Loma Linda Academy

Infobox School2
name = Loma Linda Academy


established = 1906
type = K-12 College Preparatory
head_name = Principal
head = L. Roo McKenzie
city = Loma Linda
state = California
country = USA
students = 1659Fact|date=August 2008
faculty = 155Fact|date=August 2008
athletics = Men's and women's varsity and junior varsity
school_colors = Maroon and White
mascot = Roadrunner
website = [http://www.lla.org http://www.lla.org]

Loma Linda Academy (LLA) is a K-12 college preparatory WASC-accredited school [http://www.acswasc.org/directory_searchdetail.cfm?O=241&Schl=Loma%20Linda%20Academy&City=&Cat=0&Cnty=0&SchoolCat=Religious%20School&Name=Loma%20Linda%20Academy&Page=1] run by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Loma Linda, California. Loma Linda Academy comprises three separate schools: an elementary school, a junior high, and a high school. Each school has its own principal in addition to the head principal. The school was founded June 13, 1906 [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SBCB&p_theme=sbcb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10F493FE4ED61C68&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM] with six students, barely a year after Ellen White had encouraged the fledgling church to establish a church and sanitarium there. [http://www.latimes.com/classified/realestate/la-re-guide7jan07,0,7773791.story?coll=la-class-re-blogs]

Elementary

Loma Linda Academy Elementary includes kindergarten through sixth grade. The current principal of the elementary school is Bill Arnold.

Junior High

Loma Linda Academy Junior High comprises seventh and eighth grades. The current principal is Gordon Day. Also the current band director is Giovanni Santos. Santos directs four different Junior High bands at LLA: Junior High Advanced Woodwinds, Junior High Concert Band, Junior High Advanced Woodwinds' Jazz band, and the Concert Band's Jazz Band.

High School

Loma Linda Academy High School, often referred to simply as the Academy, LLA or Loma Linda Academy, includes ninth through twelfth grades. The position of high school principal is currently filled by Dr. Bob Dennis. The previous high school principal was Brent Baldwin, who took over as principal for the 2005-2006 school year. Before Baldwin, Doug Herrmann was the high school principal for 25 years. He left to become an associate superintendent of education for the Southeastern California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. The high school has an attendance of more than 500 students. The High School has an extremely high college bound rate, with 99% of its students enrolling in college after graduation [http://www.lla.org/pdf/usnewsad.pdf] . Of those that attend college, 75% attend a four-year university, while the other 24% attend a two-year college.

Sports

All students in K-12 are required to take physical education until they have three years worth of PE in high school. However, the junior high and high schools also have sports teams which compete against other schools. The junior high teams play other schools throughout Southern California. The junior high flag-football teams of 2004-05, and 2005-06 were both undefeated and won the championship. Each year's team had only been scored against in two games. They both played 16 games. Fact|date=February 2007

The high school sports program has teams on both the men's and women's junior varsity and varsity level. Junior varsity and varsity teams exist for flag football, soccer, basketball, baseball & softball, golf and volleyball. These teams play in the CIF--Southern Section. In addition, the school has a varsity and JV mixed gender cheerleading squad. At the end of the year, both the high school and junior high athletics departments choose a female and male athlete of the year. This is determined by the amount of sports teams the person was on and the number of awards he or she won while on the team that year.

Uniforms

The school has required uniforms for all students since the 2004-2005 school year.

See also

*Loma Linda University
*La Sierra University
*List of Seventh-day Adventist academies and elementary schools‎
*Seventh-day Adventist Church