College Early Acceptance News
By Deborah Pitcairn, Director of College Counseling As 2022 begins, our current seniors’ minds turn toward the future and where they will go next year. Early acceptances have come in for a number of students in the Class of 2022, and it promises to be a very successful year for college applications. Already we have […]
Everyone Wins When Everyone Plays
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] “Sports are a great classroom for important learning.” Everyone likes to win. But in the context of school sports, the wins and losses are only part of the true purpose of having sports associated with school (a very American thing). One shining example in our community is Academy at the Lakes (AATL), a small […]
Academy at the Lakes Ranks Among Top 1% of Private K-12 Schools in the U.S.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Richard Bilbao and Brendan Ward – Tampa Bay Business Journal Mar 24, 2021, 7:33am EDT Seven Tampa Bay schools rank among the top 400 K-12 private schools in the U.S. — or within the top 1% range of tens of thousands in the nation, according to Pittsburgh-based Niche, a platform connecting students and families with colleges and schools. Niche […]
Students Celebrate Limitless Opportunities at Academy at the Lakes
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Spring is always a bittersweet time for graduating seniors across Tampa Bay. As the school year ends, parents and faculty look on proudly as students celebrate the next step on their journey. Every acceptance letter opened or new college sweatshirt worn is another step as students prepare to transition to colleges and universities across the […]
Former Philadelphia Phillie Brings Experience and Passion to Coaching AATL Baseball
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]LAND O’ LAKES, Fla. Original Publish: Bay News 9, MAY. 24, 2021 Scott Mathieson has been to the show. He’s made it to the pinnacle of his sport. But there’s something about high school baseball that appeals to this former Philadelphia Phillie. “It’s pure, you know, you’re playing for the love of the game,” he […]
Academy at the Lakes Caps Off a Great Athletics Year
[vc_row equal_height=”yes”][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] It has been another incredible year for Academy athletics as the Spring season comes to an end. Our teams and athletes have worked incredibly hard under another year of unusual circumstances, and the results speak for themselves. First, a huge congratulations to graduating senior Caleb Yann! Caleb qualified for this year’s State Track […]
Academy Teachers Inspire Discovery and Curiosity in Academy Graduate
Dillan Villavisanis ’14 shares his story and path to Medical School during Lunch n’ Learn with students Dillan Villavisanis ’14 credits Academy at the Lakes for his desire to push himself to be outside his comfort zone. Villavisanis is in his third year at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York […]
Academy at the Lakes alumni create artificial intelligence (AI) system to detect COVID-19
As we like to say, Academy at the Lakes preps our students for life. Our signature programs give students an education like no other to get them ready for a successful career – whether it be our interactive STEM lessons, medical seminars, or our partnership with Moffitt Cancer Center, our students are ready to make […]
Academy at the Lakes English Honors Seniors Reenact Hamlet
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Seniors at Academy at the Lakes got creative with their English Honors project involving their personal rendition of Hamlet. Students were split into four groups by their English teacher, Gale Sheaffer, and were asked to rehearse, design, and film an original production. When rehearsing the play’s most famous lines, students were able to simultaneously learn […]
Academy at the Lakes Students Summarize COVID-19 in Six Words
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Academy at the Lakes eleventh grade English teacher, Kim Vreeland, was preparing her lesson on the importance of word choice and sentence structure when she was inspired by Ernest Hemmingway’s six-word story. She assigned her students several questions to think about and asked them to answer in six words. The most popular question students chose […]