Hillsdale Academy

The Hillsdale Academy is a K-12 liberal arts school operated by Hillsdale College. Hillsdale Academy is located in Hillsdale, Michigan.[1]

Hillsdale Academy
Location
Hillsdale
,
Michigan

United States
Coordinates41.9284°N 84.6234°W / 41.9284; -84.6234
Information
TypePrivate K-12 Liberal Arts
Motto"Virtus et Sapientia" (Virtue and Wisdom)
Established1990
HeadmasterDr. David Diener
Faculty12 full time; 15 part time
Enrollment195 students
Student to teacher ratio1:15
Color(s)Navy and White          
AthleticsBasketball, Soccer, Track, Cross Country, Volleyball, Golf
Athletics conferenceSouth Central Athletic Association (SCAA)
MascotColts
Websiteacademy.hillsdale.edu

History

The Hillsdale Academy was founded in 1990 as a model K-8 school.[1] Originally housed in mobile units with 2 grades (clusters) assigned to each building, the school tried to emulate the one-room schoolhouse education that former Hillsdale College President George Roche III experienced as a child in Colorado. The school was originally located on Barber Drive, across from the Slayton Arboretum and adjacent to the Simpson practice fields.

Thanks to a generous donation given by Hillsdale College trustee Chuck McIntyre, a new double level building was finished in 1998.[2] With the new building an Upper School was added, incorporating grades 9-12. The Upper School students have classrooms on the top floor, while Lower School students have their classrooms on the bottom floor. The school is located south-east of Hillsdale College, near the George Roche Sports Complex. The first headmaster of the K-12 Academy was Scot Hicks.

Curriculum

The Hillsdale Academy features a traditional core of essential subjects: phonics, reading, penmanship, writing, spelling, grammar and mechanics, rhetoric, literature, history, geography, geology, classical and modern foreign language, arithmetic, mathematics, science, music, art, and physical education. The Academy forms its curriculum in order to give students a basic understanding of fundamental academic skills, to allow students to explore the arts and sciences, and to give an understanding of the foundational tenets of the nation's ideological Judeo-Christian and Greco-Roman heritage.[3]

Athletics

Hillsdale Academy has athletics for both boys and girls with their mascot name of the "Colts." For boys, Hillsdale offers basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, and track. For girls, they offer basketball, cross country, golf, track, and volleyball.[4]

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References
  1. Hillsdale Academy Welcome Page
  2. Academy Lane. "Hillsdale Academy: Two Missions Accomplished" (PDF). Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  3. Private School Review. "Hillsdale Academy". Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  4. Hillsdale Academy. "Colt Athletics". Retrieved 24 May 2012.
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