MEXICO, Mo.— Cadet Joshua Pearson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Andy Pearson, of St. Robert, was recently awarded the Academic Fourragere for superior scholastic achievement at Missouri Military Academy's Middle School.
He was also promoted to the rank of staff sergeant.
Pearson is a member of the Academy's 121st Corps of Cadets.
Located in Mexico, Mo., MMA enrolls young men in grades 6-12 and post-graduate studies, and includes a separate middle school that focuses on reading improvement and development of life skills.
For 2008-09, MMA was designated as a JROTC “Honor Unit with Distinction” for the 38th time by the U.S. Department of the Army.
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