Kim Perin Fisher, LWMA Mom"LWMA has done wonders for my son. He has grown up a lot. He still has a way to go... but I know that this school can help him go along way. He went from hating school to wanting to go to college and join the military."
Cadet Turner Owen has embarked on a field trip this week, all the way to the nation's capital.
Cadet Owen is participating in the National Youth Leadership Forum on National Security (NYLF/NS): Exploring American Diplomacy, Intelligence, and Defense, which provides and intense and stimulating exploration of the field of government service for high school...
Chaplain (LTC) Thomas E. Drake New Chaplain
LYMAN WARD MILITARY ACADEMY
(August 21, Camp Hill, AL.) On 27 August, returning and new cadets at Lyman Ward Military Academy will be greeted by a new school chaplain, Ch. (LTC) Thomas E. Drake, who recently assumed the position of full time chaplain. Mr Rod Siegers, pastor of New Rocky Mount Baptist Church, has been and will continue volunteering...
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As the new President of Lyman Ward, I want to provide you with some of my initial impressions of our first week of school. On Tuesday, 28 August, we began classes with cadets from thirteen different states and three countries: China, Guatemala and Mexico. The LWMA Corps of Cadets marched to Tallapoosa Hall to begin Lyman Ward’s 114th academic year. Upon arrival, they were greeted by a seasoned faculty...
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Lyman Ward Military Academy alumnus Philip Henry Blane, Class of 2010, has been awarded an academic scholarship to attend Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia.
Blane completed his first two years of college work at Marion Military Institute (MMI) in Marion, AL. He will begin his studies at Hampden-Sydney this Fall as an English major in the pre-law program.
Founded in 1775 by the Presbyterian...
Cadet Austin Vaught has been appointed to attend the Civil Air Patrol, Southeast Region Cadet Leadership School (RCLS) at McGhee-Tyson Air National Guard Base, TN from July 8-14, 2012 under direction of the Bessemer Composite Squadron Commander and the Alabama Wing Commander.
RCLS provides Phase III and IV CAP cadets an opportunity to gain leadership knowledge, skills and experience through hands on...
Five Lyman Ward cadets lent a helping hand to the Town of Waverly, AL, as it joined other communities around the state for the annual Spring Cleanup Campaign on April 28.
Cadets Nicholas Broussard, Paul Campbell, William Lankford, Sergey Lobanov, and Zachery Southern accompanied Senior Tactical Officer 1SG Michael King in helping to pick up 150 pounds of trash along four miles of roads within the town...
Just mention the words "summer school," and most of us conjure up dreadful images of boring, seemingly endless days of remedial instruction in a hot, stale classroom while everybody else is out having "fun."
Such is certainly not the case at Lyman Ward Military Academy, according to Academic Dean MAJ Jeff Damron, who directs the summer program. Lyman Ward's 2012 Summer School session is scheduled for...
You have found a special place where young men are challenged and prepared to succeed in a rapidly changing world. Since 1898, Lyman Ward has educated young people from Alabama, 49 other states, and many other nations. Our alumni serve throughout the world.
A small school, on purpose, Lyman Ward offers a fully accredited college preparatory education in a structured environment of challenge and support. Average class sizes of 10 cadets foster a great deal of faculty-student interaction. Faculty and staff serve as mentors and advisers to cadets, and strive to bring out the best in each individual.
What makes us different? We are a school that changes lives. Lyman Ward's experienced faculty and staff are dedicated to helping cadets prepare for college and life by identifying and strengthening their knowledge, skills, and talents. Here, cadets discover what is important in life, and what they have to offer the world.
We invite you to visit our campus and welcome the opportunity to meet you and your family in person. For us, working with young men is a sacred trust, a high calling. At its best, Lyman Ward is a place of transformation, an experience that will challenge and prepare a young man for the rest of his life.
Colonel Bill Jenrette, President LWMA
