We hope everyone had a great week! Below are the parent updates for this week.
The annual Military Ball is set for Saturday, April 22 and we are asking for all parents who are interested in volunteering to sign up on this form. We need your help to make the annual ball a success! Bring your creative skills, planning, designing and every skill imaginable to make the evening a memorable blast for the cadets and their dates.
The annual Ring Ceremony was held Friday, March 31 in the Wicker Chapel. The Academy celebrated 29 cadets who received their class ring. Below are the recipients. You can view the recording of the live stream here.
An email has been set out notifying parents of the cadets who are getting inducted in this year's National Honor Society and National Junior Honor Society. The ceremony will take place on Friday, April 28 at 10:30 AM in the Wicker Chapel. Following the ceremony, there will be a reception for cadets and families outside of the Social Center. If you plan on attending the NHS/NJHS Ceremony and Reception, please email with your party number.
Mrs. Kelsey Hill, Director of College Placement & Academic Services, put on a special webinar for parents with Monica Matthews, a former teacher and stay at home mom who helped her sons win tens of thousands of dollars in scholarships for college. She has two e-books that she constantly updates each year.
Ms. Matthews and Mrs. Hill discussed some amazing information that we would like to share with everyone in case you missed yesterday's ZOOM.
Click here to watch the webinar.
Below are the two links that are mentioned in the video.
Visit Ms. Matthews' website: https://how2winscholarships.com Free Scholarship Search: https://www.fastweb.com
The College Placement & Academic Services team started meeting with cadets this week in grades 8-11 to discuss academic course requests and post-FUMA plans. Mrs. Hill and Dr. Benson are meeting with the Corps of Cadets grades 8-11 during Term 4. An email summarizing the meeting will be sent home to families during Term 5.
Mrs. Schnelle meets with those in 7th grade to discuss the 8th grade academic schedule.
The Next Stop - March is here! The College Placement & Academic Services March Newsletter (The Next Stop) will be available in the March 24 Front & Center. Please make sure you give a listen for updates and helpful information for all grade levels in preparing for post-high school plans. January, February and March can be found here.
The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery is one of the most widely used, multiple-aptitude tests in the world to support for Career Exploration. The assessment measures your strengths and weaknesses and aligns post-secondary options with your interests, skills, and work values.
This test is only open to juniors, seniors and postgraduates. It will be administered in the Library on Friday, April 14 from 1 PM to 4 PM.
Interested cadets must pre-register for the test with Ms. White in the Commandant's Department. The deadline to sign up is Friday, March 31 at 3 PM.
Colonel David L. Coggins, USMC (Ret.), Fork Union Military Academy's 11th President, has announced his intent to retire later this year. The Academy will celebrate Colonel Coggins' tenure in connection with Fork Union Military Academy's 125th Anniversary, which will be held on October 13-15, 2023.
CAPT Mark E. Black, USN (Ret.) has been named the 12th President of Fork Union Military Academy. CAPT Black will be designated as President-elect immediately and assume the role as President upon Colonel Coggins' retirement in the fall. CAPT Black is a current faculty member and coach and fully appreciates the Academy's dedication to "Body, Mind & Spirit". He currently serves as a teacher of US Military & War History, Leadership & Ethics, and US Government.
To read more about CAPT Black, please click here.
Fork Union Military Academy announced that LTC Roy A. "Tony" Moss, US Army (Ret.), will be retiring as Commandant of Cadets at the conclusion of this school year. LTC Charlie E. Coulter III has been selected to serve as the Academy's next Commandant of Cadets.
To read more about LTC Coulter, please click here.
We are all very anxious for the spring season to bring sunshine and warmer weather! The spring season gives us an opportunity to show off our Corps of Cadets in special parades. All cadets are required to participate in parades. The schedule is below:
Ms. Rhonda White, Fork Union's Coordinator of Assessments & Student Records, has been offering something special to parents if they would like to celebrate their cadet's birthday at FUMA if it falls during the school year. Ms. White offers birthday bags and/or special cupcakes for parents to purchase. If you are interested, please contact Ms. White at or 434-842-4203.
Ms. White is now offering the below menu to all parents who would like to send care packages or pick-me-up treats for any occasion.
Items offered for purchase:
Our biggest marketing tool is positive word of mouth. If you are pleased with how your cadet has progressed through his time here on campus, we would love to sit down with you for a parent testimonial. Prospective parents love to hear feedback from current families on their FUMA experience. If you are interested in helping the Academy with a parent testimonial, please contact Mrs. Jackie Montero-Sharpe at to set up your interview.
We are excited to announce that the 2023 Senior Class will have their graduation ceremony at 10 AM on Friday, June 2, 2023. The ceremony will be held at the Stadium Field and there is no limit to the amount of guests, weather permitting. More details, including the graduation guest speaker, will be formally announced at a later time.
The Admissions Office made re-enrollment contracts available on SchoolAdmin on Monday, January 2. All current cadets in grades 7th through 11th are eligible to return for the 2023-2024 academic year.
The deadline to re-enroll for the 2023-2024 academic year is April 30, 2023. If you re-enroll after April 30, there will be a late fee charged per month after the deadline.
Please follow the link to read the Financial Aid information in full detail here.
Following a very successful Day of Giving on Founder's Day weekend, Fork Union Military Academy announced the start of the public phase of a fund-raising campaign, "125 for the 125th," in honor of the school's 125th anniversary, which will be observed the weekend of October 13-15, 2023.
To learn more about the "125 for the 125th" Campaign, please click here.
Have you scheduled your cadet portraits? We are please to be able to recommend Kristin Firewicz Studios to our cadet families! Kristin is a professional photographer contracted by the Academy to take campus photos throughout the year and have been specializing in high school senior photography for 10 years. Kristin is local to Fork Union and has a studio on campus. For more information regarding booking your son's private session, please visit the website below for special FUMA rates: Kristin Firewicz Studios.
Please bookmark the link to our Academic Calendar for the 2022-2023 year. This calendar highlights all the major events on campus for the academic year, including dates of when each term begins and ends, leave weekends, SAT and ACT tests and all holiday breaks.
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