San Antonio Academy - The Modern School

The Modern School

W. W. Bondurant attracted a dedicated and talented corps of teachers who remained at the San Antonio Academy for their entire teaching careers. Many of them became important local personalities in San Antonio and are well-remembered by several generations of alumni. This was especially the case for W. T. Bondurant Sr., and his son Bill, whose respective teaching careers spanned almost 75 years on the faculty of the school. By the mid-twentieth century, many of the elite business and professional families of the south Texas area had become accustomed to sending their sons to both the Academy and Texas Military Institute, while the schools attracted a relatively large number of boarding students from throughout the southwestern United States and Mexico. In 1968, the Academy closed its North Flores Street campus and moved to the former location of Saint Mary's Hall on East French Place. Saint Mary's Hall had moved in that year to a new location north of the city near McArthur Park. The Bondurant family reorganized the school as a non-profit entity operated under an independent Board of Trustees. In the early 2000s, the San Antonio Academy continues to offer instruction from prekindergarten through the eighth grade to over 300 boys. The Academy recently in 2010 celebrated their 125th year.