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.
Fishburne Military School's Senior Army Instructor can't help but smile as he surveys the group waiting to tackle the 80-foot rappel tower. "This is a tremendous opportunity and great resource for these Cadets. The opportunity these young people have to learn from and interact with some of the finest JROTC instructors in the nation is really remarkable."
Fishburne Military School's Class of 2017 consists of only 44 students but has just claimed the most ROTC Scholarships of any school in JROTC's 4th Brigade. Representing 318 schools from West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and the District of Columbia, 4th Brigade is made up of over 3000 JROTC Cadets.
Yount Barracks at Fishburne Military School came roaring back to life this week as the 2017 Caissons Football team returned to campus and began their prep for the Fall campaign. Their first challenge will come on Thursday, August 24, when Coach Hill and his Caissons travel to Saint Anne's Belfield (Charlottesville, VA) for a scrimmage game.
Fishburne Military School Cadet Matthew Farrar opened the Commonealth Games wrestling tournament with a first period pin this weekend in Lynchburg. Farrar quickly got the takedown using his signature ankle side-sweep and deftly ran a ball-and-chain into a double-bar for the pin.
The Fishburne Military School Caissons Track and Field Team traveled to Blue Ridge School for the Virginia Independent Conference (VIC) Meet on Saturday. The Caissons made a competitive showing, bringing home a gold medal, a silver medal and three bronze. Marsh and Brooks were the top performers of the day, each bringing home three medals.
Oklahoma City, OK -- John Rorke, Fishburne Military School Class of 2001, received a standing ovation on Monday as the Oklahoma House of Representatives honored him as their Veteran of the Week. John served two tours in Iraq, returned home to finish his B.A. at Oklahoma State University, and went on to earn a M.S.W. from Arizona State.
A group of middle school boys from Fishburne Military School are spending their summer taking an introduction to coding and computer science class.
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.
There are many things that high school seniors look forward to, applying to college or to jobs, prom, and of course, graduation.
Fishburne Military School formally announced this weekend that Cadet Major and FMS Battalion Commander Luciano Dolfi (Stuarts Draft, Va.) was the recipient of the 2017 Fishburne Military School General Douglas MacArthur Award for Leadership.
Both Virginia U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine and 6th District Rep. Bob Goodlatte have written letters of recommendation for Fishburne Military School cadets to march in the 58th Presidential Inauguration Parade next month in Washington, D.C..
Fishburne Military School - founded 1879
225 S. Wayne Avenue, Waynesboro VA 22980
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