The Altamont School

Truth, Knowledge, Honor
Established	1975
School type	Private
Grades	5-12
Faculty	56
Students	425
Athletics	Basketball, Cross Country, Soccer, Tennis, Track and Field, Volleyball, Baseball, Fast Pitch Softball,Golf,and Swimming
Colors	Gold and White
Mascot	Knight
Location	4801 Altamont Road Birmingham, AL 35222
Information	Phone: (205) 879-2006 Fax: (205) 871-5666
Website	http://www.altamontschool.org

The Altamont School, located in Birmingham, Alabama is a college preparatory day school with coeducational enrollment of grades 5 through 12. Image File history File links AltamontSeal. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Gold is a shade of the color yellow closest to that of gold metal. ... Nickname: The Magic City, Pittsburgh of the South, BHam, The Ham Location in Jefferson County in the state of Alabama Coordinates: Country United States State Alabama County Jefferson, Shelby Mayor Bernard Kincaid (D) Area    - City 151. ... Official language(s) English Capital Montgomery Largest city Birmingham Area  Ranked 30th  - Total 52,419 sq mi (135,765 km²)  - Width 190 miles (306 km)  - Length 330 miles (531 km)  - % water 3. ... A university-preparatory school or college-preparatory school (usually shortened to preparatory school, or prep school) is a private secondary school (or high school) designed to prepare a student for higher education. ...

It was established in 1975 as a merger between the Brooke Hill School (a college preparatory school for girls, which was founded in 1940), and its counterpart, the Birmingham University School (founded in 1922). Much of Altamont's success is due to its former headmaster Martin Hames who emphasized academic excellence and urged students to look beyond the boundaries of Alabama to further their education.

Graduates of The Altamont School matriculate to many of the best colleges and universities in the world. Alumni include several notable and celebrated writers such as Pulitzer Prize winner Diane McWhorter, whose book Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama, the Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution chronicled the civil rights movement in Birmingham, Alabama. Others include Daniel Wallace, who wrote the novel that was the basis for the movie of the same name: Big Fish, and New York Times reporter Warren St. John who authored the book Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer about University of Alabama football. Perhaps the most famous is National Book Award winner Walker Percy, who attended Birmingham University School in primary school before moving to Greenville, Mississippi to be raised by his uncle, poet William Alexander Percy. Further, other notable alumni include Ambassadors William J. Cabaniss and Margaret Tutwiler. The gold medal awarded for Public Service in Journalism The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical compositions. ... Rebecca Diane McWhorter is an American author and commentator who has written a number of books related to civil rights and the history of civil rights. ... Nickname: The Magic City, Pittsburgh of the South, BHam, The Ham Location in Jefferson County in the state of Alabama Coordinates: Country United States State Alabama County Jefferson, Shelby Mayor Bernard Kincaid (D) Area    - City 151. ... Daniel Wallace (born 1959) is an American author best known for his 1998 novel Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions - the basis for the Tim Burton film Big Fish. ... Big Fish, also known as Min Kyu, or Dae Saeng Sun, is a 2003 movie directed by Tim Burton and written by John August, starring Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup and Jessica Lange. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... Warren St. ... The University of Alabama (also known as Alabama, UA or colloquially as Bama) is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. ... The National Book Award is one of the most important literary prizes in the United States, presented annually for the best books by living U.S. citizens published in the U.S. The awards have been presented since 1950 in at least one category, and are presently awarded in each... Walker Percy (May 28, 1916 – May 10, 1990) was an American Southern author whose interests included philosophy and semiotics. ... Greenville is a city located in Washington County, Mississippi. ... William Alexander Percy (1885-1942) is a poet from Greenville, Mississippi. ... William J. Cabaniss, Jr. ... Margaret D. Tutwiler is a former undersecretary at the US State Department and a former ambassador to Morocco. ...

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