Welcome
Joyful & Transformational
For 50-plus years, Paideia has been a transformational — and joyful — place for Atlanta’s children to receive a personalized education of heart and mind — challenging themselves as they learn from passionate faculty, in a supportive community, and go on to lives and careers of consequence.
A Leading Progressive Education
Paideia offers the area’s leading progressive education for students ages three to 12th grade with Half Day, Elementary, Junior High and High School programs. It starts with innovative teachers who model for students the sweet dividends of being lifelong learners.
Opportunities Abound
Over seven thousand pounds of produce shared with our community each year
Numerous Scholastic Arts awards each year
Students make everything from healing salves to robots
At Paideia, beyond the creativity nurtured in our classrooms, opportunity abounds for students to uncover their unique gifts and express them in meaningful ways, including through:
- Travel, domestic and abroad, that enriches cultural understanding
- A host of clubs that speak to students’ kaleidoscopic interests
- A variety of team sports offering athletes the chance to show off both the latest moves and old-fashioned leadership
- A library system that sharpens research skills and is a ticket to other worlds
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Take it from our Graduates
Alumni have no trouble recalling — from the small things to the big — what makes Paideia different.
Amelia Kane ’07
My teachers encouraged me to explore — art, violin, teaching science to kindergarteners and, bless them, even helping me with pre-calculus. It made a lasting impact.
Amelia Kane ’07
Rashidah Bowen White ’00
It’s a place that radiates the joy of learning. I work in education now and know that Paideia gets it right.
Rashidah Bowen White ’00
Andy Lorber ’00
Paideia is an unparalleled community that we cherish and continue to build.
Andy Lorber ’00
Julia Boyd ’11
A bit nervous I entered Paideia in the 9th grade. By the end of the first week, I knew I had landed in the right place.
Julia Boyd ’11
These are just the broad strokes. There is so much to do and be here.