FMS News
Fishburne Kicks off Summer Session 2015
Representing 17 different states and four foreign nations, the Cadets at Summer Session 2015 are as diverse a group as one is likely to see in any program. While a great many of the young men hail fro Virginia, the Commonwealth accounts for fewer than 50% of the student population.
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Cadets Train at Fort Pickett – 2 Virginia Cadets Win Top Honors for FMS
The camp, organized and led by Fishburne Military School’s JROTC department, attracted approximately 350 cadets from 27 schools (22 VA and 5 NC schools) this summer. “We have been rated the best camp in the 4th Brigade the past 5 years,” noted Fishburne Military School’s Senior Army Instructor, LTC Robert Hunt USA(Ret).
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Fresh off of the STEM
“This is truly amazing to me,” noted COL Morrison, between bites, “these young men are exploring ideas and utilizing equipment that I didn’t even have access to in college. Thanks to faculty like Captain Galloway, Fishburne’s young men are leaving this campus better prepared than ever for college…and to be life-long lovers of learning.”
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The Marshall Plan: A welcome return to the barracks
It has been 29 years since I marched through of the archway of Fishburne Military School as a senior cadet.
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Cadet Honored with Ethics Award
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. “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.
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STEM on the Go
“These types of trips are crucial to a healthy STEM initiative,” noted FMS Superintendent COL Gary Morrison (VA), FMS Class of 1981, “being able to see such amazing technology up close and having the opportunity to meet the people to who developed and built it is something these young men will never forget. These are the kinds of educational experiences that spark the imagination and lead to a lifetime of learning.”
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Fishburne Cadets Read to Area Kindergartners
There were smiling faces of all ages at William Perry Elementary School’s library yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Tracy Gunn, the school librarian, had a very special treat for her kindergartners. She had invited Cadets from Fishburne Military School to come spend reading time with them.
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Sergeant Major Throws Down the Gauntlet
With the help of faculty advisor, Col Joe Mitchell USAF(ret), Cadet Brian Draper (Washington, DC) has coordinated to bring instructors from Charlottesville Fencing Alliance to Fishburne’s campus to teach the newly formed FMS Fencing Club the finer points of this ancient sport. “I would like this to be a competitive sport where our cadets can compete in a conference [and earn Varsity letters],” he notes in regards to the club’s future.
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Richmond (VA) Alumni Gather for Social
All total, we had 30 attendees including alumni representing a wide range of class years, beginning with George Field ’45 of Bon Air (celebrating his 70th class reunion this year), to alumni from the mid 2000s (including rifle team coach, Jay Spruill ’06)
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Full STEM Ahead for Fishburne
As a part of Fishburne Military School’s continuing emphasis upon Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), Environmental Science students were given an inside look at one of the most important features of modern civic infrastructure. Clean, running water.
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