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The New Building construction update
Aerial shot taken by AFA Drone Club Bulldozers are on campus, dirt is being moved, and a contractor trailer is in place. It is official, we have begun the construction of our new building! We are now...
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Alumni Spotlight: Retired Navy Rear Admiral Mark Buzby ’75 featured in...
Photo credit: www.chesapeakebaymagazine.com Admiral Farragut Academy Class of ’75’s Retired Navy Rear Admiral Mark “Buz” Buzby, who is the new Federal Maritime Administrator, was featured in Chesapeake...
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Admiral Farragut Foundation Tops $5.3 Million
The Admiral Farragut Foundation has closed the 2017 books on a record-breaking year. Donations exceeded $850k coupled with a strong market, the total assets have grown well over $1 million last year....
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Trials and Tribulations of a Sailing Team
Written By: Sailing Coach Rebecca Hofmeister Dawn breaks. The temperature outside is a crisp 54 degrees with overcast skies and impending rain. On December 9th the high school sailors from Admiral...
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Farragut students find their voice at the ROCS conference
On Thursday, January 25th, Science Department Chair and Upper School Marine Science and Biology teacher Sari Deitche, along with 4th-7th Grade Science & Marine Science teacher Henry Sadler, took a...
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“Oh My Sweetheart!”– Parents’ Group hosts annual Lower School Daddy Daughter...
Shared by Denise Colangelo, President of the Parents’ Group On Saturday, Feb. 3, fifty-eight combined fathers, grandfathers and girls descended upon the West Lounge wearing their finest dancing shoes...
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Aviation student, Diana Romanovskaya ‘19, flies solo for the first time
Please join the Aviation Department in congratulating Diana Romanovskaya ‘19 (D-12) on earning her solo endorsement. Diana flew solo for the first time on Tuesday, February 6, 2018, in a Cessna 172,...
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Dress Blues inspire confidence and leadership among regiment
“Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.” – Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “I don’t think you can say it any better than that,” said Senior Naval Science Instructor, CDR Rick...
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Cadets and student athletes visit Nina Harris Center for Exceptional Children...
On February 16th, our color guard, drill team, football and softball team were invited to Nina Harris Center for Exceptional Children to share in a special activities day with their students for the...
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Salt marsh planting enriches students schoolwide for 18th year
On Friday, February 16th, the entire school participated in what is becoming one of our students’ favorite days of the year: Salt Marsh Planting! Lower and Upper School students, faculty, and staff...
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Admiral Farragut Academy completes a successful accreditation visit
Admiral Farragut Academy completed a successful accreditation visit by the Florida Council of Independent Schools (FCIS), the Florida Kindergarten Council (FKC), the Southern Association of...
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1st grade students make George Washington’s favorite breakfast for his birthday
On Wednesday, February 11th, Mrs. Genzel’s 1st-grade class made George Washington’s favorite breakfast to celebrate President’s Day and all of the presidential facts they have learned. The class has...
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Two Upper School students win regional Scholastic Writing awards for poetry
Please congratulate Kathryn Greene ‘18 and Sam Nolin ‘18 for winning two regional awards for their poetry in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. These awards are the nation’s longest-running and...
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Students use technology and creative skills to learn biology
While Bio Honors students were learning about cells, students were asked to design a one-page advertisement or a 60-second commercial explaining why we just cannot live without a specific organelle....
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You’re networked for life
When you attended Admiral Farragut Academy, you joined an accomplished group of more than 11,000 alumni. From alums who walked on the moon to bestselling authors to Naval aviators. Farragut alumni are...
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Class Notes: A.J. Augustine ‘09, Petr Charouz ‘09, James Hales ‘15, Martin...
We hope that you enjoy these class notes. If you would like to be included, please submit your alumni update online at farragut.org/alumni/submit-an-update. A.J. Augustine ’09 was recently selected to...
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10 Reasons to Choose Summer Camp at Admiral Farragut Academy
Get a glimpse of the awesome that happens here all year long by attending our fun and educational summer camps! Camps are coed and have something to offer for all ages, PreK-12th grade. They are also...
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Once upon a time, in Programming class…
In Shannon LoRusso’s Lower School Technology and Computer Programming class, 6th-grade students have been learning how to program using Alice, an innovative block-based programming environment that...
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Lower school boys and moms glow bright at the Mother-Son Glow Party
Lanie Salebra and her son Max During the evening of Friday, March 2nd, over 100 attendees including lower school boys and their mothers, aunts, grandmothers, and/or other special adult glowed bright at...
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Aviation student, Jose Lynch ‘18, flies solo for the first time
Please join the Aviation department in congratulating Jose Lynch ‘18 on earning his solo endorsement. Jose flew solo for the first time on February 28, 2018, in Cessna 172SP N6013J on runway 7 at...
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