This article is about the secondary school in the United States. For the ancient academy in Athens, Greece, see Academy

Academy

An academy is an institution of higher learning, research, or honorary membership.The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and skill, north of Athens, Greece. In the western world academia is the...

. For the modern national academy of Greece, see Academy of Athens (modern)

Academy of Athens (modern)

The Academy of Athens is Greece's national academy, and the highest research establishment in the country. It was established in 1926, and operates under the supervision of the Ministry of Education...

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Athens Academy is a private

Private school

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, co-educational, college preparatory school originally founded in Athens

Athens, Georgia

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, now located in Oconee County, Georgia

Oconee County, Georgia

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, United States

United States

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. The school sponsors grades K through 12, and also operates a preschool. It was founded in 1967. The school's motto is Excellentia Cum Honore (or "Excellence with Honor"). The 152 acre (0.61512272 km²) campus has 14 academic buildings (including two state-of-the-art media centers), two gymnasia, six tennis courts, a football/soccer field, a cross country course, a track and a baseball field.

History of the school

Athens Academy is an independent, non-profit college preparatory co-educational school founded in 1967. The school is located on a 152 acre (0.61512272 km²) wooded site south of Athens, Georgia. The school enrollment is approximately 935 students in K-3 through grade twelve. The curriculum provides general college preparatory and honors programs. The College Board

College Board

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 Advanced Placement Program

Advanced Placement Program

The Advanced Placement program is a curriculum in the United States and Canada sponsored by the College Board which offers standardized courses to high school students that are generally recognized to be equivalent to undergraduate courses in college...

 is offered as an outgrowth of the Academy's honors program. Art, music, physical education and drama classes are offered in addition to traditional academic disciplines. Co-curricular activities include clubs, student service organizations and a full athletic program. Enrollment is open to people of all races, religions and national origins. The total number of graduates since 1971 is 1,747.

Notable alumni

• Vicki Goetze
  Vicki Goetze
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  , professional golfer.
• Elizabeth Guess, All-American soccer player at University of North Carolina
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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• Amy Bruckner
  Amy Bruckner
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  , actress best known for her role as Pim Diffy on Phil of the Future
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Sports

Nicknamed the Spartans, Athens Academy competes in region 8-A of the Georgia High School Association

Georgia High School Association

The Georgia High School Association governs athletic and club events for member high schools in Georgia, USA. The GHSA is a member of the National Federation of State High School Associations. The association comprises 437 public and private high schools...

 (GHSA). They field teams in cross country, football

American football

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, competitive swimming, boys and girls golf

Golf

Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

, track and field

Track and field

Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

, basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

, volleyball

Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

, soccer, tennis

Tennis

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, and baseball

Baseball

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