Academics
Magellan offers Math, Science, Language Arts and Social Studies as its four basic subjects. Many extracurricular activities are available in the ASAP (After School Arts Program) including musical theater, drama, art, game design, cooking class, Chinese, chess club, web team, and The Latest Wave newspaper. Magellan also participates in FIRST LEGO League Club tournaments. They have won Directors Award (overall first place) and the Performance award two years in a row at the state FIRST LEGO League tournament and participated in the international FIRST World Festival twice, and have received multiple trophies, displayed in the school lobby. Magellan has also participated in Envirothon. They have gone to state competition in the years of 2003-2004, 2004–2005 and 2005-2006. Magellan students have won numerous awards in these programs.
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