Tallulah Falls School is the only school
in the state of Georgia owned and operated by a service organization.
It was founded in 1909 by the Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs,
under the leadership of their president, Mrs. Mary Ann Lipscomb.
Dunwoody Woman's Club is proud to be part of the Georgia Federation
and to 
share
in the support and operation of the Tallulah Falls School.
It all began when, as a summer resident in
the beautiful northeast Georgia mounstains, Mrs. Lipscomb of Athens,
Georgia met many of the local children and was moved by their
hunger for knowledge. She began to teach a few of these children
on her front porch, but she knew this was not enough..
Mrs.
Lipscomb saw the need for the children of the area to have a school
of their own, and largely through her efforts as president of the
Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs, Tallulah Falls School became
a reality.
On July 12, 1909, the School opened its doors
to 21 children from neighboring Habersham and Rabun Counties and
continued to serve as both a public and private institution of
learning for more than sixty years. In 1970, the 
School
became a privately chartered institution, serving students from
throughout
the world.
Much change has taken place in the intervening
decades since the School's founding. The original
campus, which
consisted of five acres of land and one five room building, today
includes twenty buildings, 500 acres of land, and a physical plant
valued in the millions of dollars. Students once drawn from a tiny
mountain area now
come from the far reaches of the globe.
Tallulah Falls School is a co-education boarding
school for grades 7-12 with a student-teacher ratio of 1-11, and
prides itself in offering a quality academic program that ensures
the success of every student.
We encourage you to visit the web site
of the Tallulah
Falls School to enjoy pictures of the campus and learn more
about this very special "light in the mountains".
