The History of Our Private School in Marietta
Shreiner's Roots
In 1918, the Shreiner family founded their first private school, The Church Farm School, in Paoli, Pennsylvania. Classes were originally conducted in a barn, and over the years the campus grew to cover more than 1,700 acres.In 1969, a branch of the Shreiner family, Harold and Marion Shreiner, moved to Atlanta and established a school. In 1980, construction of the Shreiner Academy campus on Terrell Mill Road began. Within a few short years, the school’s remarkable growth and imaginative curriculum were nationally recognized.
Shreiner Today
Shreiner Academy has grown tenfold - from 30 to 300 students, from 4 to 60 faculty members, from 1 to 10 buildings, and from a 1-acre to 8-acre campus.One of the concerns commonly expressed about private schools is the high pressure and intensely competitive atmosphere created by many schools. These are often mammoth schools where individuality has been replaced by conformity, and where intimacy and nurturing have been replaced by regimentation and regulation.
Each year we receive a number of transfers from these schools who are attracted to Shreiner Academy’s refreshingly different small-school environment. Shreiner Academy is worlds away from the traditional private school, with a kinder and friendlier approach to education.
The East Cobber described Shreiner Academy as a “Nice school for nice kids". We think that is true.
