Kirk Academy
Kirk Academy is a K-12 Christian school in
According to the school's website, it was founded in 1966 and named for W.H. Kirk who donated thirty acres of land for the school. It expanded to a 65 acre campus that includes a preschool and elementary building, high school building, the A.R. Smithers Library, a gymnasium, two practice football fields, a football stadium, softball complex, baseball complex, soccer complex and an outdoor classroom with nature trail.
Randy Poss was headmaster for five years until April 2018.[5]
Sports
The Raiderettes were Mississippi-Louisiana state champions in basketball in 1976.[6] In 2018 the Raiderettes were again AAA MAIS champions with coach Amy Denley.[7]
The Raiders were football champions in 1997. North State football champions in 1996, 1997, 2006, 2008, 2021, and 2023. [8]
Alumni
- Donna Tartt - Novelist.[9]
References
- ^ "FBI Files: Grenada, Mississippi Public School Riots, 1966-1967 number M414". FBI. Archived from the original on October 2, 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ "Coffey v. State Educational Finance Commission, 296 F. Supp. 1389 (S.D. Miss. 1969)". Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ Criss, Leslie (May 16, 2004). "LESLIE CRISS: Desegregation in my beloved hometown". Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ "Search for Private Schools - School Detail for KIRK ACADEMY".
- ^ "Poss out as Kirk headmaster".
- ^ "Laws of the State of Mississippi". Richard C. Langdon. 14 October 1977 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Kirk Academy girls hold off top-seeded Leake Academy to win MAIS Overall title".
- ^ "Mississippi Football History".
- OCLC 47023685.