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2012 Baseball Season Wraps Up
Baseball Season Wrap-up
Our season started off with a tournament at North Central where we went 2-2. We played pretty good baseball and played some pretty good competition. The next 8 games we lost. We had lost some of our confidence in our hitting and...
May 3, 2012Read More →
Tennis Season comes to an end…
This year the Camden Military Academy Varsity Tennis Team finished their season with eight wins and three losses—the best season record for Spartan Tennis in at least eleven years. This season’s success can be attributed, not only to the depth of skill on the team,...
May 1, 2012Read More →
Camden Military Golf
The Camden Military Academy golf team had a fantastic season and finished 10-2. This year the team jumped out to a 7-1 start. Chris Chamberlain and Eric Jagosz lead the way in scoring this year. Payne Smith, Julian Crabtree and Spencer Smart also played well all...
Apr 30, 2012Read More →
From the Alumni and Development Dept.
We are honoring Colonel James Bradin, USA (ret.) for his service to Camden Military Academy as President of the Camden-Carlisle Alumni Association and member of the Camden Military Academy Board of Trustees since 2004. Jim resigned from these positions in 2011. If...
Apr 18, 2012Read More →
Cadets return from Spring Break…
Our cadets returned from Spring break with tans and a renewed appreciation for home-cooked meals. Once at CMA they quickly jumped into a very active athletic and activity schedule. This week seven of our cadets are participating in a creative arts project sponsored...
Apr 12, 2012Read More →
56 Cadets attend the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Retreat
This past weekend, March 23-25, 56 cadets attended the Fellowship of Christian Athlete’s high school retreat at Garden City Beach, SC. The theme of this year’s retreat was “Game Changer—Make a Play” and the scripture was Acts 2:36. The featured speaker for the...
Mar 29, 2012Read More →
Cadets Attend Winter Jam Concert
On March 9, 2012, LTC Heflin took 52 cadets to "Winter Jam". Winter Jam is an annual contemporary Christian concert held at The University of South Carolina. The Largest Annual Tour in Christian Music got even larger. The official line-up for Winter Jam 2012 was...
Mar 19, 2012Read More →
Supporting Camden…
The Alumni Office wants to remind all who attended and/or graduated from Camden Military Academy, Camden Academy, or Carlisle Military School to contact the alumni office to update mailing, telephone and email addresses. CMA held its 25th annual Excalibur Society...
Mar 13, 2012Read More →
Building Bridges in Physical Science
Captain Beckham’s Physical Science classes participated in a Popsicle stick bridge building project. The cadets were supplied with 150 Popsicle sticks, wood glue and a hot glue gun. They were to design a bridge that had a 3D design. Basically it had to look like a...
Mar 9, 2012Read More →
A Busy Spring
Spring is a busy time of the year for cadets at Camden Military Academy. Cadets are playing Lacrosse, soccer, baseball, tennis and track. On Tuesdays and Wednesdays those cadets that are not members of an academy team play Frisbee football. In addition to sports we...
Mar 7, 2012Read More →
Archaeological Society
Camden Military Academy Archaeological Society will travel to the Johnson Kolb Site in the Great Pee Dee Heritage Preserve in Darlington County on Wednesday, March 7th. At the site (38da75), cadets will excavate artifacts from as early as 13,500 years old, from all...
Mar 5, 2012Read More →
Tennis team to begin season…
On Monday, January 27, the 2012 Camden Military Academy Tennis Team signed their contracts for the season. This promises to be one of the best tennis teams the school has fielded in ten years. The team includes: Max Feinman, an 8thgrader ranked in the...
Feb 27, 2012Read More →
Varsity Basketball win against Soaring Eagle Christian Academy
In their final game of the season, the varsity basketball team broke out of a scoring slump to defeat Soaring Eagle Christian Academy 58-34. In the first quarter, the Spartans jumped out to a 17-1 lead by using a full-courts press that created several baskets off...
Feb 27, 2012Read More →
CMA spotlights the ARTS
Camden Military Academy now presents...ART! This class offers lessons for all ages and ability levels. Each student will receive individualized instruction based upon his specific art and media interests. All supplies are included in the cost of the course. ...
Feb 24, 2012Read More →
CMA Archaeological Society
On Friday, February, 10, Camden Military Academy Archaeological Society took a field trip to the Adamson Indian Mounds in Camden,S.C. Christopher Judge, a professor of archaeology at USC Lancaster, met the group of nine cadets with Major Ghaffar. Professor Judge...
Feb 23, 2012Read More →
JV Basketball Win Against Hammond
The JV Basketball team ended the season with a hard fought win against Hammond. CMA took the lead early in the first quarter by playing good defense. The game was tied by halftime at 10-10. CMA was leading again by the end of the third quarter. In the last...
Feb 22, 2012Read More →
Jr.High Basketball Win
The Junior High BB team won their last game over Hammond School 34-16. Coach Beckham said, " It was a great team win. All 19 players got into the game. We executed our offense the best we had all season." The high scorers were: Andre Cooper and Jacob Case each with 7...
Feb 17, 2012Read More →
CMA Archaeological Society
Camden Military Academy Archaeological Society (CMAAS)
Led by Maj. Tariq Ghaffar
On Saturday, Feb.4, cadets traveled to Cayce, SC to help locate the 1750’s town of St John’s. Cadets arrived in the morning for a lecture by James Stewart, professional...
Feb 15, 2012Read More →
What is Rolling Admissions?
What is a “rolling admissions” policy??
Camden Military academy operates under a rolling admissions policy. There are other names for this policy such as “open” or “ongoing” enrollment. However, they all mean the same thing—the ability to enroll students at any time...
Sep 19, 2011Read More →
Summer Programs 2011
Camden Military Academy had near record enrollment in our 2011 summer programs. We had a number of students participating in credit recovery as well as tackling new subjects for the first time. A wide array of classes were offered and our high school...
Jul 20, 2011Read More →
Lacrosse Wins State Championship
CMA Wins 2011 SCILL Championship
Saturday, May 7th saw the Spartans lacrosse team cap their most successful season in program history, with a 13-3 thrashing of Benedictine Military in the SCILL Championship game. The Spartans win capped an 8-3 season, a...
May 25, 2011Read More →
Graduation Sermon
Camden Military Academy Commencement Sermon May 22, 2011 LTC Chaplain Karen Diefendorf (Mother of Bradley Diefendorf, Class of 2011) Congratulate the Graduates INTRO: I have sat through many Baccalaureate and Commencement addresses and I don’t think I...
May 25, 2011Read More →
Spartans are Conference CHAMPS!
The Spartan Football Team finished the seaon with a 44-8 win over Prince Avenue Prep. The victory also earned the Spartans the 2010 CIAA conference championship. Both the offense and the defense were impressive. The offense gained 373 yards. The defense...
May 23, 2011Read More →
Enrollment- Summer, Next Year, Re-enrollment
The admissions office will be very busy over the next several months. The 3 summer programs, new applicants for next year, and re-enrollment of our current cadets for next year are all underway! The summer programs offer a non-military setting either strictly for...
Mar 17, 2011Read More →
Basketball wins CIAA conference Championship
The CMA basketball team finished their season Saturday by defeating Carolina Academy 81-64. With the victory the Spartans won the CIAA conference title. Bobby Gary led the scoring with 24 points. Giovanni Arrindell had 11 points and 13 assists. Steven Thomas...
Mar 8, 2011Read More →
Wrestling Wrap-up
The 2010-2011 wrestling season has ended. Coaches Mark Dority and Tom Borowski guided the team to a 10-10 record. CMA wrestlers scored 82 wins versus 54 loses in head to head competition. The wrestlers were an inexperienced group for the most part, and kept getting...
Feb 15, 2011Read More →
Second Semester Enrollment
Camden Military Academy had a tremendous second semester enrollment!! Over 40 students enrolled! Our total enrollment is now 280 cadets.
Before the recession, CMA had an admissions waiting list for the previous 4 years. However, beginning with the 2008-09...
Feb 1, 2011Read More →
CMA falls to East Clarendon
The CMA football team lost to East Clarendon on Friday, 42-19. The Spartans cut East Clarendon's lead to only eight points by the end of the 3rd quarter, but could not contain East Clarendon's speed in the final quarter. Bruce Smith led CMA in rushing with...
Sep 20, 2010Read More →
Spartans defeat Village Christian 52-12
The CMA football team got off to a great start on Friday. CMA 52 Village Christian 12. The offense racked up over 500 yards. Marlon Kelly was 16 of 27 for 256 yards and 2 TD's. Bruce Smith has the ball 6 times for 128 yards and 3 rushing TD's. Trey Dean...
Sep 13, 2010Read More →
A New Year
I would like to thank all of the students, parents and friends for their patience during registration. It was a busy day and your cooperation allowed us to start the academic year on a positive note. This year I have been especially pleased with the...
Sep 13, 2010Read More →
Single Gender Education
As I walked through campus earlier today, I realized how thankful I am that Camden Military Academy is all male. There is nothing wrong with girls but there is definitely a time in life for everything! With that being said, it is nice to see boys acting...
Jun 30, 2010Read More →
Re-enrollment
I always get excited around this time every year because it is time to send out re-enrollment invitations to cadets in hopes of them returning next year. Each year, this is a time when the administration of reflects on the Corps of Cadets accomplishments...
Jun 30, 2010Read More →