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Class Reunions

The Alumni Office has received some inquiries from alumni about reunions for their classes. Although we encourage you and your classmates to attend the fall homecoming football game to meet with friends, we know that the springtime months might be more convenient....

Apr 24, 2013Read More →

Commemorative Brick for your CMA Grad!!

If you need an idea for a gift for a graduate of CMA, consider a commemorative brick order.  The Phase II program is ongoing with the goal to replace the paving bricks at various buildings on campus.  We already have the walkway around the Risher Administration...

Apr 22, 2013Read More →

Headmaster’s Charity Golf Tournament

As the month of April quickly runs by, plans are being made for the May 6th Headmaster’s Charity Golf Tournament.  “Corporate and Hole Sponsors” are needed, as well as a few more teams and players.  The Camden Country Club is the location of the Captain’s Choice, 4...

Apr 18, 2013Read More →

CMA JV SPARTANS DEFEATED BUFORD JV YELLOW JACKETS

Sometimes a soccer team can exhibit tremendous skill by somehow not scoring a goal or just nearly scoring one. In fact, CMA JV Spartans has made a habit of it in the past two games against Indian Land Warriors last Thursday with a 0-0 tie and yesterday against Buford...

Mar 26, 2013Read More →

Cadets participate in SC Book Award Program

Cadets who participated in the South Carolina Book Award Program, together with their guests, enjoyed a pizza party in the Cline Library to mark the end of this year's activities. The state-wide winner of the Junior Book Award was Hero by Mike Lupica. Matched by Ally...

Mar 21, 2013Read More →

Varsity Baseball Roster for today’s game

Varsity Baseball vs Lakewood at 5:00 (Home Game) Name                                       Number Casey Dyer                              1 John Landstreet                       3 Brandon  Blackwell                  4 Turner Jones                          ...

Mar 21, 2013Read More →

CMA Archaeological Society travels to the Kolb Site

On Wednesday, March 13th, the Camden Military Academy Archaeological Society (CMAAS) traveled to the Kolb Site in Darlington County to participate in excavations being conducted by the SCDNR, USC Lancaster and Diachronic Research Foundation.  Cadets Hunter Cole, Alex...

Mar 20, 2013Read More →

This Week at Camden Military Academy

Please review the attached pdf document for what is happening this week at CMA!

Mar 18, 2013Read More →

It’s Not Over Till Is Over….

When soccer players are being taught the basics of the game as youngsters, one of the key messages is to play until the final whistle. If your team goes a couple of goals down, more often than not, the result will not be in your favor, but sometimes the...

Mar 13, 2013Read More →

Alumni selected to The Citadel 2014 Summerall Guards

Collins Gundling, CMA 2010, has been selected to be part of The Citadel 2014 Summerall Guards. The Citadel introduced the 2014 Summerall Guards on Sunday, March 9, 2013, during Corps Day, the 170th birthday of the South Carolina Corps of Cadets. Sixty-one rising...

Mar 11, 2013Read More →

C.A.P Member Jared Wood goes flying

On, Wednesday, February 20th at Camden Military Academy for C.A. P. (Civil Air Patrol) I got to go flying for my first time being able to take control of the aircraft and be guided by our flight instructor. I will say, it was one of the coolest experiences I’ve ever...

Mar 8, 2013Read More →

FCA welcomes Guest Speaker

Pastor Bell was the guest speaker at a recent FCA meeting at Camden Military. Cadet Matt Fullen shares his experience. "He was a very good speaker and tried to find ways to connect with all of the guys in the room. He talked about why we have the Holy Spirit in...

Mar 7, 2013Read More →

This Week at Camden Military Academy

This Week at Camden Military Academy March 4-10   On Monday after class, the JV baseball team hosts Lewisville at 4:30pm.  Tuesday afternoon, the Varsity baseball travels to Lower Richland High School for a 5:30 game.  Tennis also travels to Hammond for a...

Mar 4, 2013Read More →

70 Cadets Honored

70 cadets were honored at the winter sports banquet held on February 20th. JV Basketball: MVP-Malike McGill, Most Improved- Darnell Battle, Coaches Award- Matt Zimmerman, Hustle Award-Chris Chamberlain JR High Basketball: MV Offense- Tryvon Darby, MV...

Feb 26, 2013Read More →

CMA welcomes guest speaker

On Thursday, February 21, CMA welcomed a guest speaker to warn our cadet corps about the dangers of social media and one’s online “imprint.” Al Johnson, a retired digital forensics expert from the FBI, cautioned students on how their current online behavior could...

Feb 26, 2013Read More →

This Week at Camden Military Academy

This Week at Camden Military Academy February 25-March 3   Monday is a routine day at CMA with no afternoon sports planned.  After a normal class schedule on Tuesday, the varsity baseball team travels to North Central to participate in the May Plant Credit...

Feb 25, 2013Read More →

Will the CMA JV Soccer team do it again?

After last year's undefeated season and a record 54 goals scored in one season, CMA JV Soccer Team is ready for a new exciting season. Can they do it again? Coach Ferjani and Coach Ararat say " Yes, We Can!!". Good luck to our JV Soccer Team.

Feb 25, 2013Read More →

New Art Class

A new art class began February 12th at Camden Military Academy. Holly Stiles, an art educator with Kershaw County Schools and the Fine Arts Center of Camden, is teaching the class which is focused on graphic, film and animation art.  The extracurricular classes begin...

Feb 21, 2013Read More →

This Week at Camden Military Academy

  This Week at Camden Military Academy February 19-24 Welcome back from President’s Day furlough!  All 2 week grades are due on Tuesday and varsity soccer will travel to Mid-Carolina for a 6pm match.  On Wednesday, a special guest speaker from the FBI will be on...

Feb 20, 2013Read More →

South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Archaeologist Visits CMA

                On Thursday, February 14, SCDNR Archaeologist Sean G. Taylor presented a lecture to CMAAS cadets (and LTC Armstrong) regarding primitive technologies.  He discussed weapons, resources and tool-making as they were practiced by, not just Native...

Feb 15, 2013Read More →

CMA Archaeological Society travels to the site of The Battle of Camden

            On Friday afternoon, February 8, CMAAS Cadets William Cole, John Bowen, Alexander Whitmore and Carlton Black traveled to the site of The Battle of Camden about nine miles north of town.  There they were met by James Legg, Public Archaeologist for the...

Feb 14, 2013Read More →

WinterPlace Ski Resort Trip

The ski trip was an exciting experience for a handfull of cadets that have never seen snow. It was a chance to enjoy the winter sports.  Cadets had the option of skiing, snowboarding or tubing. There was a gift shop at the resort for cadets to purchase a little...

Feb 13, 2013Read More →

Chinese New Year

February 9, 2013 is the Chinese New Year’s Day. Everybody in China stays home with their family to watch the Chinese New Year TV show.  But here in America, the Chinese New Year is not celebrated. So I asked Mr. Casey Robinson if he would take the Chinese students...

Feb 13, 2013Read More →

Alumni and Development Update

CMA’s Alumni and Development departments are busy preparing for a couple of upcoming events.  The Excalibur Society is composed of donors who have contributed a minimum of $1,000 in the fiscal year (which runs from June to May each year) and members whose donations...

Feb 12, 2013Read More →

This Week at Camden Military Academy

This Week at Camden Military Academy February 11-17, 2013 The JV basketball team will have pictures taken on Monday at 2:30pm.  On Tuesday, The JV and Varsity travel to Northwood for a 4pm tip-off.  Also, baseball begins the pre-season by travelling to Lawrence...

Feb 11, 2013Read More →

This Week at Camden Military Academy

This Week at Camden Military Academy February 4-10 Monday is the day for the latest 2 week grades to be turned in to the Registrar.  Also, Middle school basketball pictures will be taken today at 2:30pm.  Tuesday and Wednesday are slow days on campus with no...

Feb 4, 2013Read More →

Atlanta Trip

On the Atlanta Trip, we drove for about five hours. After we got to the Marriott Hotel, we stayed there for about an hour. At 6:15 we got back on the charter bus and went to Cici’s Pizza for dinner which was good. After about thirty minutes, we get back on the bus...

Feb 1, 2013Read More →

CMA Robotics Team

                The CMA robotic team, the Techno Spartans, will compete in Charleston on Saturday, February 2.  The team’s robot is scoring over 200 points.  The research project for Senior Solutions culminated in the cadets learning and conducting a YOGA class.  The...

Jan 30, 2013Read More →

CMA Archaeological Society

On Tuesday, January 22, seven cadets from Camden Military Archaeological Society visited the Adamson Indian Mounds in Camden.  The cadets, Nicholas Sheffron, Luke and Matthew Halligan, William Cole, Alexander Whitmore, Tanner Youngblood and Carlton Black were met...

Jan 23, 2013Read More →

Review of CMA Christmas Play

The annual Christmas play was "The Night Before Christmas". This year, they decided to shake it up a little by having the faculty perform instead of the cadets. The Corps of Cadets gathered together in the gym and waited to see their teacher's performance. Major...

Jan 16, 2013Read More →

This Week at Camden Military Academy

This Week at Camden Military Academy January 14-20 This week is shaping up to be a VERY busy week with a lot of sports and semester exams.  On Monday, the wrestling hosts Lancaster and Orangeburg Prep at 5pm in White Field House.  Also, the middle school...

Jan 14, 2013Read More →

National History Day in New Orleans

....Tomorrow, Thursday, January 10th, LTC Heflin and I are going to new Orleans for a National History Day paper that I wrote after I went to finals in Maryland during June.  I had a blast there and I can only imagine how awesome this trip will be!! I've been getting...

Jan 9, 2013Read More →

This Week at Camden Military Academy

This Week at Camden Military Academy January 8-13   After a long Christmas Break, the campus is back in normal operation.  We will have a normal class schedule all week. On Tuesday morning, a faculty meeting will be held at 8:45am in the library and a home...

Jan 8, 2013Read More →

CMA Basketball

CMA 72  Pinewood Prep  66 Top Scorers for this game were: O Patterson 18, J Starks 17, J Arrindell 14, T Coleman 7, E Perry 6 Leading Rebounders: Arrindell, Perry, Coleman, Dekanski and Mulligan   CMA 41   Hammond 64 Top Scorers for this game were: E...

Dec 19, 2012Read More →

Scout News for December 2012

On the heels of a successful scout orienteering trip to Poinsett State Park 30 November- 2 December 2012 - the troop finds Eagle candidate "Cole" Marullo in the lab working on his signs project for the Camden Revolutionary War Park, along with Cadet Burke. Also...

Dec 18, 2012Read More →

CMA Wrestling

CMA Wrestling 5 Wins and 4 Losses December 7, 2012   CMA 54              vs.                Lewisville 30 Irtenkauf won by forfeit; Onyango won by forfeit; Neupane won by forfeit; Muvdi won by pin; Bowen won by pin; Berlin won by pin; Graves won by pin; Den boer...

Dec 18, 2012Read More →

This Week at Camden Military Academy

This is the last week of classes before Christmas Break!  On Monday, after a full day of classes, the JV basketball team travels to Marlboro County and the middle school travels to Timmerman.  In addition, wrestling will attempt to pin the Knights of North Central. ...

Dec 17, 2012Read More →

Cadets in the Camden Christmas Parade

This December, CMA got the priviledge of being in the Camden Christmas Parade, or as I know it, the march through Camden. And that is exactly what it is. This is an event that we participate in each year. It was a little different this year. Instead of taking the...

Dec 17, 2012Read More →

This Week at Camden Military Academy

This Week at Camden Military Academy 12/10-12/16 Monday is a busy day on campus as a large number of students will be on a Spanish field trip.  Also, the middle school and JV basketball teams will travel to Hammond.  On Tuesday, wrestling travels to Cardinal...

Dec 11, 2012Read More →

Senior English to see “Lincoln” Movie

The Senior English classes and History classes took a trip to Columbia, SC to see the movie “Lincoln” and have lunch. Cadets also stopped at the Quaker Cemetery in Camden to see the grave of Dr. George Rogers Clark Todd (1825-1900) who served as a doctor in the...

Dec 4, 2012Read More →

CMA Basketball Team

CMA at Great Falls (Nov 28, 2012) Lost 65-56 in triple overtime...Great Falls is the defending Class A State Champion and current #1 ranked team in the state. Scorers:  John Starks 17pts, Omar Patterson 13 pts; Jamar Arrindell 12 pts; Andrei Sujka 6pts; Timothy...

Dec 4, 2012Read More →

This Week at Camden Military Academy

This Week at Camden Military Academy November 28-December 2 Winter sports get underway tonight with the basketball teams (JV and Varsity) both traveling to Great Falls.  Also, the wrestling team travels to Hartsville for a match.  At 8:30am on Tuesday, there will...

Nov 28, 2012Read More →

Troop 38 News:

About two weeks ago, the troop completed a 20 mile hike through the trails of the Congaree National Park. The troop experienced ancient forests with huge, old growth Bald Cypress trees, 2 1/2 miles of raised trails through primeval bottomland, and a lunch break on a...

Nov 16, 2012Read More →

CMA Drama Class presents Tell-Tale Heart

Edgar Allan Poe's heart-pounding tale about an evil eye, madness and murder comes to life in our school play. The floorboards vibrate with a thumping pulse and the guilty man squirms, surrounded by the ravens of death in our drama class production, which is accurate...

Nov 15, 2012Read More →

Rifle Team

The Rifle team went to their fourth meet last weekend. They didn't come back with a trophey but they all shot the lights out. All the members tried their hardest but they came up short. Let's wish them good luck and come out for some support at the next meet. Jacob...

Nov 13, 2012Read More →

Sports Banquet Awards

The Fall Sports Banquet was held on Monday, November 12.  Congratulations to all receiving awards!! Awards were presented to the following: Varsity Football: MVP- Cody Owens Most Valuable Offensive Back - Ange Gadji Most Valuale Offensive Lineman - Cole...

Nov 13, 2012Read More →

CMA Art Appreciation Class designs set for Tell Tale Heart

Alice Thaxton's Art Appreciation classes collaborated with Deborah Yarborough's drama class to present "The Tell-Tale Heart", by Edgar Allan Poe, to their fellow cadets. The art classes studied set design and costuming to enhance the actor's execution of the play....

Nov 13, 2012Read More →

Civil Air Patrol visits the USS North Carolina

On the 19th of October the Camden Military Academy Civil Air Patrol Squadron conducted a field trip to Wilmington, NC. The cadets toured the USS North Carolina, a WWII battleship with a long history of action in the Pacific Theater. The ship is a museum dedicated to...

Nov 13, 2012Read More →

This Week at Camden Military Academy

This week is the last full week before our Thanksgiving Break begins!!  Monday night at 6:30pm, Camden Military Academy will have their fall sports banquet to honor those who represented the academy interscholastically this past season.  The banquet will be held in...

Nov 12, 2012Read More →

Romney Wins (at least at CMA)

Romney Wins (at least at CMA)! The corps of cadets held a mock election on Tuesday, November 6.  The cadets voted on the Presidential election and the results are below. 262 total votes cast Obama 83 Romney 163 Other 16 Many teachers used the election as...

Nov 8, 2012Read More →