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ST. ANDREW ’ S<br />
FUN FACTS<br />
• St. Andrew’s Episcopal School was founded in 1947. Founders were<br />
Sherwood Wise, Reynolds Cheney, Vincent and Adele Franks, and Minnie<br />
Lee Hill. Tuition was set at $25 per month. Adele Eames Franks was named<br />
the first headmistress.<br />
• St. Andrew’s athletics took off in the 1970s. St. Andrew’s joined the Mississippi<br />
High School Activities Association. The baseball team brought home the<br />
Saints’ first state championship trophy in 1977.<br />
• St. Andrew’s had the first school soccer team in Mississippi.<br />
• St. Andrew’s was the first school in Mississippi to offer AP courses and have<br />
a Cum Laude chapter.<br />
• St. Andrew’s was the first high school in Mississippi to go wireless in 2002.<br />
• St. Andrew’s was also the first school in Mississippi in which all high school<br />
students worked on individual laptops.<br />
• St. Andrew’s continues to excel in the classroom and on the playing fields.<br />
• St. Andrew’s had seven students score perfect 36s on the ACT in 2017.<br />
• St. Andrew’s has won 118 state championships.<br />
• The Alexander Clark Institute for Advanced Studies offers students in-depth<br />
opportunities for guided career exploration, internships, and research.<br />
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