Holy Innocents' Episcopal School (HIES) is a PK–12
private,
Episcopal
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*Episcopate, the see of a bishop – a diocese
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,
co-educational
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college-preparatory
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day school in
Sandy Springs, Georgia, United States.
Zoning
" City of Sandy Springs. Retrieved on January 7, 2019. It is located in the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta
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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 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 Air
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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 Comparative Religion
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, World Literature, Environmental Science
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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
* Brian Baumgartner
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Early life and career
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Baumgartner attended Holy ...
, actor
* Skye Bolt
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, Major League Baseball player
* Owen Vaccaro
Owen Wilder Vaccaro (born 2005/2006) is an American child actor. He has appeared in feature films since 2015, including '' Daddy's Home'' (2015), ''Daddy's Home 2'' (2017), and in the lead role of '' The House with a Clock in Its Walls'' (2018).
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, child actor
References
External links
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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)
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