St. George's Independent School

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St. George's Independent School

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Type Private college-preparatory day school
MottoVeritas Liberabit Vos
(The truth will set you free)
Religious affiliation(s) Episcopal Church
Established1959
PresidentTimothy Gibson
Faculty89.4 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Grades PK12 [1]
GenderCo-educational
Enrollment1,089 [1]  (2017–2018)
Student to teacher ratio10.4 [1]
Campuses Collierville, Germantown, and Memphis
MascotGryphon
NewspaperThe Lodge
Website www.sgis.org

St. George's Independent School (SGIS) is a co-educational private school in Memphis, Tennessee affiliated with the Episcopal Church. Founded in 1959, it educates students from pre-kindergarten (PK) until grade 12 and has three campuses in the Memphis metropolitan area.

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History

The Germantown campus is the original campus. In 1959 St. George's Episcopal Church started a day school with 19 students and two teachers in its rectory. [2] In 1979, the parish, including the school, moved to new facilities along Poplar Avenue. The school expanded during the 1990s and began raising funds for the acquisition and construction of the Collierville campus. Since it was a parish school, it meant that the school and parish church shared funds and property; in the case of St. George's, there were concerns that the lines were blurred and the school and church decided to legally separate. The Poplar Avenue site was sold to the school and the parish church moved to another location. [3] In 2004, the school name was changed to "St. George's Independent School" to reflect this change of status. [4]

The school administration and board wished to maintain the Episcopal identity despite not having any legal ties with a parish or the diocese. The diocese allowed St. George's continue to use the Common Book of Prayer and the school continued to have an unofficial affiliation. In 2016, St. George's officially reaffirmed its status as an Episcopal school. [4]

Organizational structure and campuses

St. George's has three divisions: Lower School, Middle School and Upper School. [5] It also runs "Little Georgies" for children aged 6 weeks to 2 years at the Germantown campus. [6]

The Lower School is split across the Germantown and Memphis campuses. The Middle and Upper Schools are located at the Collierville campus.

Athletics

St. George's competes in the Division II-A (71 Teams 6th-12th grade), West Region A of the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA). [7]

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References

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  2. "A Storied History". St. George's Independent School website.
  3. "Physical Symbol, Spiritual Reality — A Guide to St. George's Episcopal Church" (PDF). St. George's Episcopal Church, Germantown, TN.
  4. 1 2 "Chapel — It is an event that is central to campus life at St. George's, but how much do you really know about it?". Gryphon Lodge. November 10, 2017.
  5. "St. George's Independent School profile". Memphis Association of Independent Schools.
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