MAST Academy Pass in Review

Mercedes Halliburton, Managing Editor

February 14, 2024

MAST Academy JROTC had its annual Pass in Review on Wednesday. Parents and members of the United States Coast Guard, including Rear Admiral Schofield, were in attendance. Assistant principal, Ms. Torossian, also attended and delivered a speech congratulating JROTC members for their work in the school. Battalion Commander, senior Santiago Rodriguez-Loeches, led the troops through the ceremony. This military tradition of “inspecting the troops” goes back hundreds of years and honors, among many, war veterans and those in the military today.

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About the Contributor

Mercedes Halliburton, Managing Editor

Mercedes Halliburton is a senior at MAST Academy. She is in her fourth year at the school, arriving in 2019 from St. Theresa Catholic School. Halliburton enjoys MAST more than her previous school because she believes that there is more freedom. Halliburton likes MAST because she enjoys swimming and water. She also enjoys reading and writing, saying that it is her favorite subject. Her least favorite subject is math, and her hardest year was junior year. She doesn’t have a least favorite teacher and she likes most of the teachers. She also likes MAST because it has a nice view and is so close to the beach. Even though MAST is fun, Halliburton claims it is also a challenging school with many hard classes.