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Wine Chance Drawing: tickets due Friday, drawing during Homecoming football game
Buy your tickets or get your tickets in! All tickets will be due and the raffle drawing will be held on Friday, October 28, 2016 during half-time at the football game. The board of the Admiral’s...
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Lorenzo Lamas ‘75: Actor to author to scenic helicopter tour guide
Lorenzo Lamas, 58, plays El Gallo in “The Fantasticks” at Theater Center. Credit Sara Krulwich/The New York Times Lorenzo Lamas, who graduated with the class of 1975 at the northern campus, has acted...
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Boarding parents: details on upcoming holiday breaks
Here’s a breakdown of the information boarding parents need to know for the upcoming holiday Thanksgiving and Winter Breaks. Thanksgiving Break November 18th – 27th Dorms will open for boarders who...
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Spoken word poet Wally B. Jennings challenges students to find their outlet
On Tuesday, November 1st the Senior English class had a special visit by Walter “Wally B.” Jennings. Wally B. is a Tampa native, spoken word poet, the coach for the Tampa Bay Area’s Brave New Voices...
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Parent’s Group hits hole-in-one at annual Golf Tournament
The Admiral Farragut Academy 15th Parents’ Group Golf Tournament was held at the beautiful Pasadena Yacht and Country Club on Friday, October 21st. On a gorgeous Florida morning, 14 teams of golfers...
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Aviation student, Gage Sears ’17, earned his solo endorsement
On November 2nd Gage Sears, a senior and 7-day boarder from the Tampa Bay area, flew solo for the first time earning his solo endorsement. He flew at the Albert Whitted Airport in downtown St....
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Lower School students welcome their classmates to a great school day during the morning news show created by students and mentored by Kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Reynolds, and Student Center librarian,...
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Why Choose a Boarding School in Florida?
Explore 13 great reasons to benefit from choosing a boarding school in Florida. There are many benefits as to why students should attend boarding school, but what does Florida offer that other...
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Homecoming 2016 Recap
Homecoming 2016 was a whirlwind of activities for our Farragut cadets! These pictures speak a thousand words about events that our students will never forget. Homecoming 2016 Dance The Homecoming...
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Students make global connection with Mystery Skype activity
Anyone can tell you that the quickest way to learn a language is to talk to a native. That’s just what Mr. Robalino’s Spanish 2 Honors class got to do during their Mystery Skype activity on Tuesday,...
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4th and 5th grade students are learning to code
Coding is becoming an important job skill on par with being bilingual. As many as 7 million job openings in 2016 were in positions that required coding skills. And here at Farragut, 4th graders,...
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Lower School assembly recap from November 4th
The November 4th Lower School Assembly highlighted the achievements of our awesome Lower School students in all sorts of areas, both academic and extracurricular. Grace Vernine started the assembly...
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Coach Stan Slaby Interment at Arlington National Cemetery; a recollection by...
Coach Stan Slaby On May 28, 2016 Coach Stan Slaby passed away. Days later, brothers and sisters of our Farragut Family, along with friends and family members of our beloved “Coach,” gathered together...
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Corey Luckenbill ‘17 featured in the Tampa Bay Times for his perseverance on...
Corey Luckenbill, age 17, is legally blind, yet he’s the starting center for Admiral Farragut’s football team. JOHN PENDYGRAFT | Times Corey Luckenbill, a senior and center on the BlueJacket football...
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Advanced Placement U.S. History students attend “Cannon School” in St....
This past week 15 Advanced Placement U.S. History students travelled back in time to the mid-18th century for “Cannon School”. The students, along with Upper School social studies teacher, Mark...
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Parents’ Group Zumba Bash: November 12th
Lower school parent, Parents’ Group volunteer, and Zumba dance instructor, Malia Bakken, is hosting a Zumba class for all those at Farragut on Saturday, November 12th at 9am. Zumba is an aerobic...
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Hopes of new campus center; the largest capital campaign in Academy history
Admiral Farragut Academy’s administration and board of directors have unveiled the school’s most ambitious building project and fundraising campaign in its history. The school will host a kickoff...
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Students participate in BLUE Ocean/NOAA Climate office “Message in a Buoy”...
Admiral Farragut Academy was once again happy to participate with the BLUE Ocean Film Festival and Community Outreach Program. The BLUE Ocean Film Festival, a non-profit organization using the power...
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Students give back to their community in many different ways
This past weekend students gave back to their community. One group of students participated in a trash clean up, another spent time at a retirement community, members of the color guard presented the...
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Enterprise Village inspires 5th grade
On Monday, October 26th, 5th grade students spent the day at Enterprise Village by the Stavros Institute. Enterprise Village is a self-contained economic education program that provides a hands-on...
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