A month ago, I mentioned the color Orange meaning fall, pumpkin spice, and basketball. This week Orange took on a new meaning as we look to tighten up our protocols for COVID-19 and be even more diligent about our precautions. I echo the comments by Mr. Taylor in his district email this morning - we...Read More
October 30, 1919 was an interesting day in sports history. On that day the baseball league presidents voted to abolish the use of the spitball. Useless trivia perhaps, but October 30th will now be known as the day that The ACADEMY won its first high school state championship. Read more about this great accomplishment from...Read More
Ice, Ice Baby… What a week! While I’m sure that many of you enjoyed some more family time this week, you probably didn’t want it to happen in the cold or the dark without power; or better yet, hauling limbs and broken trees from your property. While we should never wish away tomorrow, we can...Read More
The Present is the Future. This weekend your Dialectic Griffins Volleyball team holds the #1 seed going into the HCAA State Tournament for the first time in school history! Next week our Dialectic Cross-Country teams will head to the State Meet off of dual Runner Up finishes at CCS just before Fall Break. The pipeline...Read More
Fall Break is a much-needed time for many of our faculty, staff, and students. This has been a year of planning, adjustments, and more planning as our school community has done an outstanding job of showing their Griffin Strong spirit. We’ve extended Fall Sport seasons. We’ve launched a new Spirit Store. We’ve added busses. And...Read More
This past weekend and week I have received numerous emails of encouragement regarding our school’s leadership and our decision to launch our Grammar 3X3 Basketball League. I was definitely nervous about the new program announcement and was overwhelmed by the overall support. We had over one hundred 3rd-6th grade students register! This turnout on the...Read More
October means ORANGE: leaves, pumpkins, and BASKETBALL! The Griffin basketball teams will start to gear up this month with practices as they approach the start of the winter season beginning of November. It is a fun time to see who has grown and improved from each year as the teams always look different – even...Read More
Athletics is often referred to as the front porch of a school. Our athletes wear The ACADEMY and GRIFFINS across their chests as they go out in the community to play other schools. Many times the first impression of our school happens when people see and interact with our athletes or our fans. Our coaches,...Read More
Volleyball and Cross Country are the Fall Sports at The ACADEMY. But while our teams compete August to October, our athletes and coaches begin training in the summer. That may seem like a long build up for a short time, but imagine the training of an Olympic athlete. They train for 4 years and try...Read More
Rain, rain, go away… While we are grateful for the break in the heat, and we rarely complain about the wet, it sometimes interferes with our outdoor sports like Cross Country. Most runners don’t mind the dampness, but we also have to take into account safety: chances of lightning, moving events indoors in the midst...Read More
