Copiah Academy

Copiah Academy
Address
Copiah Academy
1144 East Gallman Road
Gallman, Mississippi 39059
United States
Coordinates 31°55′54″N 90°22′42″W / 31.93167°N 90.37833°W / 31.93167; -90.37833Coordinates: 31°55′54″N 90°22′42″W / 31.93167°N 90.37833°W / 31.93167; -90.37833
Information
Founded 1967
Headmaster Paul Hayles
Teaching staff 53.6 (FTE)
Grades Pre-Kindergarten-12
Enrollment 744 (including 49 pre-K) (2013-2014)
Student to teacher ratio 13.0
Color(s) Red and Blue
Nickname Colonels
Affiliations Southern Association of Independent Schools, and Mississippi Association of Independent Schools
Website www.copiahedu.org
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Copiah Academy is an independent, coeducational, college preparatory school enrolling 710 students in grades K3-12. The Copiah Educational Foundation established the school in 1967 as a segregation academy.[2] The school sits in Copiah County, near the unincorporated community of Gallman, Mississippi.

Demographics

The demographic breakdown of the 695 K-12 students enrolled in 2013-2014:[1]

  • Native American/Alaskan - 0.3%
  • Black - 1.2%
  • Hispanic - 0.1%
  • White - 98.4%

History

Copiah Academy's first classes were held in 1967 in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, just a few miles south of its current location. Because of a continued increase in the number of enrolled students, in 1970 classes were held in a one-million-dollar building on land donated by the T.M. Smith family. In the ensuing decades, Copiah Academy has expanded into a complex that offers educational and athletic opportunities for students from pre-school to college preparatory.

Copiah Academy began taking steps to achieve accreditation by the Mississippi Private School Association, an accreditation agency for segregation academics.[3]

Although set up as a school for white students,[2] [4] Copiah Academy now states that it is "open to college-bound students of any race, color, creed, religion, gender, or ethnic origin".[5] However, as of the 2013-2014 school year, the student body was 98.4% non-Hispanic White in a county where the overall percentage of non-Hispanic White people was 44.9%.[1][6]

Discipline

There is a demerit system for misbehaving students, with 10 demerits leading to one detention.

For significant offenses in grades 3 through 12, Copiah Academy's policy is to administer corporal punishment (up to three "licks") "at the discretion and at the direction of the Headmaster."[7]

Student life

Extracurricular activities available to Copiah students include student council, academic honors societies, band, dance team, cheerleading, visual arts classes and exhibits, drama and musical theater productions; and golf, tennis, baseball, fast-pitched softball, soccer, football, track and field, and other special interest teams.

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "School Detail for Copiah Educational Foundation". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Diane Ravitch (1983). The troubled crusade: American education, 1945-1980. Basic Books. p. 329. ISBN 978-0-465-08756-3. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Mississippi Private School Association". mpsa.org. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Admissions". Copiah Academy. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Admissions". Copiah Academy. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  6. ↑ "State & County QuickFacts: Copiah County, Mississippi". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Copiah Handbook" (PDF). Copiah Academy. 2015. pp. 15–18. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
  8. ↑ "HR = Hunter Renfroe = home runs". The Clarion Ledger. Jackson, MS. April 22, 2010. Retrieved May 15, 2013. (subscription required)
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