Woodward Academy

Infobox School
name = Woodward Academy


motto = Excellence, Character, Opportunity
established = 1900
type = Private, Coeducational
headmaster = Ron McCollum
city = College Park
state = GA
country = U.S.
campus = Urban city
students = 2,900
faculty = 400
mascot = War Eagles
colors = Red and White
homepage = http://www.woodward.edu/

Woodward Academy is a private day school located in College Park, Georgia, United States.

History

Woodward Academy was founded in 1900 as the Georgia Military Academy, a military boarding school for boys. In 1964 they admitted females and then in 1966, due to the decreasing demand for military training, the Georgia Military Academy governing board decided to end the military training program and change its name to Woodward Academy. This decision allowed the school to strengthen its academic and arts programs. In 1968, the governing board adopted a non-discriminatory policy and eventually, by 1971, the school was fully integrated. The boarding school program was discontinued in 1993.The largest private PK-12 school in the continental United States, Woodward Academy encompasses over 2,880 students throughout the metro Atlanta area. Woodward Academy is divided into two campuses--the Main Campus in College Park and Woodward North in Duluth. The Busey Campus in Riverdale, Georgia was closed in May 2007 after welcoming students through its doors for 36 years. [ [http://www.woodward.edu/aboutwoodward/history/history.asp Woodward Academy : About Woodward >> Academy History] ]

Academics

Woodward Academy is divided into five different schools (divisions). On the main campus in historic College Park: the Upper School, Middle School, Lower School, and Primary School. The other school is on the Woodward North Campus, located in Duluth. The Primary School has K through 3rd grade, the Lower School has 4th grade through 6th grade, the Middle School has 7th and 8th grade, and the Upper School has 9th grade through 12th grade. Woodward North has Pre-K through 6th grade; students continue on the Main Campus for grades 7 through 12. [ [http://www.woodward.edu/academics/index.asp Woodward Academy: Academics >> Overview] ]

Athletics Activities

Woodward Academy offers a wide variety of Fall, Winter, and Spring sports including: cheerleading, cross country, football, softball, volleyball, weightlifting, basketball, swimming, diving, wrestling, baseball, lacrosse, soccer, tennis, golf, track and field, riflery, and ultimate. [ [http://www.woodward.edu/athletics/index.asp Woodward Academy : Athletics >> About Athletics] ] For additional extracurricular activities, please go to [Woodward's Web site] [ [http://woodward.edu/academics/us/extras/extracurricular.asp Woodward Academy : Academics » Upper School » Extracurricular Activities ] ] .

Notable Alumni

*Kiesha Brown (1996) - Los Angeles Sparks basketball player
*Michael C. Carlos (1944) - businessman, philanthropist
*Dan T. Cathy (1971) - President and Chief Operating Officer of Chick-fil-a, and son of Chick-fil-a founder, S. Truett Cathy
*Donald M. "Bubba" Cathy (1972) - Senior Vice President of Chick-fil-a, and son of Chick-fil-a founder, S. Truett Cathy
*Phil Gramm (1961) - former U.S. Senator
*Phillip Griffiths (1956) - mathematician
*Julian Jenkins (2002) - Denver Broncos football player, and former Stanford Cardinal
*Ben F. Johnson III (1961) - lawyer, managing partner of the law firm of Alston & Bird, chairman of the Board of Trustees for Woodward Academy and chairman of Board of Trustees for Emory University
*James F. Jones (1965) - president of Trinity College
*Erskine Mayer - former Major League Baseball pitcher
*Reed Sorenson (2004) - NASCAR driver
*Williamson S. Stuckey, Jr. (1952) - former U.S. Congressman, chairman of the Stuckey's Corporation
*Randolph W. Thrower (1930) - former U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, attorney
*Robert W. Woodruff (1908) - former president of the The Coca-Cola Company, philanthropist

References

* [http://www.woodward.edu/ Woodward Academy]