Frederica Academy is an

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located on

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, United States. It serves students from grades

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to 12. The school has a fully functional lower school, middle school, and upper school. The current head of school is Scott L. Hutchinson.

Campus life

Athletics

Frederica also offers many athletic opportunities including Baseball, Basketball, Cheerleading, Football, Cross Country, Golf, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis, Track & Field, and Volleyball.

Clubs and organizations

Frederica Academy offers a multitude of school sponsored clubs and organizations, including: * Adventure Club * Advisory Mentor Program * Ambassador Club * Art Club * Chess Club * Creative Writing Club * Cultural Awareness Club * Debate Club * Dinosaur Club * Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) * The FRED Theater Company * Homework Helper * Honor Council * Humane Society Teen Board * Innovation Meets Entrepreneurship * JV Math Team * Nightingales * Model United Nations * Mythology Club * National Honor Society (NHS) * The Obsidian (Literary Magazine) * Science Bowl Team * Service Council * STEM Club * Student Council * Varsity Math Team * World Language & Culture Club

History

Founded in 1969, Frederica has a long history of educating students from the

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of Georgia. Originally, the school was located in the old Brunswick Hospital on the mainland while construction of today's campus was taking place on St. Simons Island. The original buildings still hold the lower and middle schools. In 2004, construction finished on the state-of-the-art new upper school building, Lovick P. Corn Hall.

Advanced Placement courses

The school offers a number of

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courses, including Language & Composition, Literature & Composition, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Statistics, Chemistry, Physics I, Computer Science A, World History, US History, US Government, Comparative Government, and Spanish Language.

Facilities

Frederica Academy has a large campus that features one lower school building, two middle school buildings (Benefield Hall and Fleming Hall), a fifth grade hall, one upper school building (Corn Hall), a fully equipped gymnasium, cafeteria (Hamilton Hall), drama theater, basketball court, soccer field, baseball field, lower school media center , Been Library, administration building, a wet and dry science laboratory, and a full art studio.

References

External links

Frederica Academy's homepage
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