Wildcats in the Press: AATL softball honors family
Words by Mike Camunas, The Laker/Lutz News The Academy at the Lakes softball community experienced a tragedy, however, the team and school are rallying around one of its players. Junior pitcher Sydney Klein’s 12-year-old cousin, Noah, passed away from a terminal form of brain cancer called diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas (DIPG). The softball team has […]
Wildcats in the Press: Their Field of Dreams
Words by Mike Camunas with The Laker/Lutz News They built it because it was time. But now, after two decades, Academy at the Lakes finally has an outdoor sports field at its campus, off Collier Parkway in Land O’ Lakes. The new field belongs to arguably the longstanding private school’s most successful sports program: the […]
This pitching coach brings a world of experience to the job
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”30990″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] MARCH 2, 2022 BY SPECIAL TO THE LAKER/LUTZ NEWS He has a World Series ring. He played at every level in professional baseball — competing in practically every state — and once struck out his childhood hero during a major league game. He represented his home country of Canada at the World […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
AATL Sophomore Places Eighth out of 180 in National Equestrian Competition
Academy at the Lakes sophomore Emerson Maier has been riding horses for four years. Lately she has been able to spend more time training due to virtual school during the pandemic. “One of the things I love most about riding horses is the success I experience correlates with the amount of work I put in. […]
Academy Coach Serves Country During the Summer Months
Academy at the Lakes’ Head Softball Coach, Elizabeth Munn, spent time off the field this summer with the Army Reserves training at Fort Jackson in South Carolina. The short softball season, due to COVID-19, prompted Munn to pack her bags and spend her days training on the range fulfilling new duties.