Frederica Academy provides its students with a rigorous college preparatory education that integrates all subjects, including the arts, in a cooperative learning environment. A challenging education requires that students and teachers have high standards and expectations, that the process is as important as the product, that students are taught to make connections across disciplines, that in order for learning to take place students may be pushed outside their comfort zones, and that failure and mistakes are an essential part of learning. Rigor at Frederica is characterized by the pursuit of ideas, rather than an emphasis on grades, memorization, excessive homework, or competition with others as a measure of one's own success. In short, Frederica provides an environment, which is academically challenging, intellectually stimulating, and respectful, while remaining a place where students feel safe enough to become risk-takers and are encouraged to participate in extracurricular activities in reasonable measure at appropriate levels.
Athletics
Frederica also offers many athletic opportunities including Baseball, Basketball, Cheerleading, Football, Cross Country, Golf, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis, Track & Field, and Volleyball.
Clubs and Organizations
Frederica Academy offers a multitude of school sponsored clubs and organizations, including:
Founded in 1969, as a segregation academy in response to local public schools integrating, Frederica has a long history of educating white students from the Golden Isles of Georgia. Originally, the school was located in the old Brunswick Hospital on the mainland while construction of today's campus was taking place on St. Simons Island. The original buildings still hold the lower and middle schools. In 2004, construction finished on the state-of-the-art new upper school building, Lovick P. Corn Hall.
The school offers a number of Advanced Placement courses, including Language & Composition, Literature & Composition, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Statistics, Chemistry, Physics I, Computer Science A, World History, US History, US Government, Comparative Government, and Spanish Language.
Facilities
Frederica Academy has a large campus that features one lower school building, two middle school buildings, a fully equipped gymnasium, cafeteria, drama theater, basketball court, soccer field, baseball field, lower school media center, Been Library, administration building, a wet and dry science laboratory, and a full art studio.
Honor code
The Frederica Academy Honor Code reads: "On my honor, I have neither given nor received help of any kind on this work." Extended version: "I realize that, as a student of Frederica Academy under the Honor System, my honor shall be respected. I acknowledge that it is my obligation to be truthful, fair, and honest in all my actions. It shall, therefore, be my aim to achieve a high standard of character worthy of the respect I shall receive. To be honorable, not only in the classroom, but also in all relations with my fellow students and teachers, shall be my constant effort.May God keep me steadfast in purpose." Students must abide by the Honor Code. If a violation is presented, the situation will be dealt with by the Honor Council
