Mount Pisgah Academy
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Affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church, the campus lies on Script error: No such module "convert". of property.[1] It was founded in 1914[2] as a private academy, by E.C. Waller, William Steinman, and C.A. Graves with their families,[3] and originally called the Pisgah Industrial Institute.[4][5] In 1952, its ownership was transferred to the Carolina Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist church, and it was given its present name.[6] It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system.[7][8][9][10]
The current principal at the academy is Dewald Coetzer.[11][12]
For the 2023-2024 school year, it had an enrollment of 90 students.[13]
See also
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References
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- ↑ About us, Mount Pisgah Academy, retrieved May 17, 2010
- ↑ The 100+ Oldest North Carolina Conventional Non-Public Schools, Division of Non-Public Education, State of North Carolina, retrieved May 17, 2010
- ↑ Dorothy Graves-Pierce, Mountain life & work, Volumes 1-3 - Page 17 (1925)
- ↑ Vision for Today and Tomorrow, Master Plan, Mount Pisgah Academy (2006), Retrieved May 17, 2010
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".("Mount Pisgah Academy was started in the year 1914 and is located in Asheville, North Carolina. It is a co-ed boarding academy, with grades nine to twelve, and has an enrollment of 140 students from various countries, such as Russia, Korea, Japan, Colombia, Mexico, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and the United States. Their main focus is on service.")
- ↑ Ward, Doris Cline et al. The Heritage of old Buncombe County, Volume 1, p.356 (1981)(Template:ISBN)
- ↑ http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2010/1115/For-real-education-reform-take-a-cue-from-the-Adventists"the second largest Christian school system in the world has been steadily outperforming the national average – across all demographics."
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- ↑ Faculty and Staff Template:Webarchive, Mount Pisgah Academy, retrieved February 27, 2012
- ↑ Conventional Non-Public Boarding Schools, Division of Non-Public Education, State of North Carolina (2009)
- ↑ Conventional School Enrollment by School & Grade, Division of Non-Public Education, State of North Carolina (2008)
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External links
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