Billy Price (right) with his Designated Pilot Examiner, Toby Blanton
Please join the Aviation Department in congratulating Billy Price ‘22 for earning his Private Pilot Certificate on Sunday, May 23, 2021, in a Cessna 172, tail number N99265, on runway 7 at Albert Whitted Airport.
Ronald White III with his admissions advisor right after he received his appointment
When Ronald White III, Admiral Farragut Academy Class of 2021 graduate, started high school as a freshman, he wasn’t even sure he wanted to go to college. Now, four years later and two years after starting at Farragut, he graduated with a track scholarship to attend the United States Military Academy Preparatory School at West Point with plans for admission to West Point in the Fall of 2022.
Ten years ago, an 8-year-old Eddie Gaines watched a YouTube video about the United States Prep school Academy at West Point and decided that that was where he wanted to be. Now, after having graduated with the Admiral Farragut Academy Class of 2021, Eddie has been accepted to West Point will start on June 28th.
Congratulations to Thomas Le ’21 for placing third in the Largo Public Library’s 37th Annual Stanley Shalit Short Story Competition. Thomas was one of over 300 students in Pinellas County to enter this year’s competition, whose theme was Close Encounters of the Book Kind. Read more
L-R: Maurice Leon, Turiya Moka, and Casey McKee
Three senior students, Maurice Leon, Turiya Moka, and Casey McKee, earned the Gold Key, Silver Key, or Honorable Mention in the Pinellas County Scholastic Regional Art & Writing Awards 2021.
Please join the Aviation Department in congratulating Billy Price ‘22 for earning his solo endorsement on Thursday, December 3, 2020. He flew solo for the first time in a Cessna 172, tail number N5258Z, at Albert Whitted Airport on runway 7.
Cruz Helmstetter ’25 raised $377 to purchase a total of 374 food items for a schoolwide food drive benefiting the St. Petersburg Free Clinic.
8th grader and 7-day boarding student Cruz Helmstetter exhibited Farragut’s core values of integrity, self-discipline, and perseverance when he went above and beyond to provide for Farragut’s school-wide food drive benefiting the St. Petersburg Free Clinic (a multi-service, independent, not-for-profit human services agency providing community neighbors assistance with food, shelter and health care since 1970).
Ella Sokolowski ‘21
Ella Sokolowski, a senior day student from Seminole, FL, was awarded the Florida Holocaust Museum’s 2020 Anne Frank Humanitarian Award because of her hundreds of hours of community service work. Read more
Admiral Farragut Academy had the distinguished honor to have four Upper School students accepted into the 2020 United States Naval Academy (USNA) Summer STEM Program. This program is perfect for students considering careers such as coders, game developers, designers, or robotics engineers.
Admiral Farragut Academy students pictured left to right: Ryan Almstadt ‘23, Hans Renlund ‘24, Madison Hollingsworth ‘23, and Lars Renlund ‘24
Congratulations to Maurice Leon ’21 for placing 1st in the Largo Public Library’s 36th Annual Stanley Shalit Short Story Competition. Maurice was one of over 200 students in Pinellas County to enter this year’s competition, whose theme was Oceans: Fun, Fear, Future.
