2010-2011 Caissons Football Preview

The Caissons elected to install the attack oriented 3-5-3 defense to counter the Wing-T offense used by the majority of their 2010 opponents. The Caissons defensive coordinator is their head coach Val Gochenour. “We run a 3-5-3 and our linebackers have some good size and quickness and want to hit,” Gochenour said. “Hopefully we will hit all the holes. We get a lot of Wing-T [in the CAFC] and we want to get that Wing-T stopped before it gets going.”

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Fishburne in the News – ABC 3

Fishburne made the news yesterday with its projections for increased enrollment. Col. Zinser and Patrick Shiflett spoke to reporter, Philip Townsend of ABC-3 (WHSV-Staunton)

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The Long Gray Line lives in Massachusetts

Below is a letter sent to Debbie Todd, FMS Alumni Affairs Director, from Mr. David Coyle ’43, on August 16th, 2010. Dear Debbie: Enclosed you will find a photo taken last Thursday of Sam Hollander ’10, and myself. We had been in touch by telephone and I suggested to meet someplace local for lunch and […]

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Msgt Mike Anson gets National Athletic Certification

The letter below is dated August 5, 2010, and was send from Sheri Stice of the NIAAA Certification Committee to Msgt Mike Anson. Everyone at Fishburne is proud of Mike’s accomplishment.

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Michael’s Ride III

This year I’m hoping to increase donations from Michael’s Ride III in an effort to increase aid that we can give to young men who would not have the opportunity to attend Fishburne Military School without financial assistance. Michael’s brother, Thomas, will be flying in from Wyoming to participate in the ride again this year. His presence and commitment to the ride last year was a blessing.

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Summer at Fishburne

Your faculty and staff at Fishburne have had a busy summer. Our Summer School 2010 program was wildly successful. One-hundred and twelve cadets enrolled in the five-week session which included an exciting new flight training program, several day trips, and two classrooms were issued Apple iPads as learning enhancements. Fishburne is working to coordinate a flight training opportunity for cadets during the regular school year. All cadets are encouraged to bring iPads (not 3G version) to school with them for the start of the Fall Semester.

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