What are YOUR summer plans? Registration is now OPEN for Summer @ Athens Academy! Click here for more information and to sign up for one of over 50 fun options for students ages 4-18!
NEW THIS YEAR: Fairytale STEAM Camp, Elements of Art (LS and MS options!), Dance Camp, and fun camps for fans of Pokemon, Harry Potter, Dungeons & Dragons, mysteries, and more. We also have old favorites like Robotics, CAD, 10 Different Sports Camps, SAT/ACT Prep, and many other options!
On Wednesday, February 19, Athens Academy inducted 52 students into the National Honor Society based on their qualities of scholarship, leadership, character, and service. The induction ceremony followed a presentation by Mr. Bert Roughton, former senior managing editor of the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
Congratulations to the students who were inducted into the National Honor Society: Carrington Cargill, Oliver Carrigan, Brooks Chisolm, Emily Coggins, Annie Cross, Taylor Dorsey, Asa Drudge, Mia Grace Dugas, Pratt Ferguson, Jessica Ford, Tanner Fountain, Caroline Hicks, Alex Hill, Steven Holder, Daniel Huang, Jackson Hutton, Corley Imes, Jack Jaegers, Alexis Keeney, Mae Kline, Sara Lowe, Ethan Markewitz, Penelope Marquez, Elizabeth Marx, Davis McLanahan, Hanna McLean, Clara Miller, Mai Miyashita, Trent Muir, Kathryn Nichols, Ingrid Nilsson, Addison Ollendick-Smith, Clark O’Neill, Maddox Pugmire, Jane Ann Raeber, Meredith Reynolds, Robert Reynolds, Mimsie Roberts, Weston Rupert, Chloe Sears, Wyatt Sears, Lexi Sennowitz, Ann Hayes Shaifer, An’an Shen, John Shepherd, Davis Slate, Rob Sullivan, Reese Trigleth, Sami Uddin, Will Warner, Oliver Yates, and Anya Zalac.
Athens Academy’s Model United Nations team spent February 14-16, 2020, participating in the annual high school Model UN conference hosted by the UGA collegiate team. Over 20 schools from across the Southeast were in attendance. Athens Academy’s team included 39 Upper School students representing the countries of Algeria, Bhutan, Brazil, and Peru.
Congratulations to the following winners from Athens Academy:
Anjali Patel '20 and Kamara Adogu '20 - Honorable Mention Delegation, (Algeria) General Assembly 3rd Committee
Michael Klass '22 - Distinguished Delegate, (Brazil) Organization of American States
Ingrid Nilsson '22 - Distinguished Delegate, (Sir Lancelot) King Arthur's Court Crisis Committee
Winners for Best Position Paper in each of their committees:
Elizabeth Marx '22 and Imana Adogu '22, (Peru) World Health Organization
Carrington Cargill '23, (Peru) Organization of American States
Lizzie Walker '21, (Algeria) Organization of Islamic Cooperation
Last Saturday, February 8, eight Athens Academy Middle School students traveled to the Alliance Academy of Innovation in Cumming for the Northeast Georgia chapter competition for Mathcounts. Eighth graders Matt Can, Anvesha Das, and David Liu, and seventh graders Leo Gabarra, Kartik Menke, Zubin Tongia, Joshua Xie, and Jack Yu represented Athens Academy.
On Friday, November 8, Athens Academy was proud to be recognized as the #2 private high school for STEM education in the state of Georgia by Newsweek magazine’s “Top STEM High Schools 2020” edition. Athens Academy ranked #10 in the state for all schools (public and private) and #415 in the entire country, and Athens Academy is the only school in Oconee and Clarke Counties to rank in the top 1,400 of the list of 5,000 schools. Click here for more information and the full listing.
