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Sasha DeSilva ‘16 is National Merit Scholarship Finalist

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Sasha DeSilva '16 wins merit scholar award

Pictured L to R: Mr. McGlinn – Head of Upper School, Mrs. Ewing – Senior English Teacher, Sasha DeSilva ’16, and CAPT Fine – Headmaster

This year Admiral Farragut Academy senior student Sasha DeSilva claimed the coveted spot as a National Merit Scholarship Finalist. Sasha achieved the finalist status thanks to her performance on the 2014 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) in which she scored in the top one percent. Read more

Rachel Goldstein ‘16 learns and practices the act of paying it forward

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Rachel Goldstein

When it came time for Rachel Goldstein ‘16 to create her Girl Scout Gold Award project, the choice was easy.

“When I was in the hospital as a little kid, I was given a dolphin stuffed animal to calm me down,” said Rachel, who is in her 12th year with the Girl Scouts. “I decided to create the Toys for Toddlers to Teens project. It felt good to be able to give back like that.”

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16 students win regional scholastic writing awards

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Gold winners regional scholastic writing awards

Gold winners Andrew Guo, Kollyne Thomas, Elizabeth Gaskins, and Sasha DeSilva

Congratulations to 16 of our 12th grade English students who won for their poetry, short story, and essay entries in the southwest regional Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. The Gold key winners will continue and their entries will compete nationally. The National Medalists will be announced on March 14, 2016. Read more

Nikita Zinovyev ‘19, a boarding student from Russia, talks about his Farragut Experience

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Nikita Zinovyev with friends at Busch Gardens

Nikita Zinovyev (third to left) pictured at Universal Studios with other boarding students at Farragut.

Nikita Zinovyev is a freshman boarding student who is in his second year attending Farragut. He is originally from Moscow, Russia and is the son of Igor, an economist, and Maria, a lawyer. Nikita has two younger brothers — aged 10 and 7 — who live with their parents back in Moscow but Nikita believes they will both attend high school in America like him one day.

Here is a question-and-answer interview with Nikita: Read more

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