SouthlandAcademic Academy Profile 2020 - 2021

SCHOOL OVERVIEW CEEB Code: 110072 Southland Academy, chartered in 1966, is an independent, co-educational college preparatory day school. Southland Academy provides a demanding academic curriculum for the collegebound MISSION: student in Americus and the surrounding area. The school serves approximately five hundred Southland Academy’s mission is students, from three-year kindergarten through twelfth grade, and a total of seventy-five full- and to provide a firm foundation on part-time faculty and staff. which each student can build a strong mind, body, and spirit. ACCREDITATION GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS Cognia English 4 units FACTS: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Mathematics 4 units Enrollment: 500 Georgia Accrediting Commission Science 4 units Middle School Enrollment: 119 Southern Association of Independent Schools Composition (Soph and Sr) 1 unit Upper School Enrollment: 162 Georgia Independent School Association Speech .5 units Faculty and Staff: 75 Social Studies 4 units Class of 2020: 39 Foreign Language 2 units Health/Physical Education 1 unit HEADMASTER: HOPE - Class of 2020 Electives 3.5 units Dr. Larry Colllins HOPE Eligible -65% TOTAL 24 units [email protected] Zell Miller Eligible - 9% SERVICE HOURS 40 hours ASSISTANT HEADMASTER: GRADING SCALE/WEIGHTING Clint Humphrey Southland Academy operates on a two semester calendar year. The final grade for the year is [email protected] determined by the average of the two semester grades. Honor courses are weighted with an additional three points. AP and dual enrollment courses are weighted with an additional ten points. LOWER SCHOOL DIRECTOR: *Weighted averages are used only in calculation of honor roll averages and GPA. Transcripts reflect Laura Kinslow unweighted averages. The grading scale is as follows: [email protected] 90-100 A 80-89 B 70-79 C 0-69 F ACADEMIC DEAN: Course Offerings Patty Webb English Science Fine Arts [email protected] English 9 or English 9 Honors Biology or Biology Honors Art Appreciation English 10 or English 10 Honors Physical Science Band UPPER SCHOOL English 11 Chemistry or Chemistry Honors Chorus COUNSELOR: AP English Language &Composition Physics Music Appreciation Carol Burrell English 12 Geology [email protected] Speech Human Anatomy Physical Education Sophomore Composition AP Biology Health LOWER/MIDDLE SCHOOL Senior Composition AP Chemistry Physical Education COUNSELOR: Weight Training Jolie Ledger Social Studies Mathematics [email protected] World Geography Algebra I or Algebra I Honors Electives World History Geometry or Geometry Honors Accounting History Algebra II or Algebra II Honors Business Law AP United States History Algebra III Computer Applications SOUTHLAND ACADEMY Government/Economics Pre-Calculus Honors Current Issues 123 Southland Road PO Box 1127

AP Calculus AB Journalism I and II Americus, Georgia 31709 Foreign Language Personal Finance 229.924.4406 phone Spanish I, II, III Psychology **Dual Enrollment Courses: English 1101, English 1102, Math 1111, and Math 2260.

Dual Enrollment Southland Academy partners with Georgia Southwestern State University to allow college courses to be taught on our campus for academically qualified juniors and seniors to earn concurrent credit for high school and college. Southland Academy students also take advantage of additional courses through Georgia Southwestern State University. Extracurricular Opportunities Art Club FCA Soccer Band Football Garden Club Spanish Club Girl Talk Student Government Beta Club/Jr. Beta Club Cheerleading Key Club Chorus Literary Track Civinettes One Act Play Swimming Clay Target SADD Club Cross Country Science Club

SAT Information for Class of 2020 ACT Information for Class of 2020 Number - Percent of students 32 - 94% Number - Percent of students 33-97% Top 10% 1208 Top 10% 26 Top 1/3 1157 Top 1/3 23 Score Range 800-1280 Score Range 16-28

College Matriculation

Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Flagler College New York University United States Military Academy Albany Technical College Florida State University Oglethorpe University United States Naval Academy Andrew College Fort Valley State University Oxford College of Emory University University of Alabama Armstrong State University Gainesville State College Presbyterian College University of Arizona Athens Technical College Georgia College and State University Reinhardt College University of Florida Auburn University Georgia Institute of Technology Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology University of Georgia Augusta University Georgia Southern University Saint Thomas University University of Illinois Belmont University Georgia Southwestern State University Samford University University of Mississippi Berry College Hollins University Savannah College of Art and Design University of Montana Bob Jones University Indiana Wesleyan University Savannah State University University of North Georgia Boston University John Woods Community College Shorter College University of South Alabama Brenau University Judson College South Georgia State College University of South Carolina Beaufort Brewton-Parker College Kennesaw State University South Georgia Technical College University of Tennessee California College and State University Lagrange College Southern Methodist University University of the South Clemson University Lee University Southern Polytechnic State University University of Virginia College of the Holy Cross Life University State University of West Georgia University of West Florida Columbia University Long Beach City College Syracuse University University of West Georgia Columbus State University Louisiana State University The Citadel Valdosta State University Columbus Technical College Macon State College Toccoa Falls College Vanderbilt University Cornell University Massachusettes Insitute of Technology Truett-McConnell College Virginia Tech Delta State University Mercer University Troy State University Wake Forest University Duke University Miami University Tuskegee University Washington and Lee University East Georgia College Middle Georgia College Union University Washington University in Saint Louis Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Middle Georgia Technical College United States Air Force Academy William and Mary Emory University Mississippi State University

Southland Academy admits students of any race, color, nationality, sex, religion, or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students in the school. Southland Academy does not discriminate on the basis of race, nationality, sex, religion, or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, athletic programs, or any other program or policy.