Tipton-Rosemark Academy

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Tipton-Rosemark Academy
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Tipton-Rosemark Academy
Rosemark, Tennessee

United States
Coordinates 35°21′50″N89°46′15″W / 35.3638°N 89.7708°W / 35.3638; -89.7708
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TypePrivate Christian School
MottoBound for College, Prepared for Life.
Established1965 (1965)
GradesK-12
Color(s)Red, White, and Blue
MascotRebel
NewspaperTRA Tribune
Website tiptonrosemarkacademy.net

Tipton-Rosemark Academy (often abbreviated TRA) is a private Christian school in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. [1] It is in the community of Rosemark, and near the border of Shelby and Tipton County. [2] It was established as a white flight academy and uses confederate imagery, including the nickname Rebels. [3]

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History

Tipton-Rosemark Academy's inception came in 1965, when a group of parents established a white flight academy using the name Tipton Academy. [3] The founders since have framed the impetus for the school to be concern about the legal decision Abington School District v. Schempp, which prevented required government-sponsored Bible reading in public schools. An elementary school was established in a house in Munford, Tennessee and named Tipton Academy.

In 1967, another group built a facility in Brighton, Tennessee. In 1970, a kindergarten was added. Tipton Academy purchased Rosemark School, a closed public school built in 1922 from Shelby County in hopes of expanding the academy into grades 9–12. The newly acquired school was named Rosemark Academy. Some historians have cited Rosemark Academy as an example of a segregation academy. [4]

In 1980, Rosemark Academy was forced to cancel a football game at Pioneer Christian Academy because Pioneer Christian administrators felt that the Rosemark Academy cheerleader's uniforms were too revealing as the hemlines only came to mid-thigh. [5]

Seventh and eighth grades were moved to the Rosemark Academy in 1986 as the first step to consolidate all grades to the Rosemark campus.

As part of the consolidation process, a new elementary school building was constructed in 1988. The decision was then made to combine the names of the two schools, thus creating the modern name of Tipton-Rosemark Academy. [3]

In May 2008, RTA abandoned the old Rosemark school building, which had been built in 1922. In response to the Tennessee Preservation Trust's desire to save the building, the school offered to preserve it if $200,000 in donations could be raised by August, otherwise it would be razed before the new school year started. [6]

The Head of School at Tipton-Rosemark Academy is Dr. Andy Graham, Jr.. He was appointed to the position in July 2021. [7]

Athletics

TRA is a member of the TSSAA, classified as Division II, Class A West. The school's mascot is the Rebel, and all sports teams are known as the TRA Rebels. Football, basketball, volleyball, soccer, softball, baseball, tennis, golf, cross country, and cheerleading are offered as varsity athletics. [8]

The school has won the following TSSAA championships: [9]


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References

  1. ↑ "Tipton-Rosemark Academy". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ "Tipton-Rosemark Academy" . Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 Smith, Patrick (2019). "The Rebel Made Me Do It: Mascots, Race, and the Lost Cause". University of Southern Mississippi. p. 196. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  4. ↑ Pohlmann, Marcus D. (2008). Opportunity Lost: Race and Poverty in the Memphis City Schools. Univ. of Tennessee Press. p. 85. ISBN   9781572336384.
  5. ↑ Taft, Larry (September 17, 1980). "Hemline issue forced prep game cancelation". The Tennessean. p. 27.
  6. ↑ "Deadline nears to save school". Commercial Appeal. June 22, 2008.
  7. ↑ The Cornerstone September 2021
  8. ↑ "Tipton-Rosemark Academy: Athletics" . Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  9. 1 2 https://tssaasports.com/school/?id=508
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