Katherine and Jacob Greenfield Hebrew Academy (GHA), founded in 1953,
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day school in Metro Atlanta
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, United States. It was located in Sandy Springs
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Greenfield Hebrew Academy. December 29, 2013. Retrieved on January 7, 2019. "5200 Northland Drive, Atlanta GA 30342" GHA was also was the first Jewish day school in the country to be accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), and has been honored twice as a National School of Excellence by the Council for American Private Education.
As of July 1, 2014, the school officially merged with the modern Orthodox high school,
Yeshiva Atlanta, founded in 1971, and the combined school is called
Atlanta Jewish Academy.
[AJA Celebrates New Building , Atlanta Jewish Times]
/ref> In November 2017 it had a ribbon cutting for the opening of a $9 million, addition to its Northland Drive campus in Sandy Springs.
Notable alumni
* Harris Barton (born 1964), All Pro NFL offensive lineman
See also
* History of the Jews in Atlanta
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