Admiral Farragut Academy

Admiral Farragut Academy
Location
501 Park St. N.
St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
Information
Type College preparatory school / Military academy
Motto Success is Never Accidental
Established 1933
Founder Admiral Samuel Robison
Headmaster Robert J. Fine, Jr.
Chairman of the Board of Trustees George J. Michel, Jr. '49S
Director of Naval Science Captain Thomas L. McClelland, USN (Ret.)
Chaplain Rev. Larry Upham, LtCol., USAF Aux.
Faculty approx. 100
Grades PK - 12
Number of students approx. 450
Campus 35 acres (140,000 m2)
Color(s) Blue and Gold
Mascot Bluejacket
Accreditation(s) FCIS, SACS
Newspaper The Cadet Gazette
Yearbook The Buccaneer
Upper Division Head L. Shannon Graves
Middle Division Head Jennifer Vernine
Lower Division Head Anita Fine
Website

Admiral Farragut Academy is a college preparatory school with Naval training founded in 1933 in Pine Beach, New Jersey by, among others, Admiral Samuel Robison, one-time President of RCA, and former Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. It is named after Admiral David Glasgow Farragut, the senior officer of the U.S. Navy during the American Civil War.

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History

In 1945, the current campus opened in St. Petersburg, Florida, occupying the Jungle Country Club Hotel, a historic landmark in the Tampa Bay area, constructed in 1925. In 1946, Admiral Farragut Academy was designated a "Naval Honor School" by Act of Congress, making it the first such secondary school in the United States.

The original campus in Pine Beach, NJ closed in 1994 and most buildings were demolished in 2003. As of 2008, the infirmary is the only building on the original Pine Beach campus that is still standing.[1]

In the early 1990s, the previously all-boys Academy began accepting female students for the first time.

Famous alumni

The Academy is perhaps most notable for graduating two of the twelve men who walked on the Moon:

The NJROTC Program

An integral part of an education at Admiral Farragut Academy is the required involvement in NJROTC. Every student in the Upper Division takes three years of Naval Science, an in-depth study of the history, operation and core concepts of the United States Navy. The entire Upper Division student body makes up a student-run NJROTC Battalion.

Accreditation

Admiral Farragut Academy is accredited by:

Student body

There are approximately 200 students in the upper division, with a 5:1 ratio of boys to girls. Approximately 25% of the students are boarders.

References

  1. ^ http://www.farragut.org/ Admiral Farragut Academy website

External links