Castle Valley Academy is a private boarding
high school
A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...
located in
Castle Valley, Utah. It is affiliated with (but not owned or operated by) the
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is an Adventist Protestant Christian denomination which is distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week in the Christian (Gregorian) and the Hebrew calendar, as the Sabbath, and ...
. It is a part of the
Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system.
History
Daystar (now Castle) Adventist Academy began as Castle Valley Institute. DayStar began in 1970 when two doctors in
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the Capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Utah, most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the county seat, seat of Salt Lake County, Utah, Sal ...
saw the need for an Adventist academy in the Nevada-Utah Conference. The academy operates Castle Valley Farms, one of the largest self-supporting school-based farms in the country, and offers a variety of life skill courses, agriculture being just one of many. These technical and occupational classes give students ideas, and hopefully a calling for their future careers. The school is located in Castle Valley, a green desert oasis nestled between two red mesas, with the towering 12,000 ft. La Sal Mountains at one end and the Colorado River at the other.
Academics
Castle Valley Academy is a private, four-year, coeducational secondary school affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventists church. As a Christian school, Castle Valley Academy admits students of any race to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to the student body. No discrimination is made on the basis of race in administration of educational policies, applications for admission, scholarship or loan programs, athletic or extra-curricular programs.
See also
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List of Seventh-day Adventist secondary schools
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Seventh-day Adventist education
References
External links
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Adventist secondary schools in the United States
Schools in Grand County, Utah
Boarding schools in Utah
Private high schools in Utah
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