Holy Innocents' Episcopal School
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Holy Innocents' Episcopal School is a fully accredited, college-preparatory day school for 3-year-old through 12th-grade students located in Atlanta, Georgia
. Founded in 1959, the school offers boys and girls a program based on the Episcopal education tradition of inclusion, exploration and respect for self and others. The school's stated mission is to "develop in students a love of learning, respect for self and others, faith in God, and a sense of service to the world community," according to the school website: www.hies.org.
Holy Innocents' is one of the largest Episcopal schools in the United States with a PK-12 enrollment of some 1,300. In recent years, the school has undergone dramatic expansion: constructing a new Middle School building, doubling the size of the gymnasium and athlete-training complex, and adding more on-campus sports fields. Further additions are planned over the next several years.
Recent academic initiatives include the computer Laptop Program. All students in grades 5 through 12 receive Apple MacBook Pro
s, which are programmed with a range of productivity, research and multimedia software central to their classes. 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.
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
. Founded in 1959, the school offers boys and girls a program based on the Episcopal education tradition of inclusion, exploration and respect for self and others. The school's stated mission is to "develop in students a love of learning, respect for self and others, faith in God, and a sense of service to the world community," according to the school website: www.hies.org.
Holy Innocents' is one of the largest Episcopal schools in the United States with a PK-12 enrollment of some 1,300. In recent years, the school has undergone dramatic expansion: constructing a new Middle School building, doubling the size of the gymnasium and athlete-training complex, and adding more on-campus sports fields. Further additions are planned over the next several years.
Recent academic initiatives include the computer Laptop Program. All students in grades 5 through 12 receive Apple MacBook Pro
MacBook Pro
The MacBook Pro is a line of Macintosh portable computers introduced in January 2006 by Apple. It replaced the PowerBook G4 and was the second model, after the iMac, to be announced in the Apple–Intel transition...
s, which are programmed with a range of productivity, research and multimedia software central to their classes. The Upper School's Program for Global Citizenship includes Comparative Religion
Comparative religion
Comparative religion is a field of religious studies that analyzes the similarities and differences of themes, myths, rituals and concepts among the world's religions...
, World Literature
World literature
World literature refers to literature from all over the world, including African literature, American literature, Arabic literature, Asian literature, Australasian literature, Caribbean Literature, English literature, European literature, Indian literature, Latin American literature, Persian...
, Environmental Science
Environmental science
Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical and biological sciences, to the study of the environment, and the solution of environmental problems...
, increased foreign language requirements, foreign study and international service projects.