Tiftarea Academy

Tiftarea Academy
Address
Tiftarea Academy
3144 Hwy 41 North
Chula, Georgia 31733
Coordinates 31°32′29″N 83°32′06″W / 31.5413056°N 83.5350128°W / 31.5413056; -83.5350128Coordinates: 31°32′29″N 83°32′06″W / 31.5413056°N 83.5350128°W / 31.5413056; -83.5350128
Information
Type Private
Grades K-12
Enrollment 800
Color(s) Gold and blue         
Athletics 3 AAA
Mascot Panther
Team name Tiftarea Panthers
Website ga02225289.schoolwires.net
Last updated: 8 January 2018

Tiftarea Academy is a private school and segregation academy in Chula, Georgia, United States. It is located seven miles north of Tifton.

History

Tiftarea Academy was founded in response to the federally mandated racial desegregation of public schools. According Mike Bowler of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the school can be described as a segregation academy.[1]

Speech and debate

Tiftarea Academy reestablished a speech and debate team in the fall of 2013. The team competes throughout Georgia and the Southeast. They went to semifinals at the 2014 GISA State Championships, and have won various debate and speaking awards at every tournament they have competed in to date.

References

  1. ↑ Equal educational opportunity: Hearings before the Select Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity, Ninety-first Congress, second session-92nd Congress, first session. 1970. p. 2034.
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