Holy Innocents' Episcopal School

Holy Innocents' Episcopal School (HIES) is a PK–12 private, Episcopal, co-educational college-preparatory day school in Sandy Springs, Georgia, United States.^[4] It is located in the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta.

Holy Innocents' Episcopal School
Location
805 Mount Vernon Highway Sandy Springs , Georgia 30327 United States
Coordinates	33.9079°N 84.4150°W / 33.9079; -84.4150
Information
Other name	HIES
Type	Private, college-preparatory day school
Religious affiliation(s)	Episcopal
Established	1959[1]
Oversight	Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta
NCES School ID	00297725[2]
Head of school	Paul A. Barton[3]
Teaching staff	207.0 (on an FTE basis)[2]
Grades	PK–12
Gender	Co-educational
Enrollment	1,373 (2015–2016)[2]
Student to teacher ratio	6.4[2]
Color(s)	Crimson and gold
Athletics conference	GHSA Class AA Region 6
Mascot	Bear
Nickname	Golden Bears
Publication	Torchbearer C&G
Yearbook	Ursidae
Affiliations	NAES, NAIS, Round Square
Website	www.hies.org

It is the largest Episcopal parish day school in the United States and the only PK-12-grade Episcopal school in Georgia. In recent years, the school has undergone expansion: constructing a new 65,000 sq. foot STEM building, adding a new middle school building, doubling the size of the gymnasium and athlete-training complex, and adding two on-campus football/soccer/lacrosse fields.

Academics

Recent academic initiatives include the Laptop Program. Fifth- through twelfth-grade students are leased Apple MacBook Airs by the school, which are programmed with a range of productivity, research, and multimedia software central to their classes. The laptops are replaced prior to the start of a student's ninth-grade year. The Upper School's Program for Global Citizenship includes Comparative Religion, World Literature, Environmental Science, increased foreign language requirements, foreign study, and international service projects. Holy Innocents’ also offers more AP courses than any other school in Atlanta.

Athletics

The athletics at the school are known as the Golden Bears and play at the GHSA Class A Private Region 5 division level.

Notable alumni

• Brian Baumgartner, actor
• Skye Bolt, Major League Baseball player
• Patrick Ewing Jr Professional Basketball player
• Chloe Melas, journalist
• Laurie Segall, journalist
• Owen Vaccaro, child actor