Last week was Spirit Week at Admiral Farragut Academy. Our Upper School students showed their spirit with four themed days of dress-up, and the homecoming court was announced at Thursday’s lacrosse game against Sarasota High School, where the BlueJackets won 14-3.
Rob Ewing, center, with Chris Miller ’00 left, Kreg Brown ’07 right, and Kreg’s son, Kreg Jr., front
On January 17th, Farragut’s Aviation Director Rob Ewing joined Farragut alumni Chris Miller ‘00 and Kreg Brown ‘07 to help coach in the SPIRAL Tropical Bowl. Miller was the head coach of the American team, Brown was on staff as a running back coach, and Ewing was a special teams assistant.
2020 was quite a year and we are all looking forward to things getting back to “normal.” To that end, Admiral Farragut Academy has opened registration for our Summer Camps 2021 and we are offering day and boarding options.
Spike Mendelsohn, a non-graduate who attended Farragut two years with the class of ‘00, is a successful Washington D.C. chef and restaurateur who owns several top eateries in the D.C. area. Mendelsohn became a celebrity chef after placing fifth in the TV show Top Chef in 2008.
It is with great pleasure that we introduce the Regimental Leadership Staff for the 2nd semester of the 2020-21 prep school year. The regimental commander and regimental staff have proven themselves through their commitment to naval science, leadership, academics, and their desire to improve the Farragut corps of cadets. These are the kinds of events that cadets at a prep school boarding school work very hard towards. We look forward to seeing what they’ll accomplish! Read more
Upper School Calculus classes with Ms. Amy Smith and Mr. Josh Moore joined together to have a “Related Rates Competition.” The Calculus AP and Honors curriculum is laid out in a different order, but both classes had an overlap in content. Read more
Over the weekend of January 30-31, 14 Admiral Farragut Academy Orienteering Team members traveled across the bay to Bradenton to compete in their first orienteering meet of the season at the Greenbrook Adventure Park in Bradenton. Our cadets were split equally between the novice yellow team and the intermediate orange team. The team enjoyed a double win with the orange team earning a 2nd place win and the yellow team earning a 3rd place win.