Caissons Gather for George Washington Birthday Parade
This year, Fishburne Military School Cadets will also be looking to defend the “Best Youth Military Unit and Drill Team” title awarded to them last year in this parade, which is the largest parade celebrating the birth of George Washington in the USA.
Read More: Click hereFishburne Guidance Launches Career Fair
Last week the Fishburne Military School’s Guidance Director, MAJ Dan Baranik (VA), unveiled a new Career Fair for the benefit of the Corps. Local area business owners and professionals including FMS Alumni met with groups of Cadets throughout the week to discuss career paths, educational options and proper planning.
Read More: Click hereColor Guard Takes 1st at American Legion Meet
On Saturday, the Fishburne Color Guard took home the first place Trophy at the American Legion Drill meet at Liberty High School against very stiff competition from units from all four services. Kurt Wiegand did an outstanding job in commanding the team he had less than a week to prepare.
Read More: Click hereWilliamsburg Social a Hit
With FMS parents, friends and Alumni representing the classes of 1936 through 2006, the Williamsburg Lodge was bursting at its seams with Fishburne pride on Friday night for the Fishburne-Hudgins Educational Foundation, Inc’s annual Alumni Social.
Read More: Click hereRaiders Finish Strong at Manchester Meet
There were over 30 Raider teams competing at the Manchester High School meet. Fishburne placed fourth overall, which is the best result in school history. To be declared to be the most physically fit team at the meet is simply overwhelming.
Read More: Click hereFishburne Wrestlers Thunder to #2 in VIC
Round 1 went as well as it could have with every Caisson that stepped on the mat winning and sending all 14 wrestlers to the Semi Finals. This again was a great feat. I explained to them all that the key to a good team finish was to get a good start, not just with wins but with Pins to earn Bonus points for the team. I guess they understood that as just about every Caisson wrestler made short work of their opponents with several pins and Tech Falls building up a LOT of early Bonus points.
Read More: Click here#3 Fishburne guts out win over Queen City Prep, 82-78
Queen City Prep led for the first 30 minutes, but a gritty effort from the Fishburne Military School ;postgrad basketball team allowed the Caissons to escape on Saturday with an 82-78 win.
Read More: Click hereFishburne overcomes sluggish start, handles Rise Academy, 99-72
After Wednesday’s 109-102 win over #3 Hargrave, it was understandable that #4 Fishburne might come out of the gates with a Hargrave hangover two nights later against a team that it had beaten by 39 points earlier in the season.
Read More: Click hereWrestlers Get Win #20, On To State
Fishburne Military School’s final regular season match took place last night as the Caisson Wrestlers traveled to Roanoke Catholic for a big VIC showdown to see who would finish in 2nd place in the regular season. The Caissons were also looking to win their 20th match of the season — a HUGE thing.
Read More: Click hereFishburne JROTC Shows Their True Colors…
Fifteen Cadet leaders from Fishburne took their show on the road this week for a service learning project at Kate Collins Middle school. The project, called “Winning Colors”, was designed as a way of demonstrating various personality types along with methods of managing these different types in order to build successful teams.
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