Woodward Academy

From pre-kindergarten through third grade, our dedicated teachers offer warm encouragement and wise guidance every step of the way. With low teacher-student ratios in every class, we are able to provide each child with individual attention and a loving environment that builds a bridge of support between school and home. Kind and nurturing teachers focus on every child's development, making Woodward one of Georgia's top kindergarten schools, and that warm guidance continues throughout the Primary School years. In every classroom, teachers use a wide range of technological tools to enhance learning, including iPads, SmartBoards, and Lego Robotics. All Primary School students participate in dedicated classes for science, art, PE, and music as well as Spanish, library, and computer classes. School is every child’s first experience of the world outside of home. It’s where we learn to read and write as well as to make friends and to understand and appreciate the world outside ourselves. At the Primary School, we create a sense of family, a home away from home where Woodward’s youngest students can learn, grow, and discover.

Our Lower School introduces new challenges while keeping curiosity alive so students’ true interests and strengths can grow. Surrounded by rich stories and histories—their own, their teachers’, their peers’—students venture outside the borders of their own experience, explore varying identities, and begin to discover their own. As students progress, our dedicated teachers find engaging ways to inspire their inquisitiveness and imagination while guiding them through the mastery of basic and essential concepts. Our students thrive in this learning environment, where it’s OK to make mistakes because perseverance is an essential part of success.

An elementary school conveniently located in Johns Creek that enrolls more than 250 students from pre-K through sixth grade, providing them with a warm, nurturing environment where every student finds his or her own unique strength and talent. Our 33-acre wooded campus includes a nature trail that is used for educational and recreational purposes. The large majority of Woodward North students continue their education at Woodward’s Main Campus in College Park beginning in seventh grade, where they join peers from 100 different zip codes and 23 metro Atlanta counties. The Academy provides bus transportation to and from College Park, and many students choose to ride MARTA, in designated Woodward cars with assigned security officers.

At Woodward, the Middle School years overflow with opportunities for learning, with increased expectations for greater independence, organization, and responsibility. Middle School is a time of tremendous growth and change—intellectually, emotionally, physically, and socially. Guided by dedicated teachers, coaches, and counselors, our students maximize their individual strengths and develop a sense of self-worth that lasts a lifetime.

In our Upper School, we don’t measure a student’s success against an arbitrary standard. Instead, because we know our students so well, we measure their progress against themselves, inspiring them to push beyond their self-imposed limits. We offer incredible opportunities in the arts, service learning, athletics, and other cocurricular offerings, all revolving around a unique academic program that truly tailors the experience to each student’s individual abilities, needs, and aspirations.

Academic Tracks

Our curriculum provides each student with an education that combines breadth, depth, and flexibility in programs ranging from core academics to opportunities in STEAM, the arts, Global Connections, and world languages. One size doesn't fit even two at Woodward. Students can mix and match their course levels. Let's face it: not everyone is as good at calculus as they are at 20th century literature. We offer courses at different levels so students can take it up a notch in areas where they feel confident and pull back a bit in areas where they need more reinforcement.

College Counseling

Today’s high school graduates face a world of uncertainties—economic, political, social, environmental. At Woodward Academy, we make certain our students are ready—with a sure sense of who they are as people; as thinkers; as members of a diverse, dynamic community; and as citizens of a complex and evolving world. That is why our College Counseling program strives to help students find the college or university that best matches their individual strengths and interests. Our talented team of college counselors have one goal in mind: to help students achieve both happiness and success in their higher education choices.

Graduation Distinctions

Woodward offers students the ability to graduate with diploma distinctions in Global Studies, Sustainability, or Service Learning. These distinctions are awarded to students with interest, aptitude, and accomplishments in areas that are truly vital to the future of our world, preparing them to pursue their passions in college and beyond and giving them an advantage in college admissions and future career opportunities.

A comprehensive program with a college-preparatory curriculum for students with mild to moderate learning differences so they can flourish. With smaller class sizes, a faculty comprised of specialized experts, and proven pedagogical approaches for every academic area, our Transition Learning Support Program goes well beyond a few learning support aids dropped into traditional classrooms and instead provides a comprehensive environment designed exclusively for our Transition Program students. Our students learn the same demanding college-preparatory curriculum as their Woodward peers in the mainstream track, but do so while cultivating the tools and strategies needed to convert different learning styles into confidence, social and emotional stability, and tremendous academic success.