Students at The Alfred and Adele Davis Academy, Atlanta's Reform Jewish Day School, have been making their mark in both academics and community outreach programs this spring.  

In March, The Davis Academy became the top private school and took fourth place in the state, out of 75 participating schools at the State MathCounts Competition. This followed on the heels of the school's recent first-place win in the Metro Atlanta Private Schools Division of Chapter MathCounts in both Team and Individual Competitions.  What made this accomplishment even more significant was that The Davis Academy team, comprised only of 6th and 7th graders, was the youngest team competing. In addition, this team of students recently tied for first-place in the North Springs High School Inaugural Math Invitational held in January. 

In the areas of science and language arts, three students from The Davis Academy advanced from the Fulton County Regional Science Fair in February to the Georgia State Science Fair in Athens, Georgia in March. Following The Davis Academy's annual Spelling Bee held in January, two students advanced to the Georgia Independent School Association (GISA) Regional Spelling Bee, held on February 12th and one student scored high enough to advance to the GISA State Spelling Bee in Macon.

Chess is another area in which Davis Academy students have fared well this year. The Davis Academy Chess Team took third-place in the recent Georgia State Chess Tournament held in early March. The K-6 Elementary Division event, in which The Davis Academy participated, attracted approximately 400 students from 60 teams.

As a school, The Davis Academy recognizes that achievement in all areas is an important part of success, but the most rewarding achievements are those that benefit the greater community. Never forgetting that Jews have an obligation to give back and help others, Davis Academy students have continued their tradition of active participation in community outreach activities. As part of the school's ongoing service relationship with the Atlanta Community Food Bank, second graders volunteered at the Food Bank, and held several collection drives and a bake sale in which canned goods were used in lieu of money as payment. The third grade class sold Purim hamentaschen to raise over $700 for the Food Bank's annual Hunger Walk. Seventh graders continued their IMPACT B'nai Mitzvah Charitable Program where, in place of gifts to one another, they donated money to charities of their choosing. Eighth grade students, for the fourth year in a row, participated in The Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta's Literacy/Mentoring program with students at neighboring Dunwoody Springs Elementary School. In addition, art students made and sold ceramic pink ribbon pins to raise money for breast cancer research, and band honor society students held collection drives for used and broken eyeglasses and musical instruments. 

The Alfred and Adele Davis Academy is one of Federation's local beneficiary agencies, and received an allocation of $268,608 in FY04.