 |
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this articlebyadding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "Highland Academy" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (October 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
 |
The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines for companies and organizations. Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted.
Find sources: "Highland Academy" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (April 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
| Highland Academy | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Address | |
 | |
211 Highland Circle Dr.
Portland
,
TN
37148
United States
| |
| Coordinates | 36°31′19″N 86°29′49″W / 36.52183°N 86.49697°W / 36.52183; -86.49697 |
| Information | |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Seventh-Day Adventist |
| Established | c. 1947 |
| Status | Open |
| CEEB code | 431892 |
| Principal | Chadd Watkins |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 100 |
| Average class size | 21 |
| Language | English |
| Campus | Rural |
| Campus size | 300 acres (120 ha) |
| Color(s) | Hunter Green, White |
| Athletics | Acrobatic Gymnastics, Intramurals |
| Accreditation | AASASCU, NCPSA, AdvancED |
| Yearbook | Chimes |
| Affiliations | Seventh-day Adventist Church |
| Website | www |
Highland Academy is a Seventh-day Adventist boarding and day school located on a 300-acre (120 ha) campusinPortland, Tennessee, United States. It is owned and operated by the Kentucky-Tennessee ConferenceofSeventh-day Adventists. It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system.[1][2][3][4]
Highland Academy is a co-educational boarding and day school. Any students grades 9 through 12 may attend.
The school does not have varsity or inter-school sports, but features an active intramural sports program and a large performing gymnastics team.
The school offers a variety of jobs for students to offset the cost of tuition. Three Signature Healthcare companies located on Highland's campus also provide work opportunities - these are The Bridge at Highland (a nursing home and rehabilitation center), SHC Construction, and SHC Furniture
The campus is made up about 300 acres and includes an administration facility with classrooms, a music building, both a boys' dormitory and girls' dormitory with the cafeteria on the ground floor, gymnasium, grounds/maintenance building, and woodworking shop.
Other notable structures on campus include an outdoor classroom, small cabins for attendees of the annual camp meeting held on campus, and a building for temporary book and food storage/sales during camp meeting. There are several areas with water and electric hookups to be used during that time.
A church with approximately 700 members is located next to the campus. Students and faculty join with community there for religious services.[5] Highland Elementary School is also located nearby. Highland Elementary is operated by the Highland Seventh-day Adventist Church and offers grades Pre-K to 8.[5]
The schools curriculum consists primarily of the standard courses taught at college preparatory schools across the world. All students are required to take classes in the core areas of English, Basic Sciences, Mathematics, a Foreign Language, and Social Sciences.
All students take religion classes each year that they are enrolled. These classes cover topics in biblical history and Christian and denominational 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 a half hour-long chapel service. Outside the classrooms there is year-round spiritually oriented programming that relies on student involvement.
