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]
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