Midland Adventist Academy (commonly known simply as Midland) is a private

Private school

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, coeducational, K-12 grade school

School

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 located in Shawnee, Kansas

Shawnee, Kansas

Shawnee is a city located in northwest Johnson County, Kansas, United States and is a western suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 62,209. Shawnee's fur trading and pioneering heritage blends histories of these Kansas Territory townships: Monticello and...

.

Academics

Midland is part of the greater Adventist education system operated by the 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...

. It is under the direction of the Office of Education of the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists

North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists

The Seventh-day Adventist Church in the United States, Canada, and Bermuda is officially organized as the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists...

, which began oversight of elementary

Elementary school

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 and secondary

Secondary school

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 education in 1872.

School dynamics

The school's primary goal is to provide education within a Christ-centered environment as to prepare its students for service to God and humanity. There are many ways in which students can get involved with the community through student community service programs.

Local community programs

• Fall Community Clean-up
• Disaster Outreach
• Nursing Home Visits
• Soup Kitchen
• Blood Drives

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
• Shawnee Mission Medical Center
  Shawnee Mission Medical Center
  Shawnee Mission Medical Center is a full service 383-bed Seventh-day Adventist hospital located in Merriam near Interstate 35 at 9100 W. 75th St in Johnson County, Kansas...