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Monroe, Georgia, 30655
George Walton Academy was officially established in Good Hope in the fall of 1969. On the first day of school, 132 students in first through eighth grade walked through the doors. As a first order of business, students met and selected the Bulldogs as the school mascot along with the school colors of red and black. They also chose a school motto of Vires Acquirit Eundo, which means “It gains strength by continuing.” More than 50 years later, that motto and the school’s objectives remain unchanged. As the oldest and most established private school in Walton County, GWA continues to pursue a mission rooted in those same founding values: quality education in a college preparatory environment.
