Holy Innocents' Episcopal School Explained

Holy Innocents' Episcopal School
Seal Image:HIES Seal.jpg
Seal Size:150px
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Address:805 Mount Vernon Highway
City:Sandy Springs
State:Georgia
Zipcode:30327
Country:United States
Other Name:HIES
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Type:Private, college-preparatory day school
Religious Affiliation:Episcopal
Established:1959[1]
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Oversight:Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta
Head Of School:Paul A. Barton[2]
Teaching Staff:207.0
Grades:PK12
Gender:Co-educational
Enrollment:1,373 (2015–2016)
Ratio:6.4
Colors:Crimson and gold
Athletics Conference:GHSA Class AA Region 6
Mascot:Bear
Nickname:Golden Bears
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Yearbook:Ursidae
Affiliations:NAES, NAIS, Round Square

Holy Innocents' Episcopal School (HIES) is a PK–12 private, Episcopal, co-educational college-preparatory day school in Sandy Springs, Georgia, United States.[3] It is located in the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta.

It is the largest Episcopal parish day school in the United States and the only PK-12-grade Episcopal school in Georgia. In recent years, the school has undergone expansion: constructing a new 65,000 sq. foot STEM building, adding a new middle school building, doubling the size of the gymnasium and athlete-training complex, and adding two on-campus football/soccer/lacrosse fields.

Academics

Recent academic initiatives include the Laptop Program. Fifth- through twelfth-grade students are leased Apple MacBook Airs by the school, which are programmed with a range of productivity, research, and multimedia software central to their classes. The laptops are replaced prior to the start of a student's ninth-grade year. The Upper School's Program for Global Citizenship includes Comparative Religion, World Literature, Environmental Science, increased foreign language requirements, foreign study, and international service projects. Holy Innocents’ also offers more AP courses than any other school in Atlanta.

Athletics

The athletics at the school are known as the Golden Bears and play at the GHSA Class A Private Region 5 division level.

Notable alumni

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Holy Innocents' Episcopal School. Holy Innocents' Episcopal School. August 5, 2023.
  2. Web site: From the Head of School . Holy Innocents' Episcopal School . 6 April 2019.
  3. "Zoning ." City of Sandy Springs. Retrieved on January 7, 2019.