Frequently asked questions.

•  What is your teacher-to-student ratio? •  What percentage of your high school students go to college? •  Are you an accredited school? •  What diplomas do you offer on the high school level? •  Does my child have to be a Seventh-day Adventist to attend your school? •  Do you have a hot lunch program? •  Do you provide transportation? •  Do you have a sports program? •  Do you have a music program? •  Do you offer any AP or Honors classes?

•What is your teacher-to-student ratio? We have about a 1-10 full-time teacher-to-student ratio. We also have additional part-time staff bringing it down to about 1-5.

•What percentage of your high school students go to college? Usually 100% of our graduates go on to college. It is rare that a graduate does not attend college within a year or two of graduating.

•Are you an accredited school? Yes. We are a fully accredited school with the General Conference Board of Regents of Seventh-day Adventists. Our pre-school and pre-kindergarten programs are in the process of being state certified as well.

•What diplomas do you offer on the high school level? We offer three diplomas, all of which give a student enough for college entrance. General Diploma College Preparatory Diploma Honors Diploma

•Does my child have to be a Seventh-day Adventist to attend your school? No. We accept any student who wishes to learn in a Christian environment and abide by the expectations laid out in our Student Handbook. We have worship and Bible classes every day, but students are not required to become members of the Adventist church.

•Do you have a hot lunch program? Yes. All meals are lacto-ovo vegetarian. Upon request, vegan meals are also available. Small meals are $3 and large are $4.

•Do you provide transportation? We offer transportation in the morning from the Oak Grove “T” station in Malden. We are within two blocks of the 132 bus that goes to and from Oak Grove as well.

•Do you have a sports program? We have an elementary (grades 5-8) program as well as an academy program. We offer soccer (fall and spring) and basketball and sometimes softball for the academy

•Do you have a music program? We have a choir for grades 7-12 and also grades 4-6. We have a hand bell choir for the academy and the elementary We offer piano, voice, flute, and cello lessons on campus

•Do you offer any AP or Honors classes? We offer Honors American history, two years of Honors English (composition and literature), and Honors Science We offer advanced math classes for high school or college credit (pre-calculus and statistics)