Festival Day - Saturday, April 22, 2023 12:00 - 3:00 PM Athens Academy Baseball Facilities Festival Day is back for the first time since 2019! Invite your friends and join us for inflatables, face painting, sand art, balloon animals, Earth Day fun, a dunking booth and so much more! Click here to order wristbands and T-shirts for $15 each. Deadline for shirt orders is March 29. Everyone is welcome! Want to volunteer? Email Sarah Gilbert.
ACAD Talks Thursday, March 23 @ 7:00 p.m. Bertelsmann Presentation Hall Athens Academy's version of TED Talks, this event will feature short student presentations ranging from environmental sustainability and Spotify's impact on the music industry to an examination of Mac Miller's discography and the power of positive thinking. Questions? Email Kate Towery.
Athens Academy is pleased to announce five seniors signed today to continue their athletic careers at the collegiate level. This morning the following were recognized at a special signing ceremony in the Farmer Field House:
Sam Bush is a preferred walk-on for the University of Georgia Bulldogs this fall in Athens.
Will Hines will join the Washington and Lee University Generals swim team next year in Lexington, Virginia. Garrett Kennedy has been appointed to the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he will join the Falcons’ swim team.
Jackson Scruggs will attend Vanderbilt University next year, where he will run for the Commodores’ cross country and track teams.
ClaraJane Williams has been appointed to the United States Naval Academy, where she will play soccer for the Midshipmen.
THE ATHENS ACADEMY MEDIA CENTER BOOK CLUB IS BACK!
After a couple of years off thanks to a global pandemic, the book club is back...and what better way to kick it off than with a book about the aftermath of a mysterious flu that wipes out most of the world?! The club, which is open to everyone, will meet on Monday, March 27, to discuss Emily St. John Mandel's novel Station Eleven. The meeting will be held from 3:30-4:30 p.m. in the Middle/Upper School Media Center. This is a class novel for twelfth grade this year and a miniseries on HBOMax right now.
Coming up on Tuesday, May 2, the club will discuss The Distance Between Us: A Memoir by Reyna Grande which focuses on the immigrant experience, a topic covered in seventh grade (Coming to America) and on into Upper School. This meeting will be held from 12:00-1:00 p.m. Questions? Email Keira Digel Drake.
