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First State Military Academy Field Trips Help Reinforce Classroom First State Military Academy 355 W. Duck Creek Rd. P.O. Box 888 Clayton, DE 19938 Volume — 2 Issue — 4 Year — 2016 Field Trips Help Reinforce Classroom Lessons Leadership Classes Visit Shakespeare Exhibit Visit Dover Air Force Base Helps English Students For 55 upper class ca- dignified and respect- dets, a recent visit to near- ful return home of fallen by Dover Air Force base, service members to their helped strengthen their un- families.” derstanding of leadership Cadets also had an op- and responsibility. portunity to visit the Air Mo- The group visited the bility Command Museum, Department of Defense where history was made in (DOD) Armed Forces Mor- the famous Hangar 1301, tuary Affairs Operations where rockets were devel- (AFMAO) center, the only oped in WWII. facility in the DOD that is The museum serves as responsible for the digni- the only museum dedicat- AP Literature and World Literature English students visited the University of Delaware Morris Library Special Collec- fied, honorable and re- ed to airlift and air refueling tions to view a Shakespeare exhibit December 6. spectful preparation and history. return of fallen military per- The museum tells the story English students in speare works. sonnel. of the military airlift and air Advance Placement The students got to “Touring AFMAO,” said refueling aircraft and the (AP) Literature and view a second printing Col. Robert Wallace, personnel that flew and World Literature trav- of Shakespeare’s first “Cadets experienced the maintained them. eled to University of folio, which is a collec- tremendous commitment (Story input from Mrs. Kar- Delaware’s (UD) Morris tion of all his works. our nation places on the men Young.) Library, December 6. After visiting the li- The students were brary, cadets had lunch visiting the library’s in Russell Dining Hall Special Collection ex- on the UD campus. hibit to see Shake- Recognizing the Signs of Cyberbullying If you think some- Habits with devices one is being cyberbul- change. They may lied, look for these begin avoiding their subtle signs - devices or using They appear nerv- them excessively. (Above) Cadet Noah Berman sits inside a T-38 cockpit simulator ous when receiving They make excus- during a tour of the Air Mobility Command Museum at the Dover Air a text/online mes- es to avoid going to Force base. sage or email. school. Math League Members Compete in Dover FSMA cadets traveled to against Dover, Lake Forest, and Dover High School on De- Polytech High Schools, testing cember 5 to participate in a their math math league meet for the knowledge first time in the school’s history. olds, Terri Wamae, and compared The 9th graders participating Anayod Pabon participated in the to the other included Raven Gaeta, K'Mari second group that consisted of local Toles, and Sophia Grubb. 10th through 12th graders. schools. Vivica Black, Sage Reyn- The FSMA teams competed Raiders Place Second in Two Events at Del State Championship FSMA Raiders second place in the team place second Knot Tying event in two events at and the 5k Road Delaware State March. The team Raiders Champion- competed against (Above) Cadet Charles Price (left) receives a gift card from Special Educa- ship held at Smyr- 12 other schools. tion teacher Meagan Yeager after winning a class competition that required students to compose and perform a two minute rap that served as a politi- na High School De- This concludes cal commercial with the objective of convincing undecided voters to vote cember 3. the Raiders sea- for your candidate (Donald J. Trump or Hillary Rodham Clinton). The team took son. Winter Sports Team in Full Swing Winter Sport teams are in full The girls basketball team Following a short holiday break, swing of their schedules. dropped their first two games to the boys head into the Delaware The wrestling team had three Aquinas Academy and Caravel Association of Athletic Directors first places finishes at the Decem- Academy, then won their first JV tournament on December 28 ber 3rd Appoquinimink HS JV game in program history by top- and 29 at Caesar Rodney High tournament. ping St. Andrews School 26-19. School. Andrew Broesenburg wrestling After a loss to MOT Charter, For more information and up- at 136 lbs., Donald McAlpine at the girls head into a holiday break dated scores go to 138 lbs., and Will Hollingsworth at and resume games January 5 ver- www.fsmasports.com. 220 lbs. all placed first in their sus Polytech High School. weight classes. The boys basketball Chris Connally at 145 lbs. team notched their first placed third in his weight class. win against Aquinas Important The wrestling team participated Academy December in the Parkside HS tournament 2nd. Upcoming Events Dec. 16 and 17. The team dropped Dec. 22 - Jan. 2 - Winter Break FSMA had four champions in- their next two games (No School - Offices Closed) cluding Donald McAlpine, who is against St. Andrews undefeated this season at 14-0. School and MOT Charter Editor: Dan Bates .
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