Chili Cook Off Winners Announced!
Today was the perfect day for a Chili Cook Off! The Parent’s Association assembled a competition between parents for the best chili, which was judged by the teachers and staff of Academy. It was a difficult decision, but the winners have been chosen! Middle and Upper Division Campus Winners: 1st Place: Bret Gaboardi (Red chili […]
Academy Student Wins USF Young Innovators Contest!
We are proud to announce that Melissa Feingold ’18 is the USF Young Innovators Contest Grand Prize Winner. Hannah Fowler ’21 also competed and she won the Outback Steakhouse Trademark Award. Read More…
Varsity Boys’ and Girls’ Basketball Headed to Championships
The AATL Varsity Girls’ Basketball team is making a run at their 3rd consecutive Regional Championship and 3rd consecutive State Final Four appearance this Tuesday, hosting a Regional Semifinal game against Keswick Christian. Tip-off is set for Tuesday, Feb. 11 7:00 p.m. at the Academy’s famed “House of Blues” Gym. The winner of this game […]
Academy Triumphs Again at the Pasco Regional Science Fair
This weekend, 6 representatives from the MD and UD attended the Pasco County Science Fair. They competed against 260 other students for 24 spots at the State Science Fair and 2 spots at the International Science Fair. The results were amazing: 4th Place – Brett Fairchild, class of 2017, with his project Sympathetic Vibration of […]
Finalists for Public Speaking Contest Announced
All 4th through 12th grade students at Academy at the Lakes participate in our annual public speaking program. Congratulations to all of our students who, over the past few weeks, have presented memorized selections in front of their classes. This week, our semi-finalists for each grade competed for the honor of presenting at the Public […]
Top Performers in Chess Club Tournament Announced
The chess tournament held 16 tournament players; 14 club members; 21 Academy MD and UD students who are involved in the club and/or tournament. Tournament place order: 1. Tom Xia (King) 2. Raj Warman (Queen) 3. Jack Rogers (Knight) 4. Romo Li (Rook) 5. Roshan Warman (Rook) 6. Matthew Martin (Knight) 7. Anya Zalac (Bishop) […]
Academy Boasts 7 Semi-Finalists and 2 Finalists for USF Young Innovators Competition
Winners from our December Invention Convention submitted contest applications last week for the USF Young Innovators Contest. On January 29, the USF Chapter of the National Academy of Inventors selected the top 10 inventors to compete at a live event on February 11, 2014. There are cash prizes at stake for the students and their […]
Winner of the Academy Geography Bee Announced
Seventh and 8th Graders participated in the Final Round of the AATL Geography Bee Jan. 15 for a chance to qualify for the State of Florida Geography Bee. The students who participated were: 8th Grade Anmol Warman SeungJin Park Taylor Williams Julia Mollick Pasha Yurchenko Grace Szarko 7th Grade Chelsea Joyce-Nyack Brooke Wilhite Evan St. […]
Academy S.T.E.M. Club Acquires 3D Printer
Academy’s S.T.E.M. Club now has a functioning 3D printer, received as part of the club’s participation in the F.I.R.S.T. Robotics Competition (FRC). The school community can now experiment with this fascinating and revolutionary technology. In the short term, the club plans to use the printer to design and create custom parts for competitive robots. They […]