Preschool through 8th grade · Metro Atlanta

Who do you
want to be? A scientist.

Emberwood Academy is a small private school where kids learn by building, testing, and asking why. Accredited, nonprofit, and hands-on from day one.

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Student looking through a microscope in science class
Students performing the fall musical on stage
A student playing trumpet in the concert band
Students playing basketball on the court
A group of students together at school
🎭State champion theatre and band
Fully accreditedPreschool from 6 weeksSmall class sizesTheatre and band from 4th grade9 athletic teams12-acre campusBefore and after careYear-round enrollment501(c)(3) nonprofit

Our purpose

Every child gets known by name.

Small classes and teachers who stay. At Emberwood, nobody gets lost in the middle of the room.

Children do their best work when they know someone believes in them. Our job is to be that someone, every day.

Head of School, Emberwood Academy
01

Known.

Teachers learn what makes each student tick before the hard work starts. Trust comes first.

02

Stretched.

Projects push every child a little past comfortable, with teachers and classmates working right alongside.

03

Safe.

Mentors, a school counselor, and clear, kind expectations keep every child on track, academically and socially.

Metro Atlanta, Georgia

See it for yourself.

Every family starts with a tour. Pick a date and a time, and come walk the building.

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Programs

One campus.
Every stage.

From a baby's first classroom to the last day of 8th grade, without changing schools.

Teacher reading a story to preschoolers on the rug Preschool
6 weeks – Pre-K

Preschool

Play-based, hands-on learning led by trained early-childhood teachers, in classrooms built for little hands.

Starts at 6 weeksFull time 7 a.m.–6 p.m.Part time 8 a.m.–3 p.m.
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Hands-on, every day

Learning by doing.

Students don't just memorize facts here. They apply what they know to real challenges.

Students at microscopesScience

Real experiments

Microscopes, goggles, and questions worth testing.

Student paintingArts

Make something

Painting, music, and visual arts every week.

Band students rehearsing with sheet musicMusic

Find your instrument

Every 4th grader tries one. Most never put it down.

Students testing the robots they builtSTEM

Build it, code it

Coding and robotics clubs start in 3rd grade.

A teacher working one on one with a studentMentoring

Someone who listens

A mentor for every student, building trust, confidence, and self-advocacy.

Students doing an outdoor activityOutdoors

Explore outside

Outdoor exploration is part of how kids learn here.

Our campus

Twelve acres of outdoor classroom.

Trails, a garden, and a creek sit right behind the classrooms, so science class spends a lot of time outside. Kids plant it, measure it, and write about it. The outdoors isn't recess here. It's part of the lesson plan.

12Acres to explore
Students playing soccer on the school field

A full-size soccer field

Home turf for PE, recess, and the after-school league.

Students playing volleyball in the gym

A gym built for game day

Basketball, volleyball, pep rallies, and the winter band concert all happen here.

Aerial view of the school campus

Room to grow

Preschool has its own wing and playground, on the same campus as K–8, the gym, the theatre, and the field.

Theatre and Band

Standing ovations, since 4th grade.

Theatre and band both start in 4th grade, and both have a trophy case to show for it. Every student who joins gets a real part, a real instrument, and a real audience.

4thGrade when theatre and band both begin
StateOne-act play champions, three times since 2018
8 yrsStraight Superior ratings at the state band festival
60+Awards across theatre and band since 2015

Fall Musical

A full Broadway-style musical every November, with a student pit band, a student stage crew, and two sold-out weekends.

Dragons Athletics

Game day, every season.

Nine teams across fall, winter, and spring, and no cuts through 6th grade. If you show up to practice, you play.

A Dragons team celebrating together
9Teams, grades 4–8
3Region titles last year
0Cuts through 6th grade
Students playing soccerFall

Soccer

Boys and girls, grades 5–8.

 Students running a cross country courseFall

Cross country

Coed, grades 4–8.

 Students playing volleyball in the gymFall

Volleyball

Girls, grades 5–8.

 Students playing basketballWinter

Basketball

Boys and girls, grades 5–8.

 Students racing on the trackSpring

Track and field

Coed, grades 4–8.

 A student at bat during a baseball gameSpring

Baseball and softball

Boys and girls, grades 5–8.

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Every home game, away game, and bus time in one schedule.

Admissions

No waiting until April.

Within a few days of finishing the steps, families hear back. Enrollment is open year-round, based on availability.

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Tour the campus

Every family starts here. Pick a date and time, fill out a short form, and come see it for yourself.

Apply online

Submit the application online. K–8 families add a teacher recommendation and recent report cards.

Visit and evaluation

Preschoolers get a relaxed, play-based visit. K–8 students spend a shadow day in class.

A decision, in days

Admissions calls you with the decision. No months of waiting.

Tuition

Clear prices. No surprises.

Our founders are parents too. Rates are posted, not hidden, and as a nonprofit we can often set up a payment plan that fits your family.

✓ Rates held steady this year Kindergarten – 8th grade
$1,095
per month
Scholarships, sibling discounts, and financial aid can bring this down. See how aid works →

Coming up

On the calendar.

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Annual Fund

Fuel the Fire.

Our family giving challenge: every gift, big or small, goes back into the classrooms, for the projects and extras tuition doesn't cover.

Campaign is running now
$60KCampaign goal
$150Suggested family gift
100%Goes back into Emberwood
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The cast taking a bow at the end of the show
Ember the Dragon, the Emberwood mascot
Our daughter runs in every morning. Her teachers don't just know her name, they know what she's excited about.
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