Holy Innocents' Episcopal School (HIES) is a PK–12

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. 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

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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

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s 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

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, 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

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References

External links

* Episcopal schools in the United States Private K-12 schools in Sandy Springs, Georgia Preparatory schools in Georgia (U.S. state) Christian schools in Georgia (U.S. state) {{GeorgiaUS-school-stub