Heathwood Hall history

In 1953, two additional grade levels, 5th and 6th, were added, allowing enrollment to surpass 200.

Miss Louly Shand’s little red schoolhouse was moved to the school's grounds to accommodate the growing kindergarten classes in 1954.

Elsie Lamar became headmistress in the Spring of 1960 and led the school through its second decade.

In 1965 Heathwood enrolled its first African American students.

The school played its first varsity sports, football, and basketball, as a member of the Palmetto Athletic Conference, and first received accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) in 1976.

The first senior class graduated in the Spring of 1977.

The first conference championship in school history was in the spring of 1979 in girls basketball.

The Early Childhood Learning Center opened in 1981, giving the youngest Highlanders their own building in which to learn and grow.

In 1985 the Smith-Shirley Campus center opened its doors to students all over campus.

The Robinson Center for Math and Science opened in 1996, providing cutting-edge facilities for Upper School STEM classes.

Heathwood won its second Blue Ribbon award from the US Department of Education in 1997.

The Nord Middle School opened in 2002, finally giving the 5th to 8th graders their own space outside of the original pods.

Finally, the Chapel of the Epiphany opened its doors to weekly chapel services for each division, baccalaureate services, and occasionally weddings in 2006.