Educational options abound in metro Atlanta, which is home to top-rated public schools and outstanding private schools. Yet there is another category that also provides students and parents with unparalleled options: boarding schools. These institutions take the school experience to a different level, blending first-rate academic and extracurricular opportunities with a truly unique student living environment. Some boarding schools also offer day school options, allowing young learners to take advantage of their superlative offerings while maintaining a more traditional day-to-day experience. Whichever option is chosen, students benefit from the incomparable educational and personal foundation provided by these academies. Here, KNOWAtlanta looks at two noteworthy schools right here in metro Atlanta.
Atlanta International School- Boarding School
1701 Brandon Hall Drive, Atlanta, GA 30350
(770) 394-8177
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AIS Boarding is located in Sandy Springs, GA. USA, minutes from downtown Atlanta, Georgia on our stunning 25 acre wooded campus on the banks of the Chattahoochee River. The secure campus offers fantastic accommodation, sports facilities, classroom, and recreation spaces for up to 70 co-ed boarding students in grades 9 - 12. Surrounded by nature, AIS boarding students will benefit from all that AIS has to offer - including the full International Baccalaureate, languages, innovation, and intercultural opportunities. Your boarding student will be part of the Atlanta International School community, with many shared activities and community events with our Buckhead Campus students and other AIS day students also based in Sandy Springs.
AIS Boarding is so much more than just academics - it's self-advocacy, independence, curiosity, and personal growth.
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Riverside Military Academy
2001 Riverside Drive, Gainesville, GA 30501
(800) 462-2338
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Riverside Military Academy (RMA) is a transformational school for boys in sixth through 12th grades who desire structure, accountability and leadership education. The campus is located on 206 acres on Lake Lanier in Gainesville and offers both a distinct middle school program of project-based learning and signature high school programs that include aerospace engineering, cyber security, dual enrollment and college prep academics.
“For over 100 years, RMA has been producing leaders of character prepared for success in college and beyond,” says Amanda Willis, Vice President of Strategic Communication. “Our mission is not to produce young men prepared for the military, though a small number each year choose that career path. Our mission attracts a diverse, international and highly competitive student body of scholars, athletes and leaders who learn from faculty and staff who embrace RMA’s core values of integrity, loyalty, respect and duty.”
RMA offers both boarding and day options for students. Each school year averages 540 cadets, with 96 percent of those students taking advantage of the boarding aspect of the campus. In terms of academics, classes are small and diverse, allowing cadets to interact with teachers and classmates in a welcoming yet challenging atmosphere. Outside of the classroom, RMA offers Georgia High School interscholastic sports, intramural sports and teams and clubs ranging from robotics to chess to fishing. And for those students who choose the on-campus boarding experience, RMA gives cadets a home away from home that provides an immersive experience “from the first bugle call until lights out,” as Willis notes. Students who live on campus with their peers develop deep friendships and have access to outstanding leadership opportunities. What’s more, Willis adds, “The boarding option also nudges boys into maturity and accountability as they are more responsible for their daily activities and outcomes.”
Riverside Military Academy provides an all-encompassing and gratifying experience that has changed the lives of countless young men since the school’s founding in 1907. RMA teaches students the values of honor, patriotism and selflessness through discipline and structure and gives them the opportunity to develop rigor, grit and confidence while learning lifelong skills of working together as a team. Without a doubt, students of the renowned private military institution receive a completely comprehensive experience that stays with them for the rest of their lives.
