Model UN Team at the MUN Conference

Model UN Team at the MUN Conference

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...
Sophomore Mechanics Students Build Bridges

Sophomore Mechanics Students Build Bridges

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...
Project Week: Generating a Creative Response

Project Week: Generating a Creative Response

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;...
Model UN Team at Georgia Tech MUN Conference

Model UN Team at Georgia Tech MUN Conference

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...
Senior Marine Biology Trip

Senior Marine Biology Trip

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...

Architecture Exam

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...