Greater Miami Adventist Academy is a private Christian

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 high school

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 in Miami, Florida

Miami, Florida

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. It is owned and operated by the Florida Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

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.

History

GMAA had its beginning in 1912, when it was known as Greater Miami Elementary School. Classes were held in a tent behind the Temple Church in downtown Miami. In 1960 it became a full fledge, four year academy. Today the academy serves a rich and diverse constituency representing over thirty different national backgrounds. GMAA presently occupies a beautiful two story facility at 500 NW 122nd Avenue and was renamed Greater Miami Adventist Academy.

Location

The campus is located in unincorporated Miami Dade County, Florida on the outskirts of Miami.

Academic programs

Greater Miami Adventist Academy is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. In addition to offering a regular college preparatory program, GMAA offers three programs of study: a General Diploma, a College Preparatory Diploma. and for highly motivated students GMAA also offers an Honors Diploma. Staff members and the GMAA Guidance Department are available to assist students in their academic program.

Spiritual Aspect

All students are required to take religion classes each year that they are enrolled. These classes cover topics in biblical

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 history and Christian

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 and denominational

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 doctrines. Instructors in other disciplines also begin each class period with prayer or a short devotional thought, many which encourage student input. Weekly, the entire student body gathers together in the auditorium for an hour-long chapel service.
Outside the classrooms there is year-round spiritually oriented programming that relies on student involvement.

Athletics

The Athletics at the Academy includes Boys and Girls soccer, Boys and Girls volleyball, Boys and Girls basketball, Girls softball and Jr. High Sports and has a Gymanastics team which give performances

List of Principals

Principal Years Served

Luis E. Cortes 2005 - Current

See also

• Seventh-day Adventist Church
  Seventh-day Adventist Church
  The 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

External links

• Greater Miami Adventist Academy Website
• Florida Conference of Seventh-day Adventists