First State Military Academy Clayton, Delaware

December 2018 Volume 4, Issue 2

Important Upcoming

Dates

December 13 Marksmanship Finals

(Pocomoke High School, Po-comoke, Md.)

December 18 Pentagon Field Trip

(Pentagon, Washington, D.C.)

December 21 No School - Start

Winter Break (Dec. 21 to Jan. 3)

LEO Club Leads Annual Toys for Tots Drive Through December 17

The Leo Club is leading the Annu-al Toys for Tots drive through De-cember 17. Cadets are encouraged to bring in a new, unwrapped toy. Cadets that do donate a toy receive a Toys for Tots Challenge coin. Toys for Tots is a pro-gram run by the United States Marine Corps Re-serve which distributes toys to chil-dren whose parents cannot afford to buy them gifts for Christmas.

The program was founded in 1947 and is run through The Marine Toys for Tots Foundation. The Foundation raises funds, pur-

chases toys, provides promo-tional and support materials, educates the public, and han-dles day-to-day operations. Presently, the Marine Toys for Tots Program distributes an average of 18 million toys

to 7 million less fortunate children annually.

The Raiders team earned the school’s first state championship by winning the Eastern Shore Championship at Smyrna High School, Dec. 1.

In addition to taking the overall trophy, the nine-member team won First place in Litter Carry, Physical Fitness (PT) Test, and 5K formation run.

The team placed sec-ond in the Vehicle Pull, three seconds behind the winner, and second in the Rope Bridge, sev-en seconds behind the winning team.

“I’m very proud of them,” said Gunnery Sgt. Robert Breneman, USMC, (Ret.). “These nine cadets won the championship but it was the others team mem-bers pushing them all season that helped us get first place today.”

The team also took top honors in the individual PT category, with Cole Pope taking Top Male competitor and Isabella Dunning taking Top Fe-male competitor.

The individual PT event consists of the most push-ups and sit-ups in two minutes plus a mile run.

FSMA’s Raider team includes seniors Alex-ander Hammerstrom and Galvin Rosetti, along with juniors Rob-ert Andrews, Isabella Dunning, and Cole Pope and Isabella Dun-ning.

Sophomores Damian Alexander and Hunter Saunders and freshmen Paige Holowka and Kyndall Wyngaard round out the team.

The championship in-cluded teams from Ap-poquinimink, Mid-dletown, Dover, Sussex Tech, Smyrna, Wood-bridge Mt. Pleasant and Wicomico High Schools.

FSMA Raiders Team Captures Eastern Shore Championship

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Ms. Susanna Beabout

Ms. Beabout joined the staff Oct. 22. She has been a nurse for six years and worked at Bayhealth Medical Center prior to joining the FSMA team. She resides in Dover.

Mrs. Katie Stark

“I'm glad to be back,” said Mrs. Stark. “I'm very grate-ful to Ms. Erickson for be-ing such a great teacher while I was away.” The Stark family welcomed their son Samuel (Sammy) while Mrs. Stark was on materni-ty leave.

Welcome Back Mrs. Stark

FSMA Celebrates 243 Marine Corps Birthday First State Military Academy ca-dets, staff and guests celebrate the 243 Marine Corps birthday Nov. 9 at Dover Downs.

The guest of honor was Navy Com-mand Master Chief Chuck Baldwin, USN, (Ret.) co-founder of Delaware Mil-itary Acade-my.

Command Master Chief Baldwin talked about how it has been a pleasure seeing FSMA grow in the past four years.

The ceremony included the tradi-tional cake cutting ceremony and message from the 13th Comman-dant John A. Lejeune.

Attendants of the ball took a mo-ment to recognize the 100 anni-versary of the end of the First World War, which ended at 11 a.m., on the 11 day of the 11

month in 1918.

Additionally, Col. Robert Wallace, USMC (Ret), senior Marine Corps In-structor, took time to recognize the FSMA teachers and staff for their dedication and hard work.

Col. Wallace also asked the senior class to stand and be recognized for their growth of char-acter. The Class of 2019 will be the first class to graduate after completing four years at FSMA.

Cadets enjoyed a meal while listening to the 2018 Com-mandant's message. The night ended with cadets enjoying music, taking pic-tures, socializing, and dancing.

Welcome to the New School Nurse

Notes from the School Nurse ~

When You Don’t Feel Well While we applaud cadet’s desire to come to school, it is very important to prevent the spread of germs.

Stay Home when you are too sick to come to school.

Do NOT come in to be evaluat-ed by the Nurse. This spreads germs in classrooms and on the bus. A parent note of illness is suffi-cient for an excused absence.

A student should stay home if they: Have a fever of 100 degrees or greater. A stu-

dent should remain home for 24 hours after their temperature returns to normal without the use of Tylenol, Advil, Motrin, or combina-tion cold medications, such as Dayquil.

Have vomited. They should remain home for 24 hours after vomiting stops.

Have diarrhea. They should remain home for 24 hours after diarrhea stops.

(Above) Seniors Riley Lawrence, Gavin Rossetti, Gabriel Spruill and Brice Taylor stand while Col. Wallace recognizes their dedication and character. The Class of 2019 will be the first class to complete all four years at FSMA.

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Congratulations to the Pub-lic Relations Period 4 class for writing, editing and pub-lishing this edition of the school newsletter.

Academic Excellence Awards: The academic excellence awards are awarded to the cadet who has attained the highest GPA in their class for the First Quarter.

First Quarter Character Awards Announced On Friday, November 16 First State Military Academy released its Quarterly award winners for the First quarter of the 2018-19

school year. The announcement marked the first time all classes were recognized for their achieve-ments. Previously, the two upper

classes were combined because of their sizes. The award winners are as follows:

Class of 2021 Awardees: Eagle Award: Benjamin Hamilton Globe Award: Samantha Clark Anchor Award: Aiden Malmstrom Rope Award: Lillie Hayes NCO Sword Award: Alexander Devoy

Class of 2020 Awardees: Eagle Award: Lily Wynne Globe Award: Samara Jacobo Anchor Award: Riley Graham Rope Award: Sadie Harris NCO Sword Award: Ashton Davis

Class of 2019 Awardees: Eagle Award: Jacob Novack Globe Award: Nicholas Chafardon Anchor Award: Katie McLeod Rope Award: Ethan Jiang NCO Sword Award: Kevon Hayslett

Class of 2021 Awardees: Eagle Award: Kyndall Wyngaard Globe Award: Carl Tweed Anchor Award: McKenzie Eisenbraum Rope Award: Christopher Ahrem NCO Sword Award: Eugene Nyaberi

The Freshman Academic Excellence award was awarded to: - Kanmani Duraikkannan with a GPA of 99.125 The Sophomore Academic Excellence award was awarded to: - Samara Jacobo with a GPA of 98.986 The Junior Academic Excellence award was awarded to: - Robert Andrews with a GPA of 99.51 The Senior Academic Excellence award was awarded to: - Brice Taylor with a GPA of 97.04

Most Improved Cadet

This award is present-ed to the cadet who

sought after and achieved significant

positive change. This cadet took it upon himself/herself to

change and seek im-provement in all as-pects of their perfor-mance, conduct, and attitude - the most im-proved cadet for the

First Quarter is Caleb MacKnett

(Above) The First Quarter Character, Academic, and Most Improved Awardees.

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Congratulations to the following cadets for achieving the Commandant’s Honor Roll in the First Quarter: Allen, Jshane Andrews II, Robert Ayers IV, George Bailey, Zachary Cahall, Paige Cave Jr, Jeffrey Collins, Caroline Coon Jr, Edward Davis, Levi Dean, Rahina Devoy, Alexander Dunning, Isabella Duraikkannan, Kanmani Evans, Kade Ezeh, Ikwesilotuto Ezell, Grace Gaeta, Raven Gavilanes, Gabriela Graden, Devin Harris, Dominique Hayes, Lillie Ellen Hayslett, Kevon Hecker, David Hollandsworth, Rebecca Hougentogler, Sarah Jacobo, Samara Jenkins, Justin

Jenkins, Tyler Jiang, Ethan Kelleher, Matthew Kidner, Grant Larish, Autumn Lee, Hunter Mai, Ryan Martin, Tyler Matthews, Tajah McClure, James

McGowan, Madison McLeod, Kyle McLeod, Samantha Meeks, Alexus Miller, Tyler Muhammad, Zaakir Noriega, Fabian Novack, Jacob A. Ortega, Alexander Paneda, Angelica

Reese, Javen Richardson, Tair Saccoh, Ramatulai Tackett, Ethan Taylor, Brice Taylor, Gavin Tippy, Hannah Whitaker, Jayle Wooters, Genie Wyngaard, Kyndall

(Above) The Commandant’s Honor Roll for the First Quarter of the 2018-2019 Academic Year.

Congratulations to the following cadets for achieving the Honor Roll in the First Quarter: Ahrem, Christopher Alexander, Damian Allen, Christopher Ashford JR, Jamaine Bales, Jorden Black, Vivica Boesenberg, Matthew Boynton, Zoe Burleigh, Elijah Cahall, Taylor Camp, Kaden Chafardon, Nicholas Chesley, Jordan Clark, Samantha Cortilesso, Olivia Davis, Ashton Dusseau, Madison Foskey, Blaise Gaeta, Antonio

Gale, Courtney Gonzalez, Yazmarie Grubb, Sophia Hainsworth, Michael Hamby, Paul Hamilton, Benjamin Harris, Myael Hernandez, Jayla Holowka, Daniel Holowka, Paige Jackson, Horatio Jester, James Johnson, Kennya Karnes, Nikolas Lough, Dylan Martin, Dominic Mattison, Kelsie Mburu, Michael McBane, John

McCray, Treyvon McLeod, Katie McNatt, Jason Monteith IV, William Morgan, Elijah Ortega, Daniel Prosser, Elias Purnell, Kayla Reilly, Hailey Rodriguez, Asa Saccoh, Alhaji Santana Cintron, Saunders, Hunter Sauselein III, Beau Sauselein, Makayla Schofield, Gavyn Serrano, Antonio Shea, Christopher Simmons, Brady

Stapleford, Jase Stevenson, Starlynn Villalobos, Aiden Walker, Tamon Watson, Hanna Whitehouse, Brycen Wicks, Isabella Williams, Trenton Wilson JR, David Workman, Nicholas Young, Cierra