Pillow Academy

Pillow Academy
Name

Pillow Academy
Address

U.S. Highway 82 West
City

Leflore County, Mississippi
Established

1966
Type

Independent
Religion

Christian
Students

Coeducational
Grades

K4 through 12
Tuition

Approximately $5,000
Membership and Accreditations

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools
Mascot

Mustangs
Colors

Green and Gold
Yearbook

Mustang Memories
Newspaper

Pony Express
Website

Link

Pillow Academy (PA) is an independent, co-educational college preparatory school in unincorporated Leflore County, Mississippi, near Greenwood.[1]

Contents

History

The school opened with grades K-8 in 1966.[1] It is a segregation academy, started in resistance to the forced integration of the public school system.[2] One of the founders of the Pillow Academy was Robert B. Patterson, also founder of the Association of White Citizens' Councils.[3] The New York Times noted that Pillow Academy enrolled almost 800 students for the 1997-98 school year and that not one of them was black.[3] As of 2005, the student body was 97.5% white and 0% black.[4] From 1967-1969 grades 9 and 10 appeared. In 1969 a new high school building was built and grades 11 and 12 were added.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "About PA." Pillow Academy. Retrieved on August 10, 2010.
  2. ^ Adam Lynch (18 November 2009). "Ceara’s Season". Jackson Free Press. http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/comments/cearas_season_111809/. Retrieved 19 August 2011. 
  3. ^ a b Richard Rubin (30 August 1998). "Should the Mississippi Files Have Been Re-opened?". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/30/magazine/should-the-mississippi-files-have-been-re-opened-no-because.html?pagewanted=all. Retrieved 19 August 2011. 
  4. ^ "Pillow Academy". privateschoolsreport.com. 2005. http://schools.privateschoolsreport.com/Mississippi/Greenwood/PillowAcademy.html. Retrieved 19 August 2011. 

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