Saint Annes Day School

In 1957, Saint Annes Episcopal Church purchased the parcel of land at the corner of now named Northside Drive and Moores Mill Rd. On the property was a red brick building, built in 1899 as a schoolhouse, which was remodeled into the first church. But the original purpose of that historic building, the oldest still standing in the Buckhead area of Atlanta, foreshadowed things to come. Nine years later, the church began the mission of the Day School and welcomed the first class of 13 preschoolers in the Fall of 1966. Saint Annes Day School has been a thriving mission of the church ever since. In 1994, the Day School learned of the world-renowned preschools and infant toddler centers in Reggio-Emilia, Italy. Educators were intrigued with how the values of the schools in that Italian municipal system resonated with their own beliefs about young childrens learning. Thus began a journey of studying the Reggio-Emilia Approach. In 2004, Dr. Margie Cooper invited Saint Annes Day School to be...