Lakeview Academy

Lakeview Academy is a private, nondenominational, college preparatory school in Gainesville, Georgia. Founded in 1970, the student body has grown from a handful of students to a student body of over 500, from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade.

The current headmaster is Dr. James Robison.

Mission Statement

"Lakeview Academy is committed to excellence in the personal growth and academic development of the college-bound student through a partnership of school, family, and community."

Fine Arts

Lakeview offers art, music, and drama to all students.

Visual Arts

Lakeview offers classes in sculpture and ceramics, computer graphics, painting, photography, graphic arts, mechanical drawing, art history, and internet web page design.

Performing Arts

Lakeview's performing arts programs let students thrive through outlets of expression and creativity, offering theater classes as well as speech and debate.

In the fall, Lakeview performed Neil Simon's "Fools," winning second place at the Region 8A One Act Competition. The previous year, Lakeview performed "Nunsense", winning the Region 8A One Act Championship, and placing second in state.

Forensics

In Speech and Debate, students have qualified to compete at the national level in both the National Forensic League and the National Catholic Forensic League.

Technology

Lakeview has integrated a broad spectrum of technology into all aspects of its curriculum. Students in the Lower and Middle schools receive technology classes and daily access to technology facilities, while students entering the Upper School are issued laptops. Available technology adds a heightened element of interactivity to the classroom, expanding the possibilities for expression, exploration, and real-world application.

Lakeview’s technology prowess was recently displayed at the Georgia State Technology Fair ^[1], a statewide competition with technology categories ranging from multimedia graphic design to programming challenge. Out of all of the schools represented from 16 regions, Lakeview won the most awards, a remarkable feat that reflects the high level of strong technology- based learning that goes on at the school.

Athletics

Lakeview offers a range of athletic opportunities for students all the way from Lower School to Upper School. A participant in the Georgia High School Association, Lakeview offers interscholastic competition in soccer, volleyball, basketball, baseball, cross country, tennis and cheerleading.

For the past four years, the Lakeview varsity girls basketball team has competed in the state tournament, and in 2004, reached the final four. In 2004 Lakeview Academy's varsity baseball team won the state championship.

In the News

In March 2007, the Lakeview literary team won Class A State Literary Championship for the fourth year in a row, continuing an impressive tradition. In addition, five Lakeview students recently achieved National Merit Finalist status, the first time in the history of the city of Gainesville or Hall County that such a high concentration of NMS Finalists had come from any school, public or private.^[2]

Notes

1. ^ Georgia State Technology Fair [1]
2. ^ Stanford, Ken: "5 Lakeview Academy students make history",[2].

External Links

• Lakeview Academy website

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