Regular Training Night (April 9)

Hello Parents/Guardians & Cadets,

Below are the announcements for this week. Please read this email along with the respective attachments in their entirety. This Thursday will consist of regular training, the dress will be C5 (Green Field Training Uniform) or C3C (Blue dress uniform with elemental T-shirt), or white shirt and black pants, if your cadet has not been issued C5 or C3C. Cadets are always to bring with them a water bottle, a notebook, and a pen/pencil to take notes during their training. A reminder that doors will open at 6:30 pm to cadets. Please ensure that your cadets do not arrive earlier than this time. 

At the end of the evening, doors will open to parents at 8:55 pm for our final announcements for the evening, and cadets will be dismissed at 9:15.

SQUADRON MOVIE NIGHT (Saturday, April 18th)

As we prepare for our upcoming Movie Night next Saturday. We kindly ask the parents for your help in confirming whether your cadet will be attending.

Since this activity takes place outside our regular training night, having an accurate estimate of attendance will help us plan appropriately, especially for food purchases (hot dogs and buns and canteen supplies) and ensuring we have enough staff available for the evening. Please refer to more details and fill out the form on TEAMS.

SPRING FUNDRAISING WEEKEND (MAY 1-3)

Tag Days are a vital part of the fundraising that helps keep your cadet’s program running at no cost to you. While we do receive some financial assistance from the Department of National Defense, the funds raised through our tagging events are an essential component of our annual budget.

Your support is critical to making this event a success. As a parent, you play a pivotal role in ensuring your cadet's attendance by providing transportation to and from the tagging headquarters, as well as to their assigned tagging location along with supervising your cadet at their assigned location.

Cadet Participation: Every cadet is expected to aim to complete at least one shift during the tagging weekend (see dates on TEAMS). Cadets who volunteer for two consecutive shifts (AM/PM) will be provided with a per-diem allowance for lunch. If your cadet is not able to attend, please consider an OPTIONAL donation of $100. Although the program is free and no donation is expected, we rely on donations to continue to provide a program beyond the scope of what the government provides. A charitable tax receipt will be provided for this contribution.

Dress :[C3– Blue Dress Uniform (no medals, no nametag), weather-appropriate outerwear, black gloves if cold, etc.] [C5 Green Field Training Uniform if cadet does not have C3] or white shirt, black pants if cadet has no C5 or C3 dress.

Please refer to TEAM for more detail and complete the form there.

ABSENCE REPORTING AND ATTENDANCE

If your cadet is unable to attend a training night, please ensure that an absence report form is filled out to excuse their absence. It is important to note that once a cadet has been absent for over 30 days without an excused absence (4 consecutive weeks of unexcused absences), they will be removed from the effective strength of the unit. The absence report form can be found here: https://forms.office.com/r/dRVZ6q3QDB

CADET365, ROUTINE ORDERS, CHAIN OF COMMAND

It is important that your cadet is checking their Cadet365 Outlook and Microsoft Teams regularly to ensure they are receiving the most up-to-date information. Each week, weekly routine orders  (see attachment for your reference) will be distributed via their cadet email detailing the upcoming week's training along with any additional information for upcoming events and activities. It is expected that ALL cadets read this document. If they have difficulty accessing their account, please reach out via email to Lt Amoah (charles.amoah@cadets.gc.ca) as soon as account access issues are encountered. 

It important that cadets begin to take the initiative to read communications and communicate with their superiors when they have questions. Each cadet has been added to a flight which has a senior cadet in charge. They can communicate with their flight seniors via their designated flight Microsoft Teams channel they have been added to. This ensures streamlined communication channels and efficient responses to questions, issues or concerns. Cadets should not be reaching out to adult staff directly to seek answers to minor questions or information that is addressed in the routine orders or can easily be answered by their senior cadet in charge. Communications of this nature from cadets will not be responded to, but rather redirected to the appropriate level in their chain of command. 

Parents are always encouraged and able to reach out if they have questions or concerns; however we encourage you to give your cadet the responsibility of staying informed, clarifying information using their chain of command and keeping you informed, as it is an important life skill they should be developing that will serve them well beyond the cadet program.

DRESS INSTRUCTIONS

For details on how to wear the uniform correctly in accordance with the set standard, cadets are required to consult the Cadets and Junior Canadian Rangers (CJCR) Dress Instructions. This should be the primary reference for what the standard is for hair, facial hair and placement of insignia and badges. If a cadet is confused by what is presented in the instructions, they can use their chain of command to direct their question to a senior cadet of the Standards department for further clarification. Dress instructions can be found here: https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/cadets-junior-canadian-rangers/cjcr-policy/cjcr-dress-instructions.html.