Briarfield Academy
Private school
32°49′52″N 91°11′18″W / 32.8309868°N 91.1882044°W / 32.8309868; -91.1882044Briarfield Academy is a non-sectarian, private school admitting pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade students. It is located on Riddle Lane in Lake Providence in East Carroll Parish in northeastern Louisiana, United States. The school has more than 180 students.
History
The school was founded as a segregation academy in 1970 after a federal court ordered the racial integration of East Carroll Parish public schools. This was 16 years after the US Supreme Court had ruled that segregated public schools were unconstitutional, in Brown v. Board of Education (1954).[1]
When it first opened, the school enrolled 400 students in kindergarten through 8th grade.[1] By the end of 1970, Briarfield Academy enrolled 565 students at two campuses.[2] Many of the Briarfield Academy's teachers in the early years were former employees of the public schools system. They resigned and took pay cuts to avoid having to teach in racially integrated classrooms.[1]
Athletics
Briarfield Academy is known for its success in athletics
8-Man Football
- 3 State Championships in 4 years in football while being Runner-Up in 2022 under Coach Beau Travis’s tenure.
Girl’s Basketball
- Coach Cherie Morara has coached two state championship teams in 2020 and 2022.
Fast Pitch Softball
- Briarfield’s Softball has won state championships in 2019, 2022 and 2023
Championships
Football championships
- (3) LISA Football: 1979, 1989, 1991
- (3) MAIS Football: 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021 Runner-Up
Basketball championships
- (2) Girls Basketball: 2020, 2022
- (1) Boys Basketball: 2024
Softball championships
- (3) MAIS Softball: 2019, 2022, 2023
References
- ^ a b c Miller, Mike (February 15, 1970). "Private Schools Mushroom in wake of Desegregation Order". The (Opelousas) Daily World. p. 22.
- ^ Rushing, Mildred (December 29, 1970). "Newsmakers are recalled for 1970 in East Carroll". The Monroe News Star. p. 22.
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