While students and most of the faculty at Farragut have been enjoying a break for the summer, members of the maintenance crew have been hard at work on several projects around campus.
Over the summer, Marquise Lambert, Keondrae Miller, and Khalan Tolson competed for Team Florida, an Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) football team. The three juniors capped the AAU season by earning a silver medal at the Junior Olympics in Houston where approximately 15,000 youth athletes competed in the largest national multi-sport event in the United States.
Our Senior Staff Writer, Chris Girandola, caught up with Charlisa Jenkins, Farragut class of 2015 and Gardner-Webb University (Boiling Springs, N.C.) basketball student-athlete. Learn about how college is going for Charlisa and how Farragut helped prepare her for today.
Maiya Fudge and Kevin Gordon were recently featured in The Weekly Challenger, an African-American family-owned publication serving the communities throughout Pinellas County, Florida.
Admiral Farragut Academy’s Technology Department, directed by Joe Sloan, was featured in an article by K-12 Tech Decisions, a trusted source for critical information concerning audio, video, control and automation and more.
The Lower School STEM program added a MakerBot 3D printer this school year. The printer is similar to the one in use by the Upper School STEM program. The printer has given the students greater opportunities to see their vision come to life.
Farragut held the annual Athletic Awards Day ceremonies on May 19 in the Huntley Gymnasium. Award winners, selected by the coaches and the student athletes, are honored at the event. More pictures of event: https://farragut.smugmug.com/Athletics/Special-Events/2016-All-Sports-Banquet/ (photography by Danielle Antonucci)