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Riverside Military Academy

Riverside Preparatory Academy is a private, college preparatory, boarding and day school for boys in grades 6 through 12 in Gainesville, Georgia, United States.

The school was founded as Riverside Military Academy in 1907 by local professors and businessmen Haywood Jefferson Pearce[citation needed] and Azor Warner Van Hoose Jr with the mission of preparing ethical young men for success in college and life.

Riverside opened its doors in fall 1908. It gained some prominence after 1913, when a young professor from Stone Mountain, Georgia, Edgar Dunlap "Sandy" Beaver (later a general) became the director of the school's Academics and Military Department.

Riverside opened a winter campus in Hollywood, Florida, in 1931. It was briefly used as a Naval Air Gunners School during World War II. It was sold in 1984.

The Gainesville campus underwent renovations from 1997 until 2004, adding a barracks building, academics building, gymnasium, and a library and performing arts center.

In 2022, the school rebranded as Riverside Preparatory Academy to emphasize its rigorous academic program, while still holding on to a modified military mission.

Robert Brittain Daniel, a lawyer, is the current president.

Riverside Preparatory Academy won "Best Band" by virtual appearance in the Atlanta Veteran's Day Parade in 2020.

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