Left to Right: Kashish Cordova, Faith Nelms, Jazmine Alderman, Winston Dessesow, Nick Manhertz, Peyton Smrekar, KJ Reynolds
On Thursday, April 25, 2019, an additional seven student-athletes for three sports signed to continue their athletic career at the collegiate level. These young men and women collectively earned up to $800,000 in scholarship money! Read more
On Thursday, April 18th, the Lower School put on their Spring Performance. Each class from PreK-5th grade performed, and several students performed solo as well.
PreK
Hola Song
5 Green & Speckled Frogs
Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun
Kindergarten
Yellow Submarine (John Lennon and Paul McCartney)
You are My Sunshine (Jimmy Davis and Charles Mitchell)
1st Grade
Three Little Birds (Bob Marley)
I’ve Been Working on the Railroad (Traditional)
Cassandra Bonilla
Spring (Vivaldi)
2nd Grade
America the Beautiful (Katharine Lee Bates)
Fight Song (Rachel Platten)
Leah VanArsdale
Over the Rainbow (violin)
3rd Grade
Riptide (Vance Joy)
Iko-Iko (Sugar Boy)
4th Grade
Can’t Help Falling in Love (Elvis Presley)
Best Day of My Life (American Authors)
Grace Vernine
King (Lauren Aquilina)
5th Grade
I Don’t Know My Name/House of Gold
(Grace Vanderwaal and Twenty One Pilots)
High Hopes (Panic at the Disco)
Finale
We Will Rock You (Queen)
On Wednesday, April 10th, the Upper School Band and the Drama Class put on their Spring Showcase. The show included everything from singing and instrumentals to skits.
Thank you to those that helped at our Annual Earth Day Cleanup at Clam Bayou and for science teacher Sari Deitche for organizing! In our three years of sponsoring the event, we had our biggest turnout yet. Over 60 student and parent volunteers picked up trash, filling a 300-gallon can full of plastic, styrofoam, wood, glass and cigarette butts, among other debris. We also cleaned out dead and dying wood and palm tree fronds. And we planted over 200 mangrove seedlings. All this was completed in less than 2 hours!
Two members of the Class of 2019, Hunter Gordon and Elijah Soyke, were recently recognized by the Rotary Club of St. Petersburg. They were two of fourteen students recipients of the 81st Annual Outstanding Youth Awards. They were selected on the basis of scholarship, character, and service.
Admiral Farragut Academy’s “Reach for the Stars” Fundraising Auction and Gala this past Saturday, April 6th was an amazing evening! This year’s auction format was an entirely new concept and with hard work, ingenuity, and the over-achieving attitude that is associated with Admiral Farragut Academy, we went forth to Reach For the Stars and put on a record-breaking gala in our brand new event space, DeSeta Hall. This was a collaborative effort between the Parents’ Group Executive Board, Farragut staff, volunteers, and hired-vendors. We cannot thank you enough for everyone involved in the planning and execution of this fundraising event, and for those who attended and participated in the auction to support the school. Read more
On Wednesday, April 10, 2019, the 1st-3rd graders had their graduation ceremony from the Champion Tae Kwon Do’s BESTT Program. They had been participating in the program once a week for 8 weeks.
April 5, 2019 – Assembly
Presented by Head of Lower School, Mrs. Anita Fine. View more pictures of the assembly. Read more
Featuring the Admiral’s Own Band and the Admiral Farragut Academy Drama classes. All Farragut Family and Friends Invited!
Date: Wednesday, April 10th
Time: 1900-2030
Location: Deseta Hall
Admiral Farragut Academy parents, students, faculty, and staff are invited to the Johns Hopkins Foundation “Run for All Children” road race on May 18th. Read more
