The Galloway School
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The Galloway School, 2009
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Buckhead Atlanta, Georgia United States |
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| Coordinates | 33°52′36″N 84°22′46″W / 33.87665°N 84.37940°WCoordinates: 33°52′36″N 84°22′46″W / 33.87665°N 84.37940°W |
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| Type | Private, coeducational |
| Established | 1969 |
| Head of school | Suzanna Jemsby (2012-) |
| Faculty | 98 |
| Enrollment | 750 |
| Campus | 8.2 acres |
| Color(s) | Navy blue and gold |
| Mascot | Scots |
| Accreditation | National Association of Independent Schools, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Georgia Independent School Association, Atlanta Area Association of Independent Schools, National Association for College Admission Counseling |
| Newspaper | Columns |
| Yearbook | Libertas |
| Tuition | $22,250 (K-4) $24,250 (5-7) $25,900 (7-12) |
| Website | www |
The Galloway School is a private, co-educational day school in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It was founded by Elliott Galloway in 1969 designed to offer an academic program for children ages 3 through grade 12. The school has been accredited by is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), the Southern Association of Independent Schools (SAIS), the Georgia Independent School Association (GISA), the Atlanta Area Association of Independent Schools (AAAIS) and the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC).
The student/teacher ratio is 8:1, and the average class size is 15.
In 1969, Elliott Galloway, his wife Kitty and his friend Ross Arnold founded The Galloway School. Galloway had served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and the Korean War, and later taught at the Westminster School and served as principal of Westminster Middle School. He was named headmaster at Holy Innocents in 1965. The Galloway School opened its doors in 1969 to 380 students; the first class graduated in 1971.
In 1990, Galloway stepped down as the headmaster of The Galloway School and was succeeded by Dr. Joe Richardson, Dr. Linda Martinson and Thomas Brereton. On August 18, 2010, Dr. Beth Farokhi, assumed leadership for a two-year term. On November 28, 2011 the school's board of trustees announced Suzanna Jemsby as its next head of school, with a start date of July 1, 2012.
In 1988, the school constructed the Sims building to house the Early Learning program (traditionally elementary school). In 1996 it built the Arnold building for its Middle Learning program (traditionally middle school) as well as a gymnasium. In 2004, the campus was completed with the Chaddick Center for the Arts, a complete arts center that includes a 300-seat theatre, theatre classrooms and rehearsal hall, fully equipped performance support areas, choral and instrumental classrooms and practice rooms, visual arts spaces and a multi-media technology center. In 2007, the school opened the Galloway Athletics Complex, an off-campus athletics facility featuring two soccer fields and a full-sized track. In 2016, the school opened a baseball and softball sports complex.
Galloway does not have a school uniform or dress code.
At a Galloway graduation, any graduate who desires to take part may contribute to the ceremony through speech, song, dance or performance. There is no valedictorian, salutatorian, or class rankings.
Historically, The Galloway School had only two rules: "Behave yourself and try." These first rules stated Galloway's philosophical attitude toward rules. Galloway, by its philosophy, is a trust-based community that gives its students the freedom to discover how to behave themselves and also holds them accountable for the consequences of their actions.
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