Athens Christian School
Address
1270 Highway 29 North

Athens
,
(Clarke County)
,
Georgia
30601

United States
Coordinates34°00′26″N 83°19′35″W / 34.00722°N 83.32639°W / 34.00722; -83.32639
Information
School typePrivate, coeducational Private Christian School
Motto"Quality Education in a Christian Atmosphere."[1]
Religious affiliation(s)Christian
Established1970[2]
FounderDrs. Buhl and Lois Cummings
School number(706) 549-7586
Head of schoolSteve Cummings
GradesKindergarten 3 – 12
GenderBoth
Average class size45–60
Classrooms40 +
Campus type2
Color(s)Purple and gold   
SportsBaseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, flag corps, football, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track, volleyball, wrestling
MascotGolden Eagle
Team nameGolden Eagles
AccreditationGeorgia Accrediting Commission[3]
Websitehttp://www.athenschristian.com

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

History

When the school was founded in 1970, the initial enrollment was consisted of white children whose parents wanted to avoid enrolling them in racially integrated public schools.[4] According to the historian Ashton Ellett, white elites enrolled their children in Athens Christian School as part of the transition to class based system of racial exclusion that was nominally colorblind and revolved around the rhetoric of individual rights, personal freedom, and meritocratic enrollment.[5]

In 1995, an Athens Christian School representative stated that the school was seeing additional applications in response Clarke County School District's plan to reduce school segregation [6]

Academics

ACS is accredited by the Georgia Accrediting Commission.[1][7]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 ACS web site http://www.athenschristian.com/
  2. ↑ "About Athens Christian School". Archived from the original on 2014-11-11. Retrieved 2014-10-26.
  3. ↑ GAC. "Georgia Accrediting Commission – 2012 Private School Programs" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-17. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
  4. ↑ Monica, Knight. SEEKING EDUCATION FOR LIBERATION: THE DEVELOPMENT OF BLACK SCHOOLS IN ATHENS, GEORGIA FROM EMANCIPATION THROUGH DESEGREGATION (PDF) (Thesis). University of Georgia çyear=2007.
  5. ↑ 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. JSTOR 24636699.
  6. ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/image/971168367/
  7. ↑ "Georgia Accrediting Commission, Inc. 2022/2023 Private School Programs" (PDF). Georgia Accrediting Commission, Inc. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  8. ↑ "Hangin' with: Athens Christian's Alan Busenitz". Online Athens. May 4, 2007. Archived from the original on 2012-01-04. Retrieved May 31, 2017.


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