Author: Sarah Hajduk

06 May

Posted at 10:53h in School News

The National Honor Society (NHS) elevates a school’s commitment to the values of scholarship, service, leadership, and character. These four pillars have been associated with membership in the organization since its inception in 1921. Students must have a cumulative GPA of 3.75 to be invited to join and then complete an application. Thirty-two students were inducted into the National Honor Society in a special ceremony on May 5. The service was led by the current officers of NHS – Josephine Richter, Blakeman Shaw, Arion Session-Walker, and Adrianna Desir, under the leadership of Adviser, Mrs. Michelle Perry. Congratulations to the inductees: Isaque Bessa, Katharine...

05 May

Posted at 15:45h in School News

On Wednesday, April 7, our robotics team uploaded all final videos and scoring statistics for three major robot challenges. These videos and our scoring have now been certified by FIRST and a third party has compared our submission with the submissions of all competing teams from around the world to determine our world ranking in this year’s competition. Unofficially, we are ranked 188th globally and we are very happy to report that we are ranked number one in the state of Florida! Within a particularly heavily contested international grouping, we have earned an official 7th place rank (in the Strontium Group). Scores...

05 May

Posted at 15:20h in Academics, Lower School

The fourth and fifth-grade classes have been working hard on this year’s Science Fair projects. Each student did individual experiments as they displayed their knowledge of the Scientific Method. The fourth-grade winning projects were selected with the help of the National Honor Society. The fifth-grade students presented their projects before two judges on Monday, April 26. The judges were very impressed by all of the hard work, scientific thought, and creative display boards, making their job of deciding the top three very difficult. A special thank you to all of our judges: Mrs. Scasserra, Mrs. Pierce, Mrs. Leonard, and our...

04 May

Posted at 15:13h in Alumni, School News

Congratulations to Gregg Coningsby ’81, our 2021 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient. Gregg is the Engineering Manager of Apex Machine Company, responsible for all design aspects of custom printing machines that print on anything other than paper. He is also part owner of Apex and two other companies along with his three brothers. Gregg joined the Apex engineering team shortly after graduating from the University of Mississippi with a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering. He started working at the company when he was a young teenager. Working each summer and school breaks at a manufacturing company with many different departments allowed him...

04 May

Posted at 14:52h in School News

Save the date for our 50th Anniversary Celebration Weekend on October 8-10, to join us in commemorating God’s faithfulness over the last five decades. As we prepare for this momentous occasion, please visit wa.edu/alumni to update your contact information, share a Portrait of a Graduate Story, or a favorite personal memory about a milestone moment that occurred at WA. Alumni, please email us at alumni@wa.edu if you are willing to serve as a Class Ambassador to engage fellow alumni to join us for the festivities. Westminster Academy’s 50th Anniversary Celebration Weekend October 8-10, 2021 Homecoming – Friday 5:30 p.m. Tailgate | Athletic Hall of...