Hammond School (South Carolina)

Hammond School
Address
Map
854 Galway Lane

Columbia, South Carolina
29209

United States
Coordinates33°57′49″N 80°57′58″W / 33.963704°N 80.96617°W / 33.963704; -80.96617
Information
TypePrivate school
Established1966 (58 years ago) (1966)
Head of schoolAndrew M. North[1]
GradesPre-K–12
Enrollment999[2]
Campus typeNon-residential
Color(s)Red and royal blue
  
MascotSkyhawk
Endowment$1.93 million[3]
Websitewww.hammondschool.org

Hammond School, originally James H. Hammond Academy, is a pre-K through 12 private school in Columbia, South Carolina. The school, which was founded in 1966 as a segregation academy,[4][5] is known for its athletic and academic accomplishments.[6] The school's namesake, James Henry Hammond – a brutal slaveholder known for his sexual exploitation of enslaved women[7] – has been a source of enduring controversy.[8]

The Hammond School's leader is Andy North[1] and it is accredited by the South Carolina Independent School Association (SAIS) and the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS).[9]

  1. ^ a b Kennedy, Barbara (July 2021). "Baylor School Magazine". www.baylorschool.org. Archived from the original on 2021-07-30. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
  2. ^ Marchant, Bristow (June 13, 2017). "City OK's Columbia private school expansion". The State.
  3. ^ "Nonprofit Explorer - ProPublica". ProPublica. 9 May 2013.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference egerton was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Claudia Smith Brinson (January 4, 2005). "'Choice' Debate Not New in S.C.". The State.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference grantland was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Rosellen Brown, "MONSTER OF ALL HE SURVEYED": Review of SECRET AND SACRED The Diaries of James Henry Hammond, a Southern Slaveholder, Edited by Carol Bleser. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989, accessed 7 November 2013
  8. ^ Daprile, Lucas (August 25, 2020). "Some Hammond alumni want to rename school, distancing it from slave-owning pedophile". The State.
  9. ^ "Hammond School - South Carolina Independent School Association (SCISA)".