Cadet Honored with Ethics Award

Fishburne Military School Cadet Logan Amico (Pittsgrove, NJ) was honored with the Staunton (VA) Rotary Club Ethics Award

Waynesboro, VA – Fishburne Military School Cadet Logan Amico, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Amico of Pittsgrove, NJ, was honored Tuesday as this year’s winner of the Staunton (VA) Rotary Club’s Code of Ethics Award.

The award, established in 1930, was designed by educators within the Rotary Club to recognize and encourage high standards of ethics within the area’s high school communities. A permanent plaque, engraved with the names of past winners, is located in the main foyer of Fishburne Military School’s Alumni Memorial Building. Amico, along with winners from other area high schools, was presented with a special award during the Rotary Club’s April banquet yesterday afternoon.

For many recipients, the award has even deeper meaning because the winner is determined by a vote of their peers within the school. “This is particularly nice,” Amico noted, “because it comes from my class and it tells me that they respect me as an honorable person.” The Class of 2015 overwhelming voted for Amico.

The plaque, to which Amico’s name will be permanently added will hang in the school’s formal foyer and reads: “Presented each year to the Senior who, in the opinion of his classmates, best exemplifies those qualities of Integrity, Responsibility, Dedication and Hard Work set forth in the Rotary High School Code of Ethics”.

Fishburne Military School is the oldest and smallest of all military schools for boys in Virginia. Its college-prep curriculum is built upon the structure of an Army JROTC program. Boasting a 100% college-acceptance rate for the past 10 consecutive years, FMS has also been designated as a JROTC Honor Unit with Distinction and may nominate qualified candidates to the United States Service Academics. Fishburne hosts one of only four Summer JROTC programs in the nation, accredited by US Army Cadet Command.