Mount Pisgah Academy

Coordinates: 35°34′7.2″N 82°40′14.9″W / 35.568667°N 82.670806°W / 35.568667; -82.670806 Mount Pisgah Academy is a four year secondary education boarding school located in Candler, North Carolina, United States, near Asheville. The academy is named after the Mount Pisgah of biblical reference as well as its proximity to Mount Pisgah in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church, the campus lies on 230 acres (0.93 km²) 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]

The current principal at the academy is Rick Anderson.^[7][8]

For the 2008-09 school year, it had an enrollment of 165 students.^[9]

References

1. ^ About us, Mount Pisgah Academy, retrieved May 17, 2010
2. ^ The 100+ Oldest North Carolina Conventional Non-Public Schools, Division of Non-Public Education, State of North Carolina, retrieved May 17, 2010
3. ^ Dorothy Graves-Pierce, Mountain life & work, Volumes 1-3‎ - Page 17 (1925)
4. ^ Vision for Today and Tomorrow, Master Plan, Mount Pisgah Academy (2006), Retrieved May 17, 2010
5. ^ Wendell Simons (May 2008). "Mount Pisgah Academy Choirs Perform in Bermuda". Atlantic Union Gleaner (Altantic Union Conference of the Seventh Day Adventist Church). http://www.atlantic-union.org/images/Gleaner%20Online/May08Gleaner.pdf. Retrieved May 17, 2010. ("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.")
6. ^ Ward, Doris Cline et al. The Heritage of old Buncombe County, Volume 1, p.356 (1981)(ISBN 978-0894591594)
7. ^ Faculty and Staff, Mount Pisgah Academy, retrieved May 17, 2010
8. ^ Conventional Non-Public Boarding Schools, Division of Non-Public Education, State of North Carolina (2009)
9. ^ Conventional School Enrollment by School & Grade, Division of Non-Public Education, State of North Carolina (2008)

See also

• Seventh-day Adventist Church
• List of Seventh-day Adventist secondary and elementary schools

External links

• Mount Pisgah Academy Website
• Photo circa 1924 of Pisgah Industrial Institute, Seventh Day Adventist Church, Online Document Archive