Tuscaloosa Academy

Tuscaloosa Academy (TA) is a college preparatory school in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

The school opened in September of 1967 with grades one through seven. It was founded as a segregation academy.[1]

It was initially housed in the Northington Army Hospital, in proximity to the University Mall, and had 113 students.[2]

As of 1986 the school required students to take at least one foreign language: Spanish, French, or Japanese. Students taking Spanish and French were required to take them for at least two years. Students taking Japanese were only required to take it for one year. The Japanese classes were started in 1983 when the Japan Foundation began funding the classes, which had been proposed by the foundation and the University of Alabama.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Flora, Doris (01/28/1979). "Changes In Local Education Range From 'white Flight' To Back to Basisc". The Tuscaloosa News. Retrieved 6 May 2016. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ↑ "HISTORY OF TUSCALOOSA ACADEMY" (Archive). Tuscaloosa Academy. Retrieved on March 4, 2015.
  3. ↑ Shishido, Michiyasu. "The Japanese Language Program at Tuscaloosa Academy." The Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese. American Association of Teachers of Japanese, Vol. 20, No. 1 (Apr., 1986), pp. 60-63. CITED: p. 60.

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Coordinates: 33°14′42″N 87°32′23″W / 33.2451°N 87.5397°W / 33.2451; -87.5397


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