Have you heard the phrase, “It’s a heart issue”? This is an interesting phrase as we look at tuning the souls of our children in harmonizing the life of the mind with the life of the body. In athletics there are several cliches like “He has a lot of heart,” or “Our hearts just weren’t...Read More

It has been an interesting week as we continue to grow and build our programs.  We’ve had wins and we’ve had losses.  We’ve had to cancel tournaments and meets.  But we’ve also marveled at our growing student body and the support they’re giving at games.  Who would have thought 3 years ago that we’d have...Read More

At Parent Conference a few weeks ago, we released an athletic video talking about how far we’ve come as a school in just 2 years, and in the middle of a pandemic! In that video one of the last things I said was that “this will be our best season yet!” But not even I...Read More

I just witnessed 118 high school students during a morning gym takeover! Kids were playing basketball and volleyball. There was a dance party and many break out groups at the tables, in the stands, and in the teen area. It was full! It gave me a vision of what our gym is going to look...Read More

With growth comes change. Our school and our athletic teams are growing and that means adding teams and coaches. We have multiple positions across all of our sports to fill in order to keep serving our growing student-athlete population across all 3 campuses. And we are excited to make several announcements of new Head Coaches...Read More

We are now in the home stretch of the school year, and we get the opportunity to honor our student-athletes at our traditional banquet for the first time in 2 years. It’s weird to think back to that last banquet because it was one of the first events I was a part of and was...Read More

We closed the book on the 2020-2021 athletic seasons last week as track wrapped up. Coach Spears and Coach Ingram did a great job as our track athletes competed for the first time in 3 years. We had State Championships for the first time in school history, Final Four appearances, and the debut of new...Read More

Our Athletic Staff provides 3-5 day camps throughout the month of June to give our Griffin athletes a fun and exciting environment in which to learn and improve new skills, and help prepare them for future athletic participation at The ACADEMY. At the sub-varsity level our coaches join with our current High School athletes to...Read More

Each season is hectic and exciting in the moment as you focus on present needs, improvements, injuries , and of course the academic planning necessary for our student-athletes to balance. But the off-season is also exciting as we schedule and plan for future teams and growth. It is exciting to watch our younger teams and...Read More

Great time for an extended break following a long season like basketball. Unfortunately, it felt like my trip to Florida took nearly as long as the season! Between 8 flight delays, 2 flight changes, a shared UBER, and a 3-hour hotel stay, I finally reunited with my family on 30A! The trip was exhausting, but...Read More