Janella Brand - Holy Innocents' Episcopal School

History Class
Holy Innocents’ Through The Years
50 Years Ago: 1958: Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church completes its
new church building on Mount Vernon Highway in Sandy Springs. The parish had been
located at Spring and 16th Streets since 1886, but was forced to move because it stood
right in the path of the government’s new interstate highway project (I-75/85). Planning
begins for a parish pre-school.
25 Years Ago: July 1, 1983:
Mrs. Alice Malcolm becomes the new
Head of School at Holy Innocents’. Mrs.
Malcolm had been Dean of Students since
1972. She had taught Art at HIES since the
school first opened in September, 1959.
15 Years Ago: 1993: A
Middle and Upper school gymnasium is
completed.
10 Years Ago: 1998: The
Alan A. Lewis Pre-School building opens.
Janella Brand accepts the position as its
first principal.
5 Years Ago: June 1, 2003:
Kirk Duncan is named the 8th Head of
School of Holy Innocents’ Episcopal
School.
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