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Leal Grunke, a Seventh-day Adventist pastor from Chowchilla, California, was the procurement officer for the Central California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. When he saw the location for the first time, he proposed using it for a boarding school. He met opposition from church officials, and then from the government.
The Seventh-day Adventist Church runs a large educational system throughout the world. As of 2008, 1678 [1] secondary schools are affiliated with the Church. Some schools offer both elementary and secondary education.
Fresno Adventist Academy (FAA) is a K-12 school in Fresno, California owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Established in 1897, FAA is the only Seventh-day Adventist high school in the surrounding area.
Not Church-owned, but closely aligned with the Seventh-day Adventist Church: Hartland College , a division of Hartland Institute , Rapidan, Virginia , United States Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia , Madison, Tennessee , United States
Loma Linda Academy (LLA) is a Seventh-day Adventist K-12 college preparatory coeducational school in Loma Linda, California, United States. [1] It is the largest Seventh-day Adventist K-12 school in the United States, [ 5 ] with 1289 students as of 2015 [update] .
San Diego Academy is a private coeducational K-12 Christian school in National City, California. It is part of the Seventh-day Adventist educational system, the world's second largest Christian school system. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Pacific Union College was founded as Healdsburg Academy in Healdsburg, California, in northern Sonoma County, in 1882. [5] [8] The creation of schools in the state was urged by Ellen G. White and other church leaders in an effort to accommodate the Adventist Church's growing membership on the West Coast and to train young Adventists for its work.
Escondido Adventist Academy (EAA) is a private, Seventh-day Adventist-governed Christian school in Escondido, California, serving students in grades K-12.It is operated by a school board which represents the 14 Seventh-day Adventist churches in San Diego North County.