Indiana Academy also known as IA is a Seventh-day Adventist secondary school located in Cicero, Indiana, United States. Indiana Academy is owned and operated by the Indiana Conference of Seventh day Adventists and is one of many other Adventist secondary educational institutions. It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system. The average class size is twenty-five students and the school has a graduation rate of 95%. On the IA campus students obtain a strong academic education as well as an excellent work ethic that will transition later in life. Indiana Academy not only teaches students Biblical knowledge, but the students also serve the community through mission projects such as Project 58, which started in fall 2011, as well as going on mission trips all over the world.
History
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The school first opened on October 29, 1902, as Boggstown Manual Training Academy. The school was named after the town it was built in. In 1904, the school had moved to Beechwood, Indiana. where it was named Beechwood Academy. It was in 1921 that the school moved to its present-day location, and was called Indiana Academy. The location in Cicero, IN was chosen to be able to have a school farm and to be located near a rail road. The first Administration Building began in 1923 and destroyed by fire in 1995. The Gym was completely built by 1952.
Curriculum
The schools curriculum consists primarily of the standard courses taught at college preparatory schools across the world. All students are required to take classes in the core areas of English, Basic Sciences, Mathematics, a Foreign Language, and Social Sciences. In addition, religion classes are mandated on a yearly basis. In addition to its core curriculum, the school offers classes including, Physics, US History, Personal Finance.
Spiritual aspects
All students take religion classes each year that they are enrolled. These classes cover topics in biblical history and Christian and denominational doctrines. Instructors in other disciplines also begin each class period with prayer or a short devotional thought, many which encourage student input. Daily, the entire student body gathers together in the auditorium for a chapel service. Outside the classrooms there is year-round spiritually oriented programming that relies on student involvement.
Accreditation
Indiana Academy is accredited by Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools (MSCSS). IA is also accredited by the Board of Regents of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, and the National Council for Private School Accreditation.
See also
- List of Seventh-day Adventist secondary and elementary schools
- List of Seventh-day Adventist colleges and universities
- List of Seventh-day Adventist hospitals
- List of Seventh-day Adventist medical schools
- List of Seventh-day Adventist secondary schools
- Seventh-day Adventist education
- Seventh-day Adventist Church
- Seventh-day Adventist theology
- History of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
- Seventh-day Adventist Church
- Andrews University
- Griggs University
- Southern Adventist University
- Oakwood University
References
- Indiana Academy Centennial by the Indiana Academy Alumni Association
- http://www.iasda.org/
External links
- http://www.iasda.org/
- http://www.indysda.org/
