The Waynesboro Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) met at the Shiloh Baptist Church this past Sunday to honor local students. Keynote speaker, Alphonso Bowers, asked students to look beyond entertainers and athletes as role models and find family members, teachers and outstanding community leaders to emulate. The top two students of color graduating from five local high schools were honored during the event. Cadets Jonathan Vincent and Cletus Moffi represented Fishburne during the ceremony and received awards for their tremendous academic performance. Everyone at FMS is proud of Cadets Vincent and Moffi for their hard work.
Entries Tagged as ‘Military Education & Research’
May 3, 2010
MSG Mike Anson Delivers Stroehmann Award Speech at CYB Dinner
We had our first track meet in five years earlier this month at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg. A lot of young guys on the team—7th, 8th, 9th graders—a little bit tentative and apprehensive about participating in their first high school track meet. We have this one kid, a 7th grader, Lozie Goolsby (great name, isn’t it). He couldn’t sleep much the night before the meet, so at 6 a.m. he decided to round up some other runners on the team and run a couple of miles. When I found out I asked him, “What were you thinking?” He said, “Coach, we were just warming up a little bit to get ready for the meet.” I didn’t want to get too upset about that because I admired the initiative, but I let Lozie and the others know that running the morning of a meet is not the best idea they ever had
April 29, 2010
Fishburne Hosts 8th Annual JROTC Raider Challenge
The JROTC Raider Challenge was an annual competition featuring 20 high schools from Virginia and North Carolina. Army JROTC Raider teams were tested in five categories: physical fitness, orienteering, one rope bridge, first aid/litter carry, and a 5-k forced march/run. Each of the events tested the Raiders both physically and mentally. All Raider meets start with an individual event called the Modified Physical Fitness Test.
April 13, 2010
Cadets help at Battle of Waynesboro Reenactments
Fishburne Military School cadets welcomed every one of the hundreds of observers attending the two-day Civil War reenactment events sponsored by the Waynesboro Heritage Foundation, Inc., on April 11 and 12 at beautiful Locust Isle plantation six miles north of Waynesboro.
April 8, 2010
Choices and Consequences
It was “back in the classroom again” for former FMS Battalion Commander Steve McElroy, ’84, who spent April 6 engaged in lively discussions with JROTC cadets here from his unique perspective as a long-time Baltimore County Police Officer.
The Maryland resident focused on basic concepts such as the mindset of right versus wrong, the importance of making good decisions, and the fact that poor choices can have dire consequences. Cadets were candid in opening up about their own experiences inside and outside of the barracks.
March 23, 2010
Fishburne Cadets Attend Key Club Event
For the past 3 days, Mrs. Berrang and I attended the 61st Annual Capital District Key Club Convention in Arlington, Virginia, with eleven of our cadets. Those in attendance were Burkard, Wrigley, Guimond, Tisdelle, Valverde, Smith, Thomas, Iacovetta, Morgan, Montgomery and Ulrich. It was a very busy and full weekend with over 950 people in attendance. The Key Club members participated in forums, caucus meetings and the House of Delegate meeting to vote for the 2010-2011 Executive Board of the Capital District Key Club. (Capital District includes all Key Clubs in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and the District of Columbia). The highlight of the weekend was the installment of Cadet Wrigley as Div. 5B Lt. Governor for 2010-2011 and the election of Cadet Burkard as the Capital District Key Club Treasurer, which to my knowledge is the highest district level position that a FMS cadet has held (I will have to look into that further). Please congratulate both cadets for a job well done.
March 8, 2010
Cadet Ulrich shines at RFI! Details from Col. Hunt.
RFI is always a critical time at Fishburne. The school’s JROTC honor rating with distinction is at stake, a tradition that goes back well into the early 1920’s. Invariably the challenge of the occasion brings out the best in the cadet corps, and 2010 was no exception.
The entire corps gave a major effort and managed to secure yet another honor rating with distinction with the highest score of any of the 106 schools previously inspected this year. Needless to say, this collective achievement was the product of much individual skill and determination.
March 4, 2010
Fishburne Keeps Gold Star! Col. Hunt Recaps the Big Day…
As many of you know JROTC was established at FMS in February 1919 and the JROTC formal inspection began in 1926. The formal inspection is conducted triennially. What that means is that if you achieve less than “Honor Unit with Distinction” you hold that rating for a period of three years. The maximum score is 600 points. There are three ratings a unit can receive: Meritorious Unit (MU) 480/80%, Honor Unit (HU) 540/90% and Honor Unit with Distinction (HUD) 576/96% or higher). Based on Mr. Moroney’s ‘President of the Board of Trustees Report,’ FMS has been an “Honor Unit with Distinction” except on two occasions which we were an “Honor Unit”. The last time was sometime in the 1970s.
February 12, 2010
Captain Dillon discusses Snowy Nights at Fishburne!
As a night shift TAC Officer that works every weekend with our cadets, there are different shades to every season at FMS. Yet, by the time the chill of late fall and the early winter arrives, the cadets have settled into the day to day routine where only a few are seen at night.
