Heathwood Hall Episcopal School is an independent coeducational college preparatory school in Columbia, South Carolina . Founded in 1951, Heathwood offers classes for students in pre-kindergarten/nursery school through grade 12. For the 2006-2007 school year, Heathwood had 1050 students enrolled and graduating classes typically number between 75-85 students each year.
5-627: Heathwood was chartered in 1951 by the Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina . In 1953, two additional grade levels, 5th and 6th, were added, allowing enrollment to surpass 200. The school admitted its first black students in 1965. The school remained on its downtown campus until 1974. Under headmaster Earl Devanny the school relocated to its present site: a 133-acre (54 ha) tract of land in southeast Columbia donated by Burwell D. Manning, Jr. The school's first major capital campaign raised $ 1 million for construction of classrooms, gymnasium and
10-489: A new high school. Heathwood Hall graduated its first high school class in 1977. With its proximity to the state capital, it is the choice for many state politicians, including former South Carolina Governors Mark Sanford and Nikki Haley . In 2017, the school refused a parent access to the campus for flying the Confederate flag on his truck. The man withdrew his two children from the school. Heathwood Hall Episcopal School
15-798: Is Daniel P. Richards. He was elected bishop on September 25 2021 and was consecrated at Trinity Cathedral as bishop on February 26 2022. Among the Diocese's many institutions, the Bishop Gravatt Center began service in 1949 as a retreat and summer camp site. Now a non-profit corporation with its own Board of Trustees, the Center remains a vital part of the Diocese through its summer camp Christian formation program and numerous diocesan and parish activities such as Happening, Cursillo, youth retreats, vestry retreats, parish family weekends, etc. See also The Episcopal Church Annual . Morehouse: New York, NY, 2009 and
20-592: Is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization as defined by the IRS . It is governed by a voluntary Board of Trustees. Heathwood is the only independent school in the state with three National Blue Ribbon School awards from the US Department of Education. Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina The Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina (EDUSC) is a diocese in the Episcopal Church . Originally part of
25-642: The Diocese of South Carolina , it became independent on October 10–11, 1922 following nearly two years of planning. The see city is Columbia . Its cathedral is Trinity Cathedral. The diocese comprises approximately 60 congregations in the Upstate (northwestern) and Midlands regions of the U.S. state of South Carolina . There are five convocations in the diocese: Midlands ( Columbia area), Catawba ( Rock Hill area), Foothills ( Greenville area), Gravatt ( Aiken area), and Piedmont ( Spartanburg areas). The bishop
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