Altamont School
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| Established | 1975 |
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| School type | Private |
| Grades | 5-12 |
| Faculty | 56 |
| Students | 425 |
| Athletics | Basketball, Cross Country, Soccer, Tennis, Track and Field, Volleyball, Baseball, Fast Pitch Softball,Golf,and Swimming |
| Colors | Gold and White |
| Mascot | Knight |
| Location | 4801 Altamont Road Birmingham, AL 35222 |
| Information | Phone: (205) 879-2006 Fax: (205) 871-5666 |
| Website | http://www.altamontschool.org |
The Altamont School, located in Birmingham, Alabama is a college preparatory day school with coeducational enrollment of grades 5 through 12.
It was established in 1975 as a merger between the Brooke Hill School (a college preparatory school for girls, which was founded in 1940), and its counterpart, the Birmingham University School (founded in 1922). Much of Altamont's success is due to its former headmaster Martin Hames who emphasized academic excellence and urged students to look beyond the boundaries of Alabama to further their education.
Alumni include several notable and celebrated writers such as Pulitzer Prize winner Diane McWhorter, whose book Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama, the Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution chronicled the civil rights movement in Birmingham, Alabama. Others include Daniel Wallace, who wrote the novel that was the basis for the movie of the same name: Big Fish, and New York Times reporter Warren St. John who authored the book Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer about University of Alabama football. Perhaps the most famous is National Book Award winner Walker Percy, who attended Birmingham University School in primary school before moving to Greenville, Mississippi to be raised by his uncle, poet William Alexander Percy. Further, other notable alumni include Ambassadors William J. Cabaniss and Margaret Tutwiler.
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