http://falmouthacademy.org/index.php/ en Copyright 2012 2012-05-17T17:38:44+00:00 http://falmouthacademy.org/index.php/news/you_are_invited_to_a_celebration_of_fas_founding_faculty_and_35th_school_an/ http://falmouthacademy.org/index.php/news/you_are_invited_to_a_celebration_of_fas_founding_faculty_and_35th_school_an/ On Friday, June 8 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., we will celebrate Falmouth Academy’s 35 years by honoring our faculty and staff and our founding faculty, including Janet Kearsley and Nancy Twichell, who are retiring this year. We will also premiere the Alumni Council’s video, “Because of FA.”  The video is very much in the spirit of FA. There is no charge but let us know if you are attending by contacting or :  508-457-9696. 2012-05-17T17:38:44+00:00 http://falmouthacademy.org/index.php/news/nine_fa_winners_at_the_2012_massachusetts_state_science_and_engineering_fai/ http://falmouthacademy.org/index.php/news/nine_fa_winners_at_the_2012_massachusetts_state_science_and_engineering_fai/ Nine Falmouth Academy students came home from the Massachusetts State Science & Engineering Fair at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (May 4 and 5) with awards for their independent, hands-on research projects, including two firsts and two seconds. 2012-05-15T20:01:18+00:00 http://falmouthacademy.org/index.php/news/junior_accepted_to_art_all_state/ http://falmouthacademy.org/index.php/news/junior_accepted_to_art_all_state/ Falmouth Academy junior Isabelle Camarra has been accepted to the 2012 Art All State, which takes place June 1 and 2 at the Worcester Art Museum. A collaboration of the museum and the Massachusetts Art Education Association, Art All State brings together talented high school juniors from across the state for an intensive two-day art experience that is intended to help them think creatively about themselves and the role that art can play in life after high school. The students collaborate with artist/mentors to create eight group installations inspired by the museum’s collections.  Each group is led by two professional artists who help facilitate the students in the creative process. The artists, who came from a variety of different art disciplines, also act as mentors for the students. Admission to Art All State requires a written application, several pieces of art work and a personal interview. This year 240 high school students applied for 140 available positions. 2012-05-15T19:55:08+00:00 http://falmouthacademy.org/index.php/news/falmouth_academy_students_earn_awards_at_sisal/ http://falmouthacademy.org/index.php/news/falmouth_academy_students_earn_awards_at_sisal/ Falmouth Academy students earned eight awards at the 20th annual Small Independent Schools Arts League (SISAL) juried show, and had 32 pieces accepted for the show. Hosted this year by Dedham Country Day School, the SISAL show includes art work from grade 7-12 students from 19 schools. 2012-05-02T13:15:19+00:00 http://falmouthacademy.org/index.php/news/fun_is_brewing_at_fas_spring_fundraiser_this_saturday/ http://falmouthacademy.org/index.php/news/fun_is_brewing_at_fas_spring_fundraiser_this_saturday/ Support Falmouth Academy and the Annual Fund by attending the Mariner Craft Beer Tasting, Saturday, April 28, 2012, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the gym. Beers from local breweries will be available to sample as well as delicious food provided by local restaurants and caterers. Participating breweries include Cape Cod Beer, Cisco Brewers, Clown Shoes Beer, Harpoon Brewery, Mayflower Brewing Co., Offshore Ale Co., and Shipyard Brewing Co. Live and silent auction items and a game of chance will round out the evening’s entertainment as well with live music from Allan McGarry. Tickets are available by calling Crissy Pingal, 508-457-9696 x242. Visit our event page for more information and to take a sneak peek at the evening’s program, which includes a listing of the live auction items. 2012-04-23T12:35:17+00:00 http://falmouthacademy.org/index.php/news/girls_varsity_lacrosse_game_on_saturday_april_21_has_been_postponed/ http://falmouthacademy.org/index.php/news/girls_varsity_lacrosse_game_on_saturday_april_21_has_been_postponed/ 2012-04-20T16:25:39+00:00 http://falmouthacademy.org/index.php/news/headmasters_list_second_trimester_2011-2012/ http://falmouthacademy.org/index.php/news/headmasters_list_second_trimester_2011-2012/ David C. Faus, headmaster of Falmouth Academy, announced that 108 students were named to the Falmouth Academy Headmaster’s List for the second trimester of the 2011-2012 academic year. These students earned at least three As in their five core subjects and had no grade lower than a B-minus. To see a list of the students who made Headmaster’s List click on “learn more.” 2012-04-20T13:25:24+00:00 http://falmouthacademy.org/index.php/news/falmouth_academy_sophomores_to_international_science_fair/ http://falmouthacademy.org/index.php/news/falmouth_academy_sophomores_to_international_science_fair/ Falmouth Academy sophomores Carlo Bocconcelli and Luke Johns will take their independent research project to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Pittsburgh May 13-18. They earned the invitation because their team project, “Protist abundance and trophic diversity in areas of varied eutrophication,” won a first prize at the South Shore Regional Science Fair in March. Carlo and Luke worked with Dr. William Orsi as a mentor in Dr. Virginia Edgcomb’s lab at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. 2012-04-20T13:00:26+00:00 http://falmouthacademy.org/index.php/news/the_forbidden_island_fa_students_share_their_experience_of_nine_days_in_cub/ http://falmouthacademy.org/index.php/news/the_forbidden_island_fa_students_share_their_experience_of_nine_days_in_cub/ Six FA students and their chaperones traveled to Cuba from March 12-20, 2012. Please join them for a presentation on their trip and discoveries. The presentation will include still images, video clips and music, and questions and answers.    Escorted by several English-speaking Cuban guides, they visited schools; community medical centers; a tobacco farm; some of Ernest Hemingway’s favorite spots, including his home in the countryside; and a sustainable agricultural community in the western municipality of Piñales. They met community leaders, rode a ferry to Regla to learn about Santería, a mix of Catholicism and African religions; stayed in the same hotel as Cuba’s finest baseball team (Los Industriales), and sampled Cuba’s famous ice cream. Primarily, they experienced a culture very different from any most of them had known. During their trip the students were surrounded by art, music, and kind, welcoming people among a dilapidated infrastructure, rustic plumbing and 1950s automobiles. But the students submerged themselves in the culture with wonder and no complaint. For many of them, the experience was life-changing. All are welcome on Wednesday, April 18, 6:30 p.m. at Falmouth Academy. 2012-04-16T22:03:48+00:00 http://falmouthacademy.org/index.php/news/fa_sophomore_wins_national_art_award/ http://falmouthacademy.org/index.php/news/fa_sophomore_wins_national_art_award/ Falmouth Academy sophomore Lela Sethares won a silver medal for her drawing, “Self Portrait” in the national Scholastic Art & Writing Awards competition presented by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. Lela was one of five FA students who had won Gold Keys earlier this year in the regional 2012 Boston Globe Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.  All regional Gold Key work was then sent to New York to be judged nationally. 2012-03-30T15:23:13+00:00