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Description
Takoma Academy is a nonresidential, coeducational secondary school operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and is one of 7,283 Adventist educational institutions around the world. This includes 5,663 elementary, 1,472 secondary (high school), 42 Worker Training Schools, and 106 colleges and universities.
The physical plant includes a large chapel
seating 550 students and one of the largest
gymnasiums in the state. There are three
well-equipped science rooms/laboratories,
spacious classrooms, bookstore, cafeteria,
music rehearsal hall, auto mechanics shop
and an office for the Guidance Counselor.
The recreational facilities include
complete locker rooms for men and women,
an outdoor multipurpose playing field and a
400-meter running track.
History
The school was founded in 1904 as part of the Washington Training Institute (now known as Columbia Union College). Takoma Academy became a separate institution as part of the Potomac Conference of Seventh-day Adventists in 1932. In 1952 the school moved from the basement of Columbia Hall to its present location on Carroll Avenue.
Principal for 33 years (1947-1980), Dr. J. P. Laurence shaped the strength and direction of the present program and structure. Affectionately known as "Prof," Dr. Laurence guided the school's growth from a small academy with less than a hundred students to the largest enrollment of any of the church's secondary schools (more than six hundred students).
Affiliations
Takoma Academy is accredited by
Takoma Academy is a member of the Council of American Private Education.
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