FMS football ready to shine in ’11

Last season’s 1-7 record is a distant memory. There’s a new look and feel at Fishburne with coach Dan Baranik coming in from the college ranks to take over the Caisson program. The new look and feel is evident at the end of practice. Baranik is focusing on conditioning. “We’re going to play four quarters,” […]

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Posted August 29, 2011  

FMS football preparing for 2011 season

The Caissons have their first scrimmage next week at Virginia Episcopal School, as the clock counts down to the regular-season opener on Friday, Sept. 9, at home against Avalon School. The scrimmage at VES also includes Hargrave Military Academy. The scrimmage is on Saturday, Aug. 27, at 11 a.m. FMS football has one other scrimmage […]

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Posted August 19, 2011  

Does single sex education benefit young men?

Story by Ed Crews For many Fishburne graduates and parents, the answer is an emphatic – Yes! Alumni tend to agree with Damon Edwards, Class of 1988, when he praises the effectiveness of our all-male classrooms. “The obvious benefit that comes to mind is focus! 　Had there been girls there I would not have focused […]

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Posted August 15, 2011  

JCLC Eagle 2011 Fort Pickett, 19-24 June

Fishburne Military School Army JROTC Department deployed to Fort Pickett on 19 June to participate in the annual JROTC Cadet Leadership Camp (JCLC) Eagle 2011 at Fort Pickett, Virginia. The Fishburne JROTC Staff selected 13 high performing cadets to participate in this year’s camp. They were Anderson, R, Coleman, Davis, Koptev, Lalor, McCoo, Morrison-Rogers, Mousley, […]

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Posted August 9, 2011  

How I Spent My Summer Vacation

By Susan Johnson We learned how “To Build a Fire” (Jack London) and we trudged “A Worn Path” (Eudora Weltz). We met “Dr. Heidegger” (Nathaniel Hawthorne), “The Devil and Tom Walker” (Washington Irving) and “The Devil and Daniel Webster” (Steven Vincent Benét). On July 4th, we saluted “The Gettysburg Address”, (Abraham Lincoln) and we visited […]

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Posted August 1, 2011