Augusta Preparatory Day School
LET YOUR PREP STORY BEGIN Augusta Prep is an independent, non-sectarian college preparatory school for Preschool through Grade 12.
LOWER SCHOOL • P r e p ’s Lowe r S cho o l em pha si zes the d e ve l opment o f cr i ti c a l thi nk i ng an d p r o blem- so lv ing sk i l l s, n o t just m a ste r y o f basi c f acts.
• Ou r c u r ri culum i s d i f fe r e nti ated to m e e t th e needs o f in divi dual lear ner s, while d e ve l opi ng well- r ounded, r e si l i e nt, and enga ged stu de nts. • 1 0 0 % o f Lower Sch ool stu de nts par ti ci pa te in Li br a r y, PE , Ar t, Music , Te c hno log y, and S panish. • 200 students gather eve r y day at a m o r n i ng assembl y to liste n, l ea r n, suppo r t o ne anothe r, and g r ow a s a co mmun ity.
“We want our children to be prepared for the future. At Augusta Prep, our children are being taught skills and concepts through a variety of active and engaging learning styles and techniques that are challenging them to grow cognitively, socially, physically, and emotionally. The students are being taught how to think ... not what to think.” - Anne Vender, Prep parent
It’s more than just academics ... Education is more than academics. The Lower School recognizes the importance of fostering well-rounded students. In addition to a multitude of enrichment opportunities within the classroom setting, we offer several enrichment opportunities outside the homeroom class. Art, Music, Technology, PE, Spanish, and Library give our learners a chance to explore new skills and talents, encourage creativity, and provide a hands-on, experiential time of growth and discovery.
PS to Grade 4
Learning how to think ... ... not what to think
To be rather than to seem ...
The pillars of respect, responsibility, honesty, and kindness are incorporated during the school day and help promote citizenship and collaboration. Monthly character education classes highlight a character trait In the Lower School, our students are building a strong foundation that and serve as a starting point for discussions about will support their challenging academic future. From our Preschool values. More importantly, we believe students students, who are just beginning their academic journey by learning the need to see character education as something that alphabet, to our Fourth Grade students, who are researching topics on is interwoven throughout everything they do. which to write persuasive papers, our students understand the importance Our primary goal is to provide an exemplary of comprehension, problem solving, and the application of knowledge. and consistent model for student growth: We provide a flexible, academically challenging curriculum designed we seek to promote the moral, cognitive, to meet the needs of individual students. Students are involved in and emotional growth of students; to challenging activities that develop skills in problem solving, critical develop self-control, good manners, and thinking, reasoning, and collaboration. Augusta Prep is a school that responsible behavior; and to provide our promotes excitement in learning, a deeper understanding of complex students opportunities to apply these issues, and emotional as well as intellectual growth. It is a place where principles outside the school setting children come to see learning as a lifelong and joyous pursuit. We through community service projects. prepare our students in and out of the classroom to embrace personal responsibility, to understand their place in the larger world, and to know the importance of kindness and service to others. Our curriculum fosters intellectual curiosity, promotes creativity, and builds independence.
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“I appreciate the opportunities for life experiences beyond the academics, instructors who teach students to think for themselves and explore concepts outside of the box. It is a place where academic excellence is expected from the faculty and from the students themselves.” – Nan Richards, Prep parent
To learning, and beyond ...
The Middle School Enrichment Program is part of a Prep student’s well-rounded education. Art, music, drama, technology, and daily physical education classes provide an opportunity to develop and strengthen talents and skills. The Advisory Program designates one teacher to assist each student throughout their middle school experience. The personal bond and connection created by this program not only covers a variety of topics but also encourages personal reflection and growth. Teacher-sponsored clubs, such as chess, science, math, debate, and writing, offer a variety of options and give the students exposure in new skills or enriching learned skills.
Grade 5 to Grade 8 The years of intellectual growth ...
The Middle School program seeks to support students through the incredible physical, emotional, social, and cognitive growth of these years. Because these years are full of growth and changes, the Middle School is a safe place to fail or fall. These are the years when students explore, learn from failure, and become a stronger student and person through the process. Classes are lively, friendly, challenging, with an emphasis on The Middle School years provide opportunities for mutual respect. Courses are designed to capture the curiosity students to try a variety of sports. Fifth grade and energy of the middle school student. The curriculum is students may participate in cross-country and enhanced by offerings in computer, drama, art, music, and daily track. Grades 6 through 8 may also participate physical education. Using an interdisciplinary team teaching in those sports as well as volleyball, soccer, approach creates relationships between courses, teachers, tennis, football, basketball, swimming, and students. Creating these connections gives students the and baseball. Students are encouraged to opportunity to see the whole picture. Classes are presented in try different sports, allowing them to various ways to accommodate different learning styles. Starting explore their athletic abilities. Athletic in 5th grade, students are carefully guided through the transition participation is a means for students from a Lower School setting to the structure of the Upper to learn time management, team School. Students also experience learning opportunities outside work, and communication skills the classroom through clubs, philanthropic efforts, athletic - which is why we encourage options, community service, and annual class trips. participation!
Opportunities abound ...
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“Prep gave me the quintessential high school experience: I was encouraged to try a little of everything, from taking a theater class, to weightlifting, to being on the yearbook staff. I can’t think of another school that would have fostered my ideas and curiosity better than Augusta Prep.” - Tori Williams ’16
You can do it all ...
Upper School students enjoy many different opportunities for participating in sports. Proper conditioning is stressed by a coaching staff which closely monitors and mentors student athletes, and all students are encouraged to develop their potential in the sport of their choosing. Seasonal offerings include the following: Fall: Varsity Football; Varsity/JV Girls’ Volleyball; Cross Country; Cheerleading Winter: Varsity/JV Basketball; Swimming; Cheerleading Spring: Varsity Tennis; Varsity Soccer; Varsity Baseball; Varsity Track; Varsity Golf.
Grade 9 to Grade 12 A tradition of academic excellence ...
The Upper School’s emphasis on academics is reflected in our membership in the Cum Laude Society, an honor shared by only seven other schools in Georgia. Our inclusion in the Society, the secondary school equivalent to Phi Beta Kappa, is a testament to Augusta Prep’s superior academic reputation. As an integral part Explore your creative genius ... of our challenging and comprehensive core curriculum, we offer Students are able to explore their creative genius Advanced Placement courses in 18 subject areas. Our students through classes in drawing, painting, printconsistently score higher than the national public and independent making, ceramics, and art history. Classes in school averages on Advanced Placement exams and such music theory add to the sophistication of standardized exams as the PSAT, SAT and ACT. We encourage our musical offerings, which focus on a our students to enrich their overall Prep experience by selecting first-rate choral program. The excitement additional courses from a variety of stimulating elective offerings. of participating in a full-stage dramatic Examples of such courses include philosophy, dramatic literature, production is open to all. One-act world religions, civil rights, performance and technical theater, competitions, the spring musical, music theory and chorus, and a variety of fine arts courses ranging and various technical aspects of the from AP art history to ceramics and studio art. Student clubs and theater from stage design and set honorary organizations focus on leadership, character, and service construction to lighting techniques, as well as academic achievement. At Prep, students have the are a part of the performance opportunity to try new activities and classes, which, in turn, allows program. them to find their passions.
To Be
Rather than to Seem
Cavaliers in the community We encourage and provide opportunities for our students to get involved in their local community. Each year, our students reach across borders by raising money for the Schools for Schools program, which sponsors a school that lacks basic necessities such as permanent classrooms and sanitation systems. Community service does not stop there as we also participate in Jump Rope for Heart, which raises money for the American Heart Association. In the Upper School, our Service Club partners with local non-profits to support and give back to our local community. Prep sophomores participate in a retreat that involves a full day of service projects in the local community. Our Middle School participates annually in the It’s Spooky to Be Hungry food drive and students are encouraged to join the Recycling Club to learn and understand the global impact of environmental waste. The Lower School will visit retirement communities to assist in building a positive environment in each of those communities.
Teamwork makes YOUR dream work
A Prep education goes beyond the classroom as our students are taught to bond and develop relationship-building skills at annual retreats. Students embark on various three-day trips to different locations from the mountains to the coast. Student retreats occur soon after the start of a new school year to build meaningful relationships with their classmates early on. Our Middle School students also work on team, leadership, and relationship building through a yearlong Advisory Program, in which students are paired in small groups based on grade level and are led by a faculty member.
Advising one student at a time To succeed, one must prepare for success, which is why Augusta Prep offers Academic Services – a fee-based program that enriches Augusta Prep’s community by offering a broad range of initiatives promoting student success, ensuring access, and enhancing the educational experience of all students. Advocating for the needs of a diverse student population by utilizing learning communities, experiential learning, and tutorial programs, Academic Services cultivates life skills critical for successful navigation through the curriculum and beyond graduation.
“I love Prep because of the Honor Code and community. We can trust each other at Prep and have many people to look up to when we need help. Prep is like a second family to me.” - Clayton
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College bound
In the past three years, Augusta Prep students have been admitted to more than 150 different colleges and universities. From Harvard and MIT to UGA, Alabama, and Ole Miss, our college counseling office works with each individual student and family to explore the right fit. To do this, one must explore options, which is why our juniors spend three days visiting colleges during their class retreat. This retreat allows our students to visit schools of all different shapes and sizes, which allows them to compare and contrast the differences between large public universities and small liberal arts colleges. Our goal is to equip our students and families with the knowledge to make the right decision for them.
Prepped for success
In a non-sectarian independent college preparatory environment our student are taught how to think, not what to think. Our students understand, through our character education program, the difference between honor and dishonor. Outside the classroom, we provide opportunities for our students to learn about career choices from guest speakers. In the Upper School, we invite alumni to speak with our students as part of a Lunch ‘n’ Learn series. Each Veterans Day, we invite a guest speaker from the armed services to speak to our students about their experience. Students are given every opportunity in and out of the classroom to learn how to be resilient, well-rounded, adaptable, life-long learners.
The prep legacy
Augusta Prep leaves a lasting impression on our alumni, students, and families. An indicator of a positive experience at a school is how many alumni have their children enrolled at that school. At Augusta Prep, we celebrate having more than 40 current legacy students enrolled. As a school with more than 120 current families with multiple children enrolled, students are allowed to create and define what success means to them. As a member of the Prep family, you join a community of over 1800 active alumni spread throughout the world, who have carried the tradition and legacy of academic excellence with them. “I was prepared (for college). In fact, I was overprepared. Because of my 12 years at Augusta Prep, I started my first day of college ahead in Math and English and exempted out of languages. I understood how to ask questions and reach out to a professor for extra help. Having participated in sport and extracurriculars, I learned efficient time-management skill in balancing school with other activties” - Chloe Belangia ’15
Connect With Us Our Mission Statement: Augusta Preparatory Day School will develop the intellect, talents, and character of each student in a diverse, college-preparatory, non-sectarian, and welcoming community of lifelong learners. We are committed to educating well-rounded, engaged students who embrace personal responsibility, global perspective, and service to others.
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