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1926

In September 1926, Eva Edwards Lovett, an innovative educator who emphasized the development of the whole child, officially began the Lovett School with 20 boys and girls in first through third grades at a former home in Midtown Atlanta.

1936

1936 Lovett became a true country day school, with a move to a wooded campus north of the city off West Wesley Road.

1960

1960-61 Lovett opened at 4075 Paces Ferry Road--Lovett's current location--with an enrollment of 1,024 students, representing all grades except the 12th.

1962

June 1962 Lovett's first senior class graduated, all having been accepted at colleges and universities of their choice.

1967

By 1967, Lovett had become one of the first independent schools in Atlanta to desegregate.

1992

1992 Lovett's philosophy was re-written, and the school also purchased more than 800 acres of rainforest, known as Siempre Verde, in Ecuador for the purpose of establishing a research and education center.

In 1992, the school philosophy was reviewed and a mission statement was developed.

1995

1995 Lovett began hosting Summerbridge Atlanta (now known as Breakthrough Atlanta), an academic enrichment program for middle school students from Atlanta's public schools.

2000

2000-01 The school celebrated its 75th anniversary and embarked on a capital campaign that raised more than $65 million for capital improvements.

The school instituted its Character Pledge in 2000:

2012

2012 The Rogers & Westmoreland Activity Center was completed, and the school adopted a new Mission Statement.

2017

In 2017, the school announced that Meredyth Cole would replace retiring Headmaster William S. Peebles IV at the end of the 2017–18 school year.

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