- Ozark Adventist Academy
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Ozark Adventist Academy(OAA) 
Address 20997 Dawn Hill East Road
Gentry, Arkansas 72734Information School type Christian Private Founded 1900 Administrator Toakase Vunileva Principal Mike Dale Vice principal Doug Fisher Grades 9–12 Enrollment 170 Language English and Spanish Color(s) Blue and Gray Mascot Skeeter The Skyhawk Team name Skyhawks Affiliation Seventh-day Adventist Church Website http://www.ozarkacademy.org/ Ozark Adventist Academy (OAA) is a private Boarding school located near Gentry, Arkansas. Located in the foothills of the beautiful Ozark Mountains of Northwest Arkansas, this Seventh-day Adventist boarding high school offers a warm, friendly, and inviting atmosphere.
It is owned and operated by the Arkansas-Louisiana Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and is fully accredited with the Accrediting Association of Seventh-day Adventist Schools, Colleges, and Universities and by the Arkansas Nonpublic Schools Accrediting Association. Choosing Ozark Adventist Academy for the high school years is a choice of belonging to a school family with a special mission and commitment.
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History
Ozark Adventist Academy, located on Dawn Hill E. Road just off Arkansas Highway 59 between Gentry and Siloam Springs, Arkansas, has become a tradition that grew out of a little community church school that was first established about 1900. In time, it became Flint Creek Junior Academy and operated as a locally-supported school until 1941, at which time it was taken over by the Conference and became Ozark Academy.
In 1976 the name was changed to Ozark Adventist Academy. Students graduating from Ozark Adventist Academy can be proud of the fine Christian education they have received, set in place by philosophy and goals uniquely designed to maintain the spirit of its fine background.
Student body
OAA has an enrollment of approximately 150 students. Most of the student body resides on campus in the boy's and girl's residence halls. The remainder commute from the community.
Most OAA students are residents of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, and Missouri. Although there are also students from all over the world, countries such as Mexico, China, South Korea, Japan, Tonga, Samoa Vietnam, Kenya, Romania, Argentina, Brazil, Hong Kong and many more places.
Academics
The required curriculum at OAA includes classes in the following subject areas: Religion, English, Oral Communications, Social Studies, Mathematics, Science, Physical Education, Health, Computer Applications, Fine Arts, and Electives.
Students must successfully complete 24 units to graduate. Graduates meeting specific additional requirements may earn one of the following:
- College prep diploma
- Honors diploma
Student life
Ozark Adventist Academy is a very strict institution but still has events to try and keep students busy. In contrast with other high schools, most of the student population of Ozark Academy spend their time inside the campus. Whether studying or participating in another activity, your friends are always close to you, attending sports events, art workshops or just going for a walk or having fun. Our campus, besides having the very diverse student population, is the ideal place for getting to know people from all over the country, as well as people from other parts of Latin America, North America, and Asia. Build friendships with classmates from all over the world.
The OAA experience is shaped by many events and extra curricular activities. Vespers is a church service where the students can socialize, pray and sing. Ozark Academy also has a Student Association which plans banquets and other events, the Boy's club and the Girl's club are the two associations that the school has. The two associations elect officials annually, from President to pastor. The Student Olympics Association of Ozark Academy is the association responsible for organizing the annual high school Olympics, the school Olympics are help in mid September. The Mountain Echo is an organization that distributes the school newspaper with in the school campus, the newspaper comes out once every week. The Flintonian is a school yearbook both in the beginning of the year and in the end. The first issue of The Flintonian is in the beginning of the year when the students come to enroll after the summer, and the last issue of The Flintonian is the actual school yearbook.
The Drama club is an after school activity that is responsible for all the dramas and skits performed at Ozark Adventist Academy throughout the year. The band performs both at the school campus auditorium and at the Seventh-Day Adventist church across the street during Sabbath services. Ozark Adventist Academy has two Choir groups, the large choir and Royalaires, the smaller choir. Royalaires is a group that are specially chosen from the large choir. The choir at Ozark Adventist Academy is the second largest organization, second to Gymnastics. The Aerialaires are the largest Student organization at Ozark Academy, it is formed of both male and female students they like the choir, often go on trips to different annual competitions throughout the United States. Hand bells and puppets are also after school organizations that perform both on school campus and at church services.
Mission trips are very popular with in the school. Students get to travel to distant countries all over the world to help and to learn from distant cultures. Countries that Ozark Academy have traveled to are Mexico, Peru,Latin America, Africa and to states such as Hawaii
- National Honor Society
- Student council
- Home leaves/holiday weekends
- Christian Theater
- Student Senate
Athletics
The Skyhawks are the high school male basketball team. They have games both home and away and play home games at the school gymnasium which is within the school campus. The Lady Hawks are the female high school basketball team, they too like the men play home and away games, with the home court being the gymnasium on the school campus. Football (soccer) also has performance matches in the school year. They too like the men play home and away games, the field that the team uses is located also on campus. Volleyball is also another sport Ozark Academy is starting to play as a team. The school plays Intramural matches which is made up of students that simply want to come and play. The sports that are played during intramurals are football, soccer, volleyball, basketball, and softball.
Faculty and staff
OAA employs approximately 20 teachers/administrators/staff.
Accreditation
- Arkansas Nonpublic Schools Accrediting Association
- Accrediting Association of Seventh-day Adventist Schools, Colleges, and Universities
See also
- Seventh-day Adventist Church
- List of Seventh-day Adventist secondary and elementary schools
External links
- Ozark Adventist Academy Official website
- Google Maps Satellite view of OAA campus
Categories:- Secondary schools affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church
- Seventh-day Adventist Church
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