Escondido Adventist Academy
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Escondido Adventist Academy (EAA) is a Seventh-day Adventist-governed private school in Escondido, California
, serving students in grades kindergarten
through 12. It is operated by a school board which represents the 14 Seventh-day Adventist churches in San Diego North County. Escondido Adventist Academy is a part of the Southeastern California Conference of the SDA School System.
It moved to West 9th Avenue in 1956, where it operated grades 1–10 under the name "Escondido Junior Academy." In 1982, it added Kindergarten and grades 11 and 12 and a few new buildings. It also changed to its current name to reflect its new senior academy status. In 2008, the school sold its 9th Avenue campus and moved to a new facility on Deodar Road, as part of a joint campus with the Escondido Seventh-day Adventist Church.
The school is accredited by the Board of Regents
of the General Conference of SDAs and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges
(WASC).
, Physics
, Chemistry
, World History
, Literature, Psychology
and Calculus
.
For all course descriptions refer to EAA Course Descriptions
High School athletics include Men's and Women's Junior Varsity and Varsity Volleyball and Basketball, and Varsity Flag Football, Softball, and Golf.
Middle School athletics offers Men's and Women's Flag Football, Basketball, Volleyball, Soccer, and Softball.
Escondido Adventist Academy began its golf program in 2009 and in 2010 finished as league champions.
The Hawks boys' basketball team has finished as league champions 8 times (’99, ’00, ’01, ’02, ’05, ’07, ’08, ’09) and the Lady Hawks have finished at the top of their league 5 times (’99, ’01, ’03, ’06, ’08). The girls' basketball team finished as CIF-SDS Division V runners up in ’08.
Escondido, California
Escondido is a city occupying a shallow valley ringed by rocky hills, just north of the city of San Diego, California. Founded in 1888, it is one of the oldest cities in San Diego County. The city had a population of 143,911 at the 2010 census. Its municipal government set itself an operating...
, serving students in grades kindergarten
Kindergarten
A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...
through 12. It is operated by a school board which represents the 14 Seventh-day Adventist churches in San Diego North County. Escondido Adventist Academy is a part of the Southeastern California Conference of the SDA School System.
It moved to West 9th Avenue in 1956, where it operated grades 1–10 under the name "Escondido Junior Academy." In 1982, it added Kindergarten and grades 11 and 12 and a few new buildings. It also changed to its current name to reflect its new senior academy status. In 2008, the school sold its 9th Avenue campus and moved to a new facility on Deodar Road, as part of a joint campus with the Escondido Seventh-day Adventist Church.
The school is accredited by the Board of Regents
Board of Regents
In the United States, a board often governs public institutions of higher education, which include both state universities and community colleges. In each US state, such boards may govern either the state university system, individual colleges and universities, or both. In general they operate as...
of the General Conference of SDAs and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges
Western Association of Schools and Colleges
The Western Association of Schools and Colleges is one of six official academic bodies responsible for the accreditation of public and private universities, colleges, secondary and elementary schools in the United States and foreign institutions of American origin. The Western Association of...
(WASC).
Academics
EAA offers Choir, Chamber Singers, Art, Cooking, Advanced Computers, Music Ministry, Yearbook, Journalism, and Needle Arts as electives. It also offers AP classes for BiologyBiology
Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
, Physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
, Chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
, World History
World History
World History, Global History or Transnational history is a field of historical study that emerged as a distinct academic field in the 1980s. It examines history from a global perspective...
, Literature, Psychology
Psychology
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...
and Calculus
Calculus
Calculus is a branch of mathematics focused on limits, functions, derivatives, integrals, and infinite series. This subject constitutes a major part of modern mathematics education. It has two major branches, differential calculus and integral calculus, which are related by the fundamental theorem...
.
For all course descriptions refer to EAA Course Descriptions
Athletics
Escondido Adventist Academy competes in the Citrus-West League of the California Interscholastic Federation-San Diego Section (CIF-SDS).High School athletics include Men's and Women's Junior Varsity and Varsity Volleyball and Basketball, and Varsity Flag Football, Softball, and Golf.
Middle School athletics offers Men's and Women's Flag Football, Basketball, Volleyball, Soccer, and Softball.
Escondido Adventist Academy began its golf program in 2009 and in 2010 finished as league champions.
The Hawks boys' basketball team has finished as league champions 8 times (’99, ’00, ’01, ’02, ’05, ’07, ’08, ’09) and the Lady Hawks have finished at the top of their league 5 times (’99, ’01, ’03, ’06, ’08). The girls' basketball team finished as CIF-SDS Division V runners up in ’08.
See also
- Seventh-day Adventist educationSeventh-day Adventist educationThe Seventh-day Adventist educational system is the second-largest Christian school system in the world, after the Roman Catholic system ....
- Seventh-day Adventist ChurchSeventh-day Adventist ChurchThe Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent second coming of Jesus Christ...
- List of Seventh-day Adventist secondary and elementary schools