2024

  • April

    Augusta Prep welcomes two Heritage Academy scholarship students for the 2024-25 school year

    Augusta Preparatory Day School is proud to welcome two Heritage Academy students, Sylas and Jacob, for the 2024-25 school year. The two incoming freshmen, who have each earned merit-based scholarships, will start their Prep careers in August as members of the Class of 2028.
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  • Faculty Profile: Chris Hines

    Job title:  Assistant to Facilities Manager

    Years working at Prep:  10

    Family:  Chris is married to Christi and they have two daughters (Kennedi and Kensley). They also have two pets - both girls - a cat named "Spot" and a dog named "Stella."
     
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  • March

    Hedinger hired as next Augusta Prep Head of School

    The Augusta Preparatory Day School Board of Trustees has unanimously selected Eric Hedinger as the next Head of School at Augusta Prep effective July 1, 2024. Mr. Hedinger comes to Prep from Providence Day School in Charlotte, N.C., where he has served as Head of the Upper School since 2012. 
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  • Augusta Prep wins state literary competition

    Augusta Prep won the GISA State Literary Competition on Monday, March 18 in Barnesville, Ga., for the fourth consecutive year. This time, the Cavaliers won the event in close fashion.
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  • Augusta Prep Middle School wins awards at Junior Model UN Conference

    The Augusta Prep Middle School Junior Model UN team participated in early March at the Augusta area Junior Model UN Conference at Augusta University.

    The team of Ayanna, Maheen and Sangha won the “Best Delegate” award. The team of Narek and Caleb won the “Best Negotiator” award. Also, 7th/8th History teacher and Junior Model UN advisor Chip Kirksey won the “Outstanding Advisors” award.
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  • February

    Augusta Prep senior Nussbaum named National Merit Scholarship Program Finalist

    Augusta Prep senior Mayah Nussbaum has recently been named a National Merit Scholarship Program finalist for the 2023-2024 school year.

    In the National Merit Scholarship Program, Nussbaum ranked in the top one percent of all high school seniors when she reached the semifinalist stage in the fall. According to the National Merit website, "the National Merit® Scholarship Program is an academic competition for recognition and scholarships that began in 1955. Approximately 1.5 million high school students enter the program each year.
     
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  • January

    Faculty Profile: Mary White

    Job title:  Technology Teacher, Middle and Upper School (Grades 7-12)

    Years teaching at Prep:  7

    Family:  Married to Bill, Augusta Prep's Dean of Curricular Innovation and Social Studies Department Chair. They have two children: George and Julia Wren.
     
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  • Augusta Prep holds ribbon cutting for new STEM facility, W. Rodger Giles Institute for Inquiry

    In January 2023, Augusta Prep broke ground for the W. Rodger Giles Institute for Inquiry. In less than a year, the Giles Institute officially opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, Jan. 11. This new, 20,000-square-foot, one-of-a-kind #STEM facility for the Augusta area opened for classes on Tuesday, Jan. 16.

    Augusta Prep alum Clay Boardman helped unveil the building by officially cutting the ribbon. Mr. Boardman, Head of School Derrick Willard, Board of Trustees Chair Thomas Burnside, III, and Director of Development Kristin Ludwig all made opening remarks at the ceremony, which also honored the classes of 1989, 2014 and 2020 for their support of the building and the adjacent Teardrop Monument Plaza.

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  • Augusta Prep's Huo named STEM scholar in nationwide competition

    Augusta Prep senior Emily Huo was recently named a Scholar in the Regeneron Science Talent Search 2024, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and math competition for high school seniors. The competition is owned and produced by Society for Science.

    Of the 2,162 applications received from high schools in 46 states, Guam, Puerto Rico and 10 other countries, 300 were selected as a Scholar. Each student who is named a Scholar receives $2,000 and each school receives $2,000 as well. Later this month, the top 40 students in the competition will be named finalists.

    Emily was one of just three students in Georgia (and the only one in the Augusta area) selected as a Scholar. Her project title for the competition was: Targeting Macrophage Glycolysis Suppresses Kidney Scarring in a Rodent Model.
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  • Nussbaum named Augusta Prep STAR student

    Augusta Prep senior Mayah Nussbaum has been named Augusta Prep’s STAR student for the 2023-2024 school year. The Student Teacher Achievement Recognition (STAR) Program, presented by the Professional Association of Georgia Educators, recognizes students who have the highest SAT score in their class and are also in the top 10 percent of their class based on grade point average.

    Mayah selected Upper School Science Teacher and Department Chair James Mason as her STAR teacher.
    Mayah and Mr. Mason will represent Augusta Prep next month in the Columbia County STAR recognition program presented by the Harlem Women’s Club at Harlem Baptist Church.
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