The 2023-2024 academic year at Fork Union Military Academy is right around the corner! We are offering four dates for our cadets to check-in for the 2023-2024 academic year. Our football players and selected leadership are expected to arrive on campus Monday, August 14.
Please read all the detailed information below prior to arriving on camppus.
Below are the dates for fall enrollment check-in. Keep in mind that August 21 is by invitation only. The Commandants Department distributes the invitations.
Please make sure your check-in time appointment has been selected in SchoolAdmin: CLICK HERE
The first academic day of Term 1 is Tuesday, September 5, 2023.
Before arriving, please make sure you have logged into FUMA’s Parent’s Portal, and have completed the Enrollment Checklist.
Please ensure that your:
Also ensure that you have:
Should you have any questions, please reach out to the Admission Office at 434-842-4205 or .
Please follow the diagram below on where to go for all check-in dates. Monday, August 14 is Fork Union's first check-in. Please enter campus and park in the grass lot between Jacobson Hall and Route 15. Parking attendants and coaches will be there to greet you.
Families will be directed to the Estes Dining Hall for their first stop, then to the Quartermaster and will end at Jacobson Hall.
ACTION NEEDED: Please make sure you have completed your health profile in SchoolDoc. Please read below:
Fork Union Military Academy's Infirmary uses SchoolDoc to manage the required annual health forms. Please make sure you have completed your health profile before arriving to campus. We will not be accepting paper forms at check-in.
Please note that the nurses will be reviewing all health forms when you arrive on campus to check-in. Any incomplete forms, especially those that require a healthcare provider signature, may delay the check-in process. Parents will be responsible for completing these items before they can leave their cadet on campus.
For all school and health related questions, please contact the Infirmary at 434-842-4310 or .
ACTION NEEDED: Please make sure you have submitted an official transcript. Please read below:
Ensuring we have this information now will better help our scheduling team set your son's academic schedule for the upcoming year. We cannot update our transcript information or finalize scheduling without an official transcript.
The following documents are not acceptable official transcripts:
Please make sure the official transcript is signed, sealed, and has all complete information (grades and credits earned). The official document needs to come directly from the school your son attended last year.
If you have any questions regarding the transcript or need any further assistance, please contact our Admissions Office.
ACTION NEEDED: Please make sure you have created your account prior to check-in. Please read below:
CampMinder is a new software the Academy is using this year to make it convenient for both parent and cadet to purchase items from the Social Center. This includes daily snack bar concessions, cadet activities and game day concessions and apparel.
Click the link to access CampMinder.
If you need detailed instructions on how to set up your CampMinder account, please click here.
Should you have any questions regarding your son’s class options and graduation plan, please contact their respective academic scheduler:
Fork Union Military Academy would like to request for your son to arrive on campus clean shaven and with a proper haircut. The regulation haircut for Fork Union Military Academy is:
Hair will be neat and closely trimmed. Hair will be kept 1 inch or less on top. The sides will be tapered/faded all the way around the head. No block lines and no temple tapers are allowed. Hard parts are not authorized.
If your son is unable to receive a haircut prior to check-in, we will arrange for him to see our barber on campus.
You can find the link to our Academic Calendar for the 2023-2024 year here. Please refer to our calendar as you are planning for your cadet’s 2023-2024 year.
As we enter our second year of compulsory athletics, we ask that you fill out the Athletic Interest Form which is in your Enrollment Checklist on SchoolAdmin. The offerings for this fall are football, soccer, and cross country for middle and high school cadets.
Below you will see that to bring but we want to make sure everyone brings athletic shoes. Please note, PG Basketball, PG Football, Prep & Junior Prep Football players must have Under Armour shoes.
For cadets interested in playing soccer, please bring cleats and shin guards.
We have added a new packing list to forkunion.com for parents. Please refer to this list for all fall enrollment cadets. Keep in mind, if your son is enrolling as a Prep Football, PG Football or PG Basketball athlete, he will have a separate list tailored to his sport for athletic apparel and supplies. The sport-specific lists are distributed by the coach.
CLICK HERE TO FIND THE NEW PACKING LIST
If you have already purchased the supplies that are not listed in the new packing list, such as storage bins, handkerchiefs, towels, and washcloths, you can still bring them. We have decided to issue those to cadets for this coming year. Any extras are totally fine to bring.
Fork Union Military Academy announced this week the hiring of a school counselor with more than two decades of experience, Dealton C. Cotton. A native of Norfolk, Virginia, Cotton holds three degrees from East Carolina University and has worked as a school counselor in high schools for more than two decades. In addition, Cotton has extensive experience as a football and track coach, including a stint as an Assistant Head Football Coach at Old Dominion University.
Fork Union Military Academy is pleased to announce the hiring of David Kaplan, an experienced basketball coach at the college level, to serve as the head coach of the Prep Basketball program. Kaplan comes to Fork Union from Wofford College where he served as the Director of Men's Basketball Operations helping the team advance to the Southern Conference Semifinals.
Read more about Coach Kaplan here.
Your cadet will have a telephone in his room that he can use to stay connected with friends and family. He will need to purchase a calling card to dial out. We recommend purchasing this card or something similar.
To save time during check-in, the Quartermaster would like for you to send in your cadet's uniform measurements before arriving to campus. Please click the link below for information on how to take proper measurements for the FUMA uniform. You will need to email Seamstress Jessica Farmer at the following information:
Uniform Measurements Information
Measurements you need to email Mrs. Farmer at :
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