- Madison Academy (Tennessee)
Infobox Seventh-day Adventist Academies
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name = Madison Academy
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established = 1904
type = PrivateHigh School
grades = 9-12
religion = Seventh-day Adventist
principal_name = Robert Stevenson
city = 100 Academy Road
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state = Tennessee
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yearbook = "Cumberland Echoes"
newspaper = "Madisonian"
conference = Kentucky-Tennessee
webpage = http://www.madisonacademy.comMadison Academy is a Seventh-day Adventist academy located in
Madison, Tennessee . Established in 1904 under the visionary inspiration ofEllen White , Madison Academy is co-educated day high school located approximately ten minutes north ofNashville , Tennessee, on a bend of theCumberland River .General Information
The Academy is owned and operated by the
Kentucky-Tennessee Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists , and the school primarily serves students of the Seventh-Day Adventist backgrounds and families from the Nashville community.The three entities of the Academy include its educational program, its
linen services industry, and nearly 60 units of rental properties. About 40 full time or part time workers make up its staff team. Of these, 11 are credentialed teachers.Madison Academy is a member of the Association of Seventh-Day Adventist Secondary Schools and is accredited by the
General Conference Board of Regents as well as by theState of Tennessee . The last full scale evaluation of the school was conducted in 2007. [http://www.madisonacademy.com]Who May Attend
Madison Academy admits students of any race or national origin to all rights and privileges generally accorded or made available to students at the academy, and makes no discrimination in the administration of educational policies, scholarships or loans, work, or extracurricular activities.
Laptop Program
Madison Academy is one of the only schools in the
United States that issues laptops to each of its students to use for study purposes. Almost all textbooks are on these laptops.Student Pledge
"As a student at Madison Academy, I pledge to understand and uphold all the standards outlined here in the Student Handbook, on and off campus, and on school trips. It is may intention to be representative as a student of Madison Academy in my spirit and performance.
Outreach and Community Service
Madison Academy performs many different outreach programs, which include: Appalachian Outreach, MGM (Madison Global Missions), Community Service Day, and other outreach programs.
Appalachian OutreachFor the last 17 years, Appalachian Outreach has been an integral part of the program at Madison Academy. During the years, other schools have joined with Madison Academy in the annual outreach. Around 100 students and faculty from Madison Academy participate in this annual outreach program. [http://www.madisonacademy.com/article.php?id=24]
Madison Global MissionsEvery year, students, faculty, and parents from Madison Academy travel to different parts of the world for the annual mission trip. Some of the more recent countries visited are the
Dominican Republic in 2004,South Africa in 2005,Peru in 2006, and theAmazon Rainforest in 2007. The original 2007 mission trip was scheduled to go to theisland ofFiji , but had to relocate to the Amazon due to the recent2006 Fijian coup d'état . The upcoming 2008 trip will venture toArgentina and will be a joint trip between the school's choir group, theMadisonians , and the normal mission trip. [http://www.madisonacademy.com/article.php?id=23] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Fijian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat]Athletics
IntramuralsMadison Academy is one of the many Seventh-Day Adventist schools around the United States that runs an
intramural program. The sports includesoftball andflag football in the fall,volleyball in the winter, andbasketball andfloor hockey in the spring.ACROSOne thing that Madison Academy is known for is their gymnastics team, the ACROS. Every year they showcase their talent at the regional ACROFest as well as the school-year ending Homeshow.
Extra-curricular Activities
Madison Academy offers a wide selection of extracurricular activities for the students. They include:
*Art
* Band
*Choir
*Drama
*Gymnastics
* Music Appreciationee also
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Seventh-day Adventist Church
*List of Seventh-day Adventist academies and elementary schools External links
* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=205108271 The Madisonians MySpace page]
* [http://www.madisonacademy.com Official homepage]
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