Lakeview Academy is a coeducational, private, college-preparatory school in Gainesville, Georgia, United States, for students from preschool through grade twelve. It opened during the period of desegregation of public schools in Gainesville. Description Lakeview has a preschool/kindergarten program, lower school (first through fifth grades), middle school (grades six through eight), and upper school (grades nine through twelve). A nonprofit, it is accredited by the Southern Association of Independent Schools. Built on a 90-acre campus, Lakeview facilities include preschool, lower school, middle school, and upper school division buildings, athletic complexes, a fine arts annex and a common student center. The 17,000-square-foot, two-story middle school building opened in 2017. The school also constructed a $2.5 million football stadium and athletic facility in 2020. Curriculum Lakeview Academy offers college preparatory courses, including seventeen advanced placement courses and nine honors courses. Fine arts courses include painting and drawing, sculpture and ceramics, photography, digital arts, theater, speech, drama, chorus, string orchestra, and band, as well as on-campus private music lessons. Robotics classes are available in Singleton Hall. Co-curricular activities The school's robotics team competes in regional and statewide tournaments. Lakeview Academy won the Georgia High School Association one-act play state title consecutively from 2013 to 2017. The title was subsequently lost in 2018, and brought back in 2021 with their production of Monty Python's Spamalot. Lakeview Academy won the GHSA Region Literary Championship in 2017, placing first in six categories, and won the region championship 13 times from 2002–2017. History From 1960 to 1970, public schools in Hall County were undergoing court ordered integration of public schools. In 1969, with the closure of Butler High School, Black students in Gainesville were integrated among the three remaining high schools. Physician Robert Tether helped charter Gainesville Academy as a private college preparatory school on August 21, 1968, appealing to parents who "wanted to form a new school that could give their kids a chance to be accepted into the college of their choice", according to Tether's son Rusty. After a year of fund-raising, the Gainesville Academy opened on North Bradford Street in September 1969, with classes for sixth- and seventh-graders. In 1970, it was advertised as "open to all who meet the acceptance criteria and pass the entrance examination, regardless of race, creed, or color". The academy was "initially providing Gainesville parents with an integration-free environment for their children", according to social historian Thomas Rasmussen. Author Winfred