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In July of 2004 Linda Murdock brought her nearly 35 years of educational experience to Georgia and decided to continue on a path to make a difference in the world that we live in today.
Mrs. Murdock expertise in delivering quality education, evaluating curriculum and providing college admissions guidance has provided many students with better opportunities for the future. She is a graduate of Lycoming College with a Bachelor of Arts in Education and a graduate of the State University of New York College at Oneonta, one of the nations leading schools in education, with a Masters of Science in Education.
In her nearly 35 years of educational experience she has taught children in grades K-12, earned the New York State Technology Teacher of the Year Award, designed state and federal programs in both New York and Florida, and founded and led two private college preparatory schools.
As the Director of the Pendleton School on the IMG Campus of Bradenton, Florida she started the school in a small dorm with a hand full of young shining stars like Maria Sharopova and Tatiana Golovan. Within four years, Linda grew the  school into a K-12 college prep school with over 300 students in various sporting activities. She found that providing an athlete with a school schedule that catered to their rigorous training regiments gave Pendleton a decided edge over other local schools; but more importantly, gave serious athletes a decided edge in their competitive events. Her expertise in education combined with her college admissions guidance provided the students with better than average acceptance rates.
In Linda Murdock's four years at Pendleton, she graduated 224 students. Nearly 100% of them were accepted at their first choice school. 100% of the students who decided to attend college received scholarship. 22% percent of her students were accepted to top tier universities. The following is just a sample of those schools.
| Boston College |
The College of William and Mary |
| Brown University |
Texas A&M |
| California Tech |
University of California, Berkeley |
| Clarkson University |
University of Chicago |
| Emory University |
University of Indiana |
| Farleigh Dickinson University |
University of Pennsylvania |
| Harvard University |
Vanderbilt University |
| Lehigh University |
Villanova University |
| Santa Clara University |
Wake Forest University |
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In 2001 the idea of Lyndon Academy started to take shape. The Director of The Pendleton School, Linda Murdock, saw a better path for education and herself. She soon stepped away from Pendleton to take on a bigger and brighter challenge.
With the same spirit, passion, and compassion for educating children at the highest level possible, Linda, with the help of her husband, son, and daughter, founded Lyndon Academy.
In March of 2005, Lyndon Academy purchased an old day care building. After making extensive renovations to the facility, Lyndon Academy moved into its temporary facility and began a pilot program in August of 2005. In its first official school year (2006-07) Lyndon opened with over 20 students in junior kindergarten and kindergarten. Lyndon now teaches just over 50 students in grades Pre-K4 through 2nd.
See "Future Development" for details of what is to come.
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