Talk:Puget Sound Adventist Academy

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Here is an info box I made just for Seventh-day Adventist academies. Template:Infobox_Seventh-day_Adventist_Academies. You can see an example of it at Georgia-Cumberland Academy. In Jesus -- Anthony White 03:58, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

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 * It was established in 1997 after being expanded from Kirkland Seventh-day Adventist School's Junior-High Program. The principal is Linda Taber. There are approximately 88 students attending. The school offers 4th-year math class in Precalculus and physics, and four years of English, including journalism and speech, four years of Bible class and three years of History class.


 * Puget Sound Adventist Academy is a private Christian co-ed high school located in Kirkland, Washington. It offers a great academic program designed for the student who is preparing for college.  Their extra-curricular activities focus on outreach and community service, but also include music instruction and performance, and athletic programs.  PSAA students appreciate the warm, friendly environment, the dedicated teachers, and a diverse student body.  The academy is part of the world-wide Seventh-day Adventist education system, which includes elementary and high schools, colleges and universities in countries around the globe.  PSAA adheres to a non-discrimination policy.

Campus Ministries

 * [[Image:Psaa sophmores.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Connect]]
 * The Campus Ministries program includes a "Connect" trip taken near the beginning of the year designed for students to get to know each other more, to enhance their relationship with Christ, and to participate in community outreach. In 2007 "Connect" lasted from August 29 through August 31. Mission trips in past years (with building projects) have been completed in Mexico, India, Honduras, Kenya, Costa Rica, and Fiji. After Hurricane Katrina, a relief mission trip to Mississippi also took place near Waveland, Bay St. Louis, Pearlington and Biloxi. In late 2006 another mission trip took students, staff and parents to the Dominican Republic. The fall of 2008 they went to Mexico again working with an orphanage.

Fine arts

 * [[Image:Choir psaa.jpg|200px|right|thumb|The PSAA Choir]]


 * The school offers Band and Choir as Fine Arts classes. The Annual music tour included participation in the Canadian Airlines Rocky Mountain Music Festival and Music in the Park, and trips to Bay Area, Canada, California, and most recently the Oregon Coast. The band is directed by Doug Spencer. Over 80% of students are in either band or choir. The Choir is directed by Colleen Radke. There is also a select choir named IMPACT directed by Estyn Goss. They have toured in Europe, Alaska, and Brasil.

Classes

 * [[Image:Psaastudios 04.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Impact in Brasil]]
 * Choir and band start at 8:10 A.M. and last 45 minutes. Morning block classes, starting at 9:15, are 90 minutes, while afternoon classes meet for 45 minutes. Classes include Washington State History, Contemporary History, History Through Film & Literature, Health, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, General Science I, Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, Pre-Calculus, PE I, PE II, Spanish I, Spanish II, English I-IV, Journalism, Speech, Keyboarding, Computer Literacy, Multimedia, and a required 4 years of Bible/Religion class. 220 credits for regular diploma, 240 credits for college-prep diploma.  Lunch starts at 12:30 and ends at 1:05 when the afternoon classes resume.  Extra curricular classes in the afternoon are after regular afternoon classes, starting at 2:45 and ending at 3:30 An on-campus lunch is available for $3.00.

Tours

 * Spring History Tours are conducted yearly by Howard Munson, history instructor. Past trips have included tours to Italy, Greece (twice), Civil War battlefields, Washington, D.C., and for the year of 2010 to New York City and upstate New York. A yearly Fall tour is conducted as part of the Washington State History class. The highlight of this series of trips is the Amtrak train ride to Vancouver, WA. to tour Ft. Vancouver.

Athletics

 * [[Image:Psaa basketball.jpg|200px|right|thumb|The Sharks Vs. Northwest Yeshiva 2006]]


 * Sports activities include Boys Varsity Soccer, Girls Junior Varsity and Varsity Volleyball, and Guys/Girls Junior Varsity and Varsity Basketball teams. The sports teams have won sportsmanship awards in Sea-Tac B League several times. They meet for a tournament in Walla Walla for each sport in the Fall and Winter of each school year. The mascot is the Shark.