About - Houston Academy

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Welcome To Houston Academy!
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Founded in 1970, Houston Academy (HA) is southeast Alabama’s premier college preparatory school. HA is the only independent school in the region that focuses on college preparation and global education. Students who come to Houston Academy seek a well-rounded educational experience that includes a strong emphasis on challenging academics, community involvement, athletics, and the arts.

Student Life
Academics
Athletics

Houston Academy is the unquestioned academic school of choice in the Wiregrass. As an accredited, college preparatory institution with a fifty year proven track record, it is easy to lose sight of the importance of other, significant characteristics of our tight-knit learning community – things like love.

Letter from the Headmaster
Houston Academy's Headmaster, Dr. Scott Phillipps

When you think of Houston Academy, you naturally think of a rigorous academic program that has a fifty-plus year proven track record of equipping students to be successful in college and in life. And that certainly tells an important part of the HA story, but it by no means tells the entire story. The entire story is one of a tight-knit learning community - the HA "Family" - executing our academic, athletic, and character program in new or renovated, state-of the-art facilities, and focusing upon kindness and finding the beauty in our world!

Letter from the Head of School

Houston Academy Mission Statement:

To seek. To find. To share.

We seek to do our best. We find our greatest potential.

We share what we have discovered.

Academic Programs

Lower School
Middle School
Upper School

Special Recognition

About Houston Academy - awarded "Best of the Wiregrass" for 2016 by the Dothan Eagle.

Houston Academy has been named the “Best Private School in the Wiregrass” by the Dothan Eagle for the third year in a row!

About Houston Academy - An Alabama Sports Week Athletics All Star for excellence in sports.

Houston Academy Athletics received this sportsmanship award for being free of fines and ejections during the 2015-16 season in all sports.

About Houston Academy - A current AISA Blue Ribbon School.

Houston Academy was recognized as an AISA “Blue Ribbon School”, exemplifying excellence in instruction, staff development, academic performance, student life, leadership, and community interaction during the 2015-16 year.

Accreditation and Memberships

We are the ONLY school in the Wiregrass that has met the rigorous certification requirements of the Southern Association of Independent Schools, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and the National Association of Independent Schools.

Our Accreditation and Memberships
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