerships with middle and high schools, Civil Air Patrol’s Cadet Program is fulfilling its mission of developing tomorrow’s aerospace leaders.
CAP offers schools an exciting form of character education that uses the students’ enthusiasm for aviation, space, and technology as a motivator. An Air Force-affiliated after school program*, high schools find Civil Air Patrol a low-cost alternative to Junior ROTC. Middle schools find that the challenge of cadet life provides the structure early adolescents need. A middle school CAP squadron can be a great complement to a high school JROTC program.
Air Force Affiliation
Cadets are never obligated to join the military, nor does CAP attempt to recruit cadets for the armed forces. However, the uniform, military customs and courtesies, and drill and ceremonies are important features of cadet life that contribute to individual self-discipline. Moreover, 10% of the cadets at the Air Force Academy got their start in CAP.
Cadet Advancement
The Cadet Program is a self-paced program of sixteen achievements. Cadets complete one task in each element of cadet life — leadership, aerospace, fitness, and character — during each achievement. There is a degree of academic rigor to the program; cadets study their textbooks and must pass written tests to advance. Along the way, cadets earn promotions, acquire new leadership responsibilities, and collect awards.
Adding Value to the School
Some of the benefits students and schools receive by partnering with CAP include:
| Students Develop leadership skills | The School Strengthens students' discipline |
| * Some schools choose to conduct the CAP Cadet Program as an in-school elective class. CAP National Headquarters will continue to support those existing programs but is now encouraging new schools to operate as an after school program. | |
Classroom Resources
- Leadership
- Learn to Lead volumes 1 & 2
- Learn to Lead lesson plans - volume 1
- Learn to Lead lesson plans - volume 2
- Learn to Lead Curriculum Guide
- Learn to Lead Activity Guide
- Learn to Lead Drill Tests
- Aerospace
- Character
- Flight Time: Values for Living Volume 1 Character Lessons
- Flight Time: Values for Living Volume 2 Character Lessons
- Flight Time: Values for Living Volume 3 Character Lessons
- Cadet Character Resources
- Drug Demand Reduction - activities, information, lesson plans
- Physical Fitness
- Physical Fitness Program information
- CAPP 52-18 Physical Fitness Program
- Other
- Cadet Great Start Orientation Program
- Squadron Training Plan
- Cadet Programs Super Chart
- Parents' Guide to the CAP Cadet Program
- Today's Cadets - Strategic Overview of the Cadet Program
- Middle School Initiative Lesson Plans
CAP School Programs Point of Contact
Susan Mallett 877.227.9142 x404
Related Documents
Activity Sequencing
Now Accepting Applications
Professional educators interested in establishing "Cadets After Schools" program for the 2012-13 academic year are welcome to contact us.
Title I Waivers
All school cadet programs chartered prior to March 2010 using the first-year dues waiver for Title I students will continue to have this benefit for subsequent school years. Regretfully, due to financial constraints, no newly-chartered school cadet programs will have the option of first-year dues waivers for Title I students. We hope that newly-chartered school cadet programs will find community fund sources or after-school grant programs to assist students in need.
