Twiggs Academy

Twiggs Academy is a private Christian school near Jeffersonville, Georgia that was founded in 1970 as a segregation academy.[2] Classes are offered for kindergarten through twelfth grade in a traditional classroom setting.

Twiggs Academy
Address
961 Hamlin Floyd Road

Jeffersonville
,
(Twiggs County)
,
Georgia
31044

United States
Coordinates32°37′20″N 83°20′42″W
Information
TypePrivate Christian
Established1970 (1970)
PrincipalDenise Warren
GradesK–12
Enrollment91[1] (2016)
Average class size12.5
Color(s)Green and gold
SportsBaseball, basketball, football, softball, track & field
MascotTrojan
AccreditationGeorgia Accrediting Commission
Communities servedTwiggs and surrounding counties
WebsiteTwiggs Academy

The current head of school is Denise Warren.

Twiggs Academy is a member of the Georgia Independent School Association.

History

Twiggs Academy was established in 1970 as a segregation academy[2] At a 1970 fundraiser for the school, Georgia governor Lester Maddox urged "citizens, local officials, church leaders and educators in every community where the federal police has moved in to destroy public education to move immediately to organize, develop and do what they must to provide their own system of education."[3]

Twiggs Academy was one of forty-one private schools chartered in Georgia between October 1969, and June 1970.[4]

As of 2021, the school does not report statistics to the National Center for Education Statistics.

Student Activities

Athletics

Twiggs Academy competes in baseball, men's and women's basketball, football, softball, and track. Twiggs Academy participates in the Georgia Independent School Association (GISA), and the Independent Christian Schools of Georgia and Alabama (ICSGA).[5] The Trojans are a member of GISA Region 2 A.[6]

Twiggs Academy has won GISA Championships:[7]

  • 1980-1981 Men's Basketball. Class A.
  • 1981-1982 Women's Basketball. Class A.
  • 1993-1994 Softball. Class AA.
  • 1995-1996 Softball. Class AA.
  • 1996-1997 Softball. Class AA.
  • 2001-2002 Women's Basketball. Class AA.

Football

Although Twiggs Academy competes in GISA in all other sports, the Trojans play football in the Independent Christian Schools of Georgia and Alabama, a Christian league consisting of teams from Georgia, Florida, and Alabama.[8]

Previously Twiggs Academy played football in GISA. The Trojans fell to Eagle's Landing Christian Academy in the 1996-1997 GISA Championship game.[9]

Rivalry

Historically, Twiggs Academy's biggest rivalries have been with Citizens Christian Academy. In the mid-90s TA also had rivalries with Flint River Academy and Fullington Academy.

Literary

Twiggs Academy competes in GISA literary competition including events such as oral interpretation, extemporaneous speaking, trio, quartet, solo, and essay.

Twiggs Academy won its region in literary in 1994 and 1995.

One-act play

Twiggs Academy competes in GISA one-act play and won the event in its region in 2009.

Twiggs Academy won state in Class A of one-act plays in 2010.[10]

Campus

A large gymnasium; a modern media center and science lab; a library; baseball, softball, and football fields; and a cafeteria are located on campus.[11]

Alumni

Public service

Twiggs Academy graduates fill many local offices in Twiggs County, Jeffersonville, Danville, and other municipalities throughout the State of Georgia, including coroner, probate judge, tax assessor, tax commissioner, clerk of court, city councilmember, mayor, and assistant district attorney.[12]

References
  1. "Private School Universe Survey". NCES. Archived from the original on April 2, 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  2. Hansen, Jane (October 2, 1987). "Private schools flourishing as public schools languish". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. p. 11A. Like hundreds of other private schools in the South, Twiggs Academy was spawned as a "seg academy" in reaction to court-ordered integration. While in recent years the academy has maintained an open-door policy, no blacks have ever attended. "They can come if they have the money," headmaster Jack Lucas said. But Sinclair Washington, president of the Twiggs County chapter of the NAACP, says the school remains an unwelcome haven for whites who don't want their children in a classroom with blacks. "Integration was something they didn't want to accept," he said.
  3. "Maddox Lauds Tiggs's Private School Effort". Atlanta Constitution. March 22, 1970. p. 24.
  4. Select Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity, United States. Congress. Senate. (1970). Equal Educational Opportunity: Hearings Before the Select Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity, Ninety-first Congress, Second Session-92nd Congress, First Session, Volume 10. Hearings before the Select Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 2034. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  5. "Independent Christian Schools of Georgia-Alabama". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
  6. "GISA Stats Your Source for GISA Sports". Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2011-06-06.
  7. "GISA Stats Your Source for GISA Sports". Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  8. "Hearing Begins Over Lawsuit For Use Of County Crews, Equipment To Rebuild Burned Church" (PDF). Assets.matchbin.com. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  9. "GISA Stats Your Source for GISA Sports". Archived from the original on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
  10. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2010-11-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. "Home". Twiggs Academy. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  12. "Remembering 9/11: Twiggs Academy Receives Flag Donation From Woodmen Of The World" (PDF). Assetsd.matchbin.com. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
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