The first trip in the school year at Academe, aside from the beginning of the school year trip, is the 12th-grade trip to Hermit Island, Maine. This trip is a chance to create community with other Waldorf seniors from across the nation and immerse oneself in the...
Over the weekend the Academe Model United Nations Team attended the Kennesaw State University High School MUN Conference representing Argentina and Brazil. Students debated a multitude of topics ranging from Financing Sustainable Development to Vaccine Access in...
Every year, sophomore mechanics students build bridges that are tested to failure. The best bridges are lightweight, yet strong. This year’s winning bridge, designed and built by Skyler and Kira, incorporated structural elements that survived all attempts at...
Academe’s Project Week mixed students from all the grades into new groups, and challenged them to generate a creative response to the theme “Citizen.” What at first may have seemed a vague notion quickly transformed into student led investigations of topics including;...
The Academe of the Oaks Model UN Team opened their week with a stellar performance at the Georgia Tech MUN conference. Representing Thailand in committees whose topics ranged from Citizen Science to Denuclearization, the students applied their knowledge and skills...
The seniors spent last week camping on Cabretta Island and studying marine biology at the Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve (SINERR). Much of Sapelo Island is dedicated to the analysis of barrier island ecology and the long term effects of global...
Academe Seniors take their architecture class to the streets. Their final exam turned downtown Dectur into a classroom. Each student photographed examples of Decatur’s stylistic evolution. From Federal to neo-Romanesque, neo-Classical to Gothic revival, the...
The students are very engaged in our Current Events J-Term class. Current Events is providing students the opportunity to discuss, understand, and explore local, national, international, political, economic, and social issues in a respectful, meaningful, and active...
Mr. Martinez and the BSA put together a presentation celebrating Dr. King’s legacy, his values, and those who continue the work of making the dream of racial equality, and a just society a reality On Friday the 15th, Academe students and faculty joined the BSA in a...
The hybrid learning at Academe is exciting and going very well. The investment in technology and equipment proves to be successful. This especially became apparent during the current senior biochemistry class. The biochemistry block is the highest level of chemistry...
