<p>As a JROTC alternative, look at the Sea Cadets or Civil Air Patrol if they exist in your area.</p>
<p>I think that he would really benefit from some kind of social skills class. I don’t know anything about them, but the fact that he is made fun of and teased in every situation makes me believe that there are some particular reasons why it happens to him specifically. Hopefully with a class he would learn to better associate with his peers. After participating in some kind of program to better his social skills, I think he would benefit from a new beginning, either at a new school or in his expected high school if it combines students from a variety of middle schools. </p>
<p>There’s a very good chance, of course, that he’ll hit puberty this summer, get taller, get larger, his voice will change, and hopefully he’ll gain some confidence. At the same time, his peers will be getting older. The students who were made fun of in my school were teased less and less as other students got older.</p>