Athens Christian School Explained

Streetaddress:1270 Highway 29 North
County:(Clarke County)
Zipcode:30601
Country:United States
Coordinates:34.0072°N -83.3264°W
Pushpin Map:USA Georgia
Schoolnumber:(706) 549-7586
Founder:Drs. Buhl and Lois Cummings
Head Of School:Steve Cummings
Avg Class Size:19–70
Ratio:11.7
Schooltype:Private Christian School
Classrooms:40 +
Campus Type:urban
Motto:"Quality Education in a Christian Atmosphere."
Accreditation:Georgia Accrediting Commission[1]
Mascot:Golden Eagle
Sports:Baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, flag corps, football, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track, volleyball, wrestling
Team Name:Golden Eagles
Established:1970[2]
Enrollment:494
Enrollment As Of:2021-2022[3]
Grade9:48
Grade10:70
Grade11:63
Grade12:41
Homepage:http://www.athenschristian.com

Athens Christian School (ACS) is a private, PreK–12 non-denominational Christian school located in Athens, Georgia, United States.

History

Radio minister and bookstore owner Buhl Cummings opened Athens Christian School with his wife in 1970. They offered Bible study and opened each day with worship and prayer.[4] [5]

The initial enrollment consisted of white children whose parents wanted to avoid enrolling them in racially integrated public schools.[6] According to historian Ashton Ellett, white elites enrolled their children in Athens Christian School as part of the transition to a class-based system of racial exclusion that was nominally colorblind and revolved around the rhetoric of individual rights, personal freedom, and meritocratic enrollment.[7]

In 1995, an Athens Christian School representative stated that the school was seeing additional applications in response Clarke County School District's "controlled choice" plan to reduce school segregation.[8]

Academics

ACS is accredited by the Georgia Accrediting Commission.[9] [10]

Notable alumni

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Georgia Accrediting Commission – 2012 Private School Programs. 2012-07-25. GAC. https://web.archive.org/web/20120617010434/http://www.coe.uga.edu/gac/members/2012/PrivateSchoolsMay2012.pdf. 2012-06-17. dead.
  2. Web site: About Athens Christian School. 2014-10-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20141111133556/http://www.athenschristian.com/About-Us-v-15.html. 2014-11-11. dead.
  3. Web site: Search for Private Schools - School Detail for ATHENS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL . 2024-01-19 . nces.ed.gov . EN.
  4. News: 1970-11-10 . White Students Lose Quality in Private Ones . 2024-01-19 . The Atlanta Journal . 1.
  5. News: 1970-11-16 . School Has It All, Including Tax Break . 2024-01-19 . The Atlanta Journal . 10.
  6. Seeking Education for Liberation: The Development of Black Schools in Athens, Georgia, from Emancipation through Desegregation . Knight . Monica Dellenberger . . 2007 . January 19, 2024 . Doctor of Philosophy.
  7. Ellett . Ashton G. . 2013 . Not Another Little Rock: Massive Resistance, Desegregation, and the Athens White Business Establishment, 1960–61 . The Georgia Historical Quarterly . 97 . 2 . 215 . 24636699 . Although many white Athenians—both members of the business establishment and not—were content with the second-class status of most African Americans in social, economic, and political life, support for open schools and acceptance of desegregation orders was less complicated for this particular collection of white Athenians. These individuals were often the most insulated and removed from the local black population by virtue of residential living patterns. Most also possessed the financial means to send their children to private or parochial schools if they so desired, and approximately seven hundred white children left the Athens public school system in the first half of the 1970s. Undoubtedly, many of these children found their way into public schools in the surrounding counties or private schools like Athens Academy and Athens Christian School, which opened in 1967 and 1970, respectively..
  8. News: 1995-06-26 . School choice plan spurs private school applicants . 2024-01-19 . Ledger-Enquirer . 12.
  9. Web site: Private Christian School in Athens, Ga - Athens Christian School . 2024-01-19 . www.athenschristianschool.org.
  10. Web site: Georgia Accrediting Commission, Inc. 2022/2023 Private School Programs . Georgia Accrediting Commission, Inc. . 25 October 2023.
  11. Web site: Hangin' with: Athens Christian's Alan Busenitz . Online Athens . May 4, 2007 . May 31, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120104140446/http://onlineathens.com/stories/050407/prepstars_20070504034.shtml . 2012-01-04 . dead .
  12. Web site: Athens Christian's Seaver King to compete at GHSA state track meet. Athens Banner-Herald. May 13, 2021. May 8, 2024.

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