Sophia Academy was a

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PreK3-12 school in the

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. It was located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta and was located in

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and then

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(later annexed by Chamblee).

History

Sophia Academy was founded in 1999 by Maria Corrigan. At the time, it had 11 students. Its initial campus was on a rental property in

, Fulton County. The school achieved accreditation in 2006 from the

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. In the 2005–2006 school year the administration sought to establish a new campus in DeKalb County and did a capital campaign. Construction began circa 2007. The new campus was annexed into Chamblee. It became recognized as a Catholic school in 2013. Jenni Ellis became the principal in 2016, as Corrigan had retired. It merged into Notre Dame Academy in

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effective August 2017. The previous Sophia Academy campus closed, with operations moved to Notre Dame.

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School website
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