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

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, Episcopal,

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." City of Sandy Springs. Retrieved on January 7, 2019. It is located in the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta. 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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, Environmental Science, 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, actor * Skye Bolt, Major League Baseball player * Patrick Ewing Jr Professional Basketball player * Chloe Melas, journalist * Laurie Segall, journalist * Owen Vaccaro, child actor

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) Educational institutions established in 1959 1959 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) {{GeorgiaUS-school-stub