“Soaring Eagles Reaching High Standards”

Heritage Academy Elementary School is located in the Orchard Knob community in southeast Atlanta.

Dr. Yvonne Bernal
Principal

nbernal@atlanta.k12.ga.us

3500 Villa Circle, SE
Atlanta, GA 30354
404-362-5052
404.608.8321 (Fax)

In April 2002, APS completed construction of a new 81,000 square foot school facility in southeast Atlanta called Heritage Academy. It was formerly known as Minnie Howell Elementary, for Minnie Smith Howell, who played a significant roll in fostering many civil accomplishments in the Evans P. Howell School Community in the early 1900’s. Howell Elementary served the Southeast sector of Atlanta for forty-seven years and will continue educating well into the new millennium. The new Heritage Academy adopted the slogan “Soaring Eagles Reaching High Standards”. With 610 students, Heritage is conveniently located between interstate 285 East and 75-South adjacent to Clayton, County and Forest Park, Georgia.