Piedmont Academy Welcomes New Students
Piedmont Academy started 2019-2020 as a milestone school year celebrating its 50th anniversary.
Piedmont Academy was founded in 1970 and opened its doors with 133 students, 11 teachers, a secretary, a headmaster, Walter Cook, and had a graduating class of four seniors. Today, Piedmont Academy has had over 1,000 seniors walk across its stage to receive their diploma on graduation day.
The 2019-2020 Piedmont Academy school year kicked off August 30 with open house scheduled 6–7:30 p.m. for new and returning families. Along with families getting acquainted with teachers and confirming class schedules, everyone enjoyed some tasty food.
Piedmont families enjoyed a three month long summer break with the first day of school being September 4, Piedmont Academy started with 42 new students, and a total enrollment of 212 students.
Piedmont draws from several counties; the majority of the students coming from Jasper, Butts, and Newton Counties. Other counties include Henry, Morgan, Putnam, Rockdale, and Walton.
Joining the Piedmont family in three year old pre-kindergarten through fifth grade include Ava and Sophia Black, Kinley McClendon, Henry Nation, Emery Perry, Aliyah Quadeer, Jacob Gess, Mason McMichael, Eli Stribling, Kori Thompson, Palmer Wilson, Rhett Born, Gracie Dykes, Landen Fincher, Mackenzie Meredith, Lucy Parish, Logan McClendon, Lilly Born, Michael Haley, Lyleigh Thompson and Emma Dykes.
New middle school students include Lucas Haley, Slade Lemieux, Carly Meredith, Sam Norsworthy, Laila Parish, Emily Williams, Trenton Jones, Jayleigh Vaughn, and Carlie Wilbanks,
High school students new to Piedmont Academy include Averi Camp, Johnny Crowe, Emily McEwen, Logan Thompson, Luke and Jackson Welch, Andrew Parish, Mason Tanner, Jessica McEwen, Jacey Morgan, Aubrey Crowe, and James Farley.
The Class of 2018 was the largest graduating class (34) in school history breaking the record of the Class of 2015. The school is “accredited with quality” by the Georgia Accrediting Commission, and has also received accreditation from Southern Association of Independent Schools (SACS), and AdvancEd certified. Piedmont is a member of the Georgia Independent School Association.
Additional information concerning Piedmont Academy can be found by contacting the school or visiting the school’s website at piedmontacademy.com To learn more about Piedmont Academy, contact the school’s admission director, Alison Hildebrant at 706-468-8818, ext. 304. Piedmont is located at 126 Hwy. 212, West, in Monticello.