What is the STEM Club? STEM Club is a group of high school students with Mr. Burnley, their mentor. To join STEM Club, you must sign up, and be recruited. As the years go on, experience will come, and more jobs will open to you. But what do they actually do? The first four and... Continue Reading →
The Adventures of House Day 2019
Kestrel's Vivian Olivera '24, Inara Zarak '24, Emma Kittredge '24, Victoria Mahabir '24, Briana Sosa '23, and Zsofia Vo '23 show their team spirit! 📸 Mrs. Sue Gunther Jude Abdullah '24, Vicki Flack '24, Inara Zarak '24, Eden Heller '24, Addison Baricak '24, Delaney Bowden '24, Mia Lamb '24, and Abigail Wicker '24 show that students from... Continue Reading →
Journey to Greatness
During the week of April 7th, 2019, top swimmers from all over the country competed in the TYR Pro Swim Series event in Richmond, Virginia. Strangely enough, TYR is the name of the Norse God of warriors– athletes. In this meet, our fellow classmate, McKenna Smith ‘21, worked to advance further in the competition; as... Continue Reading →
Band VS Strings
Walking into Mr. Heller’s room, reporter Annabel Upton prepares to experience a dull, soulless interview, not even a thought passing through her head that this interview would change her whole story as well as her outlook on band and strings. Many students think of band and strings as just another class to play a regular... Continue Reading →
The Road to Regionals
Here I am at 8 years old, goofing around before a tournament My name is Tristin Perkins, a junior golfer for Academy at the Lakes. I have been on the team for one year, this year is my second. I've been playing golf since I was three years old, and will continue until I... Continue Reading →
Student Faculty Game: Who won?
The ball goes through the hoop and the students cheer as the teachers accept their defeat! That’s how every single student at Academy at the Lakes wish it happened, but the teachers were the winners of the 2018 Student-Faculty Basketball Game. This is one of the biggest games that the student-athletes will play through the... Continue Reading →
Annual Public Speaking Assembly 2018
Stepping up to the podium and presenting a speech publicly can be quite a daunting task, but these public speaking winners were specially chosen to do just that! After being chosen for the finals, this group of fourth through eleventh graders were personally selected out of the finalists to present a variety of speeches in... Continue Reading →
Making it all add up in the MD Math Club.
Why did the math book look so sad? Because it had so many problems... Ok, seriously, Math can be fun, and even competitive. MathCounts is a math competition where regions all over the United States compete to be the best in the country, and last Friday Academy’s Middle Division math club team went to compete.... Continue Reading →