All Saints Academy is an independent preparatory school located in

Winter Haven, Florida Winter Haven is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. It is located about east of Tampa, Florida, Tampa and about southwest of Orlando, Florida, Orlando, with neighboring Lakeland, Florida, Lakeland located to its west. The city's popul ...

that is affiliated with the Episcopal Church. Grades serviced within the school range from

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, at age 3, through the twelfth grade. The school is located on a 60-acre campus located between Winter Haven and Lakeland.

History

All Saints Academy was founded in 1966 as St. Paul's Episcopal Parish School under Father Gilbertson and Father Sturrup of Saint Paul's Episcopal Church. The school did not adopt its current name until 1993, when the middle and upper school portions of the facility were added. In 1997 Dr.

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lead the school and during her tenure, it extended the grades serviced to grade twelve, had their first graduating class finished their education in 1997 with a 100% graduation rate.

Academic Ratings

Since 1997, a total of 15 All Saints students have been named

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semifinalists.

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