FMS News
FMS Government Classes Getting Hands-on Civics Lesson
As Election Pages, the Fishburne Military School Cadets will assist electoral officers at their respective polling stations, help to greet and orient voters, and aid anyone needing assistance at the polling places. The Cadets will work in two shifts throughout Election Day, learning civics lessons first-hand as they go.
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Raiders Start Strong at New River Meet
The Raiders team competed in their first Raider meet of the 2017-2018 school year on Saturday, on the New River in Carroll County, Virginia.The new A-Team started off strong on a 12-mile road march and finished 3rd out of 12 teams. They completed the meet with three 3rd place finishes and came in at 3rd place overall.
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Fishburne Military School Gathers for Blessing of the Colors
Cadet 2LT Connor Green (Virginia Beach, VA) acted as master of ceremonies for the Blessing of the Colors and welcomed those in attendance noting “this ceremony is particularly significant since it marks the coming together of a group of fine young men as a unified force for good underneath their own personal banners.”
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College Visit Series Kicks off at Fishburne Military School
Fishburne Military School Guidance’s 2017-2018 College Visits series kicked off this morning as thirteen cadets gathered to meet with an admissions counselor from Hampden-Sydney College. The series gives FMS seniors an opportunity to meet with representatives from a variety of colleges and universities as the cadets prepare to make their college choices.
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Fishburne Military School Honor Council Sworn In
Yesterday afternoon, in a brief ceremony before the entire corps, the 2017-2018 Fishburne Military School Honor Council took their oaths of service in Lawton Chapel. Eight cadets were sworn in by LTC Alec Gunn (VA), the Commandant of Cadets, and promised to uphold and enforce the Honor Code of Fishburne Military School.
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Jonathan Edwards ’64 Interviewed in Alexandria Times
By Denise Dunbar (as printed in the Alexandria Times 8 Sept 2017). Saturday night’s concert at the Birchmere is a homecoming of sorts for singer/songwriter Jonathan Edwards, whose hit “Sunshine” propelled him to fame in 1971. Edwards grew up in a home on the Potomac River in the Fairfax County section of Alexandria and has fond memories …
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The Corps is Formed!
Waynesboro, VA – Young men from throughout Virginia, 17 other states, and 5 foreign nations came together yesterday in the Fishburne Military School quadrangle to form the 2017 – 2018 FMS Corps of Cadets. This traditional ceremony marked the official beginning of the school’s 138th consecutive session and its 99th year as a United States JROTC Unit.
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Fishburne introduces five-day boarding option for cadets
Fishburne Military School is expanding options for cadets.Starting April 3rd, the school began accepting applications for a five-day boarding program for the first time.
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FMS Cadets Spend Summer Honing Tech Skills
A group of middle school boys from Fishburne Military School are spending their summer taking an introduction to coding and computer science class.
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FMS Cadets at JROTC STEM Academy
Blacksburg, VA – Two Fishburne Military School Cadets returned this weekend from an exciting and challenging JROTC STEM Leadership Academy hosted at Virginia Tech. Cadets Connor Green (Virginia Beach, VA) and Michael Masone (Ivy, VA) were among the 120 Cadets from all of 4th Brigade selected to attend.
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