The Sumter High School Aerospace Science Department provides students with opportunities to learn and apply leadership skills while also learning about aerospace careers without students incurring any military obligation at all. The department administers the Air Force Junior ROTC program with instructors who are retired veterans of the Air Force. They are devoted to providing quality classroom experiences to the students as well as emphasizing the high-standard concepts of citizenship, leadership, and scholarship that will be beneficial to students as they progress in life.      During the program, students earn Elective Units for each year of Aerospace Science/Leadership Education taken, with students able to enter and leave the course the same as any other elective program. Students are asked to participate in a wide range of academic and leadership activities, both in and out of the classroom. Advanced students are placed in positions of responsibility and given full control of the Cadet Group as leaders and managers. These students determine, plan, organize and implement all cadet activities. All students are given opportunities to demonstrate learned skills using performance based assessments. Aerospace Science and Leadership Education are simultaneously taught in each academic year with approximately 60% of the student's grade earned in science and 40% earned in leadership.      Through Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps, you’ll become a better citizen and a leader- confident, self-reliant, and self-disciplined. Take our aerospace science program and explore the civilian, industrial and military aspects of aerospace.      Career-minded high school students learn about jobs in the Air Force that will open important opportunities for the future. High school students who complete a three-year aerospace science program in Air Force Junior ROTC may be able to enter the Air Force at a pay grade higher than most enlistees. Also, you’ll be prepared to work in an expanding technological world - in the Air Force or as a civilian.