Greenfield Hebrew Academy

Katherine and Jacob Greenfield Hebrew Academy (GHA), founded in 1953,^[1] was the first^{[citation needed]} Jewish day school in Metro Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It was located in Sandy Springs.^[2][3] GHA was also the first Jewish day school in the country to be accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)^{[citation needed]}, and has been honored twice as a National School of Excellence by the Council for American Private Education^{[citation needed]}.

As of July 1, 2014, the school officially merged with the modern Orthodox high school, Yeshiva Atlanta, founded in 1971, and the combined school is called Atlanta Jewish Academy.^[1][4] In November 2017 it had a ribbon cutting for the opening of a $9 million, 19,000-square-foot (1,800 m²) addition to its Northland Drive campus in Sandy Springs.^[4]

Notable alumni

• Harris Barton (born 1964), All Pro NFL offensive lineman

See also

• History of the Jews in Atlanta