Academy Perspectives
Personal Health and Safety are Chief Priorities at Army and Navy Academy
The Cadets, teachers, and staff members who have returned to the Army and Navy Academy campus for the beginning of the 2020-21 school year have found a large number of health and safety protocols that weren’t in place prior to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic...
An Important Message From the Chairman of the Board
August 27, 2020 Dear Warrior Parents and Patrons, Yesterday, Major General Bartell informed you that he was transitioning into his retirement year at our Academy. After 36 years in the military and over seven years with the Academy, they look forward to returning to...
MG Bartell Announces His Retirement
August 26, 2020 Dear Warrior Families, As we prepare to embark on this most unprecedented year at Army and Navy Academy, I want to convey how excited Karen and I and the entire Academy are about finally getting your young men back on campus. The Academy is buzzing...
Learning Teamwork Skills Helps Build Future Leaders at Army and Navy Academy
“Teamwork makes the dream work…” John Maxwell, author and speaker Teamwork is an essential part of most successful endeavors in modern life. It is especially so in the highly competitive workplace where the ability to work as part of a team is one of the most...
Learning Communications Skills Critical Part of an Academy Education
“The art of communications is the language of leadership.” --Presidential speechwriter and author James C. Humes While it is true that effective leadership thrives on communication, the fact is so does everything else to varying degrees when people interact with...
Academy’s STEM Programs Prepare Cadets for Several Critical Career Areas
“The United States will need approximately 1 million more STEM professionals than will graduate in the next decade.” – White House news release sent in 2012 Since the above statement was released eight years ago, the acronym STEM has become the dominant content...
What Makes Army and Navy Academy Different from Other Schools?
There are a lot of questions prospective parents and their sons ask about the school they’re considering; some predictable, others not so much. For example, the first question often asked by boys who are looking at the Army and Navy Academy is whether the Academy’s...
What Does ‘College Preparatory’ Really Mean?
It should go without saying that the academic, personal, and social skills needed to succeed in college are beyond those required to succeed in today’s typical high school. What becomes clear immediately to incoming college or university freshmen – and their parents –...
Academy’s STEM-Based Program Prepares Cadets to Pursue Aviation Careers
Interested in aviation? You can actually learn to fly while you are in high school to get a jump start in this growing field. Military boarding schools, in particular, one in California a offers a stellar aviation program. “Our cadets who finish this program and go...
Why Diversity Matters in Educating Students
“Diversity can be defined as the sum of the ways that people are both alike and different…” --National Education Association (NEA) Schools throughout much of the developed world have added numerous resources in recent years to enhance the quality of teaching and...
