Oakwood Adventist Academy
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| Oakwood Adventist Academy | |
| Develop, Nurture, Affirm | |
| Established | 1896 |
|---|---|
| School type | K-12 |
| Principal | Olivia Beverly |
| Location | Huntsville, Alabama, USA |
| Students | approx. 250 |
| Faculty | 30 |
| Athletics | basketball, volleyball, flag football |
| Colors | green and gold |
| Mascot | Mustangs |
| Website | http://www.oa.oakwood.edu |
Oakwood Adventist Academy is a Seventh-day Adventist co-educational K-12 school located on the campus of Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama. The K-12 principal is Mrs. Olivia Beverly (July 2006 - present). Oakwood Adventist Academy was founded in 1896, and it is the oldest historically black Seventh-day Adventist academy in the world. The academy served as a boarding school and preparatory school operated by Oakwood College for the majority of its existence until 1974 when it became a day school run by a local constituency of Seventh-day Adventist churches.
Oakwood Adventist Academy still serves as the College Preparatory Division and Laboratory School for the Department of Education of Oakwood College, and it is a major feeder school for Oakwood College.
Oakwood Adventist Academy states that its mission is to "provide a spiritual, academic, social, and physical environment that Develops, Nurtures, and Affirms (DNA) students for an eternity of service to God and a lifetime of service to humanity."[1]
The school is accredited by the National Council for Private Schools and the Education Department of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.
[edit] See also
- List of Seventh-day Adventist academies and elementary schools
- List of high schools in Alabama
- Oakwood College
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