Guam Adventist Academy (GAA) is a K-12 private school run by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Guam and the Seventh-day Adventist Guam Micronesia Mission,About Us
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. The school's Windward Hills campus is across the street from the Windward Hills Golf Club. In 1949, Pastor Dunton founded what would become the GAA in

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, with an enrollment of 26 pupils. The second GAA school in

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was opened in 1951. By 1957, the two schools merged into one K-12 institution, located in Agaña Heights. In July 1963, the institution secured what would become its current location in Windward Hills. In 2007, the school had about 100 students. As of 2010, the school combined the high school graduation and the eighth grade promotion exercises into a single ceremony.

Activities

The athletic teams are called the "Angels." The school has a career day every year.ISLANDSTYLE
" '' Pacific Daily News''. March 6, 2007. A30 Island Style. Retrieved on February 3, 2013. "Guam Adventist Academy held its annual career day activities on Jan. 25 in which several speakers from various professions around the island" Electives offered in the school include Japanese, Spanish, Korean, Handbell Choir, woodworking, small engines, anatomy and physiology, and gardening.

References

External links

Official Website

Guam Adventist Academy - Guam-Micronesia Mission of Seventh-day Adventists
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