Harding Academy (Searcy, Arkansas) is a K-12 private school in Searcy, Arkansas. It is affiliated with Harding University and like that institution is associated with the Churches of Christ, and named in honor of a pioneer minister of that group, James A. Harding. Chapel and Bible courses form part of every school day at the Academy. Private schools, or independent schools, are schools not administered by local or national government, which retain the right to select their student body and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students tuition rather than with public (state) funds. ... Searcy is a city located in White County, Arkansas. ... Harding University Harding University is located in Searcy, Arkansas, in the United States, an hour north-east of Little Rock. ... :Alternate meanings: see Church of Christ (disambiguation). ...