Fountainview Academy
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Fountainview Academy is a small, parochial boarding
secondary school
affiliated with, but not owned or operated by, the Seventh-day Adventist Church
, located 17 miles south of Lillooet, British Columbia
, Canada
. It enrolls approximately 85 students in grades 10-12, primarily from the United States of America and Canada
, but also from various Asian and European countries. It has a youth orchestra
and choir
and all students are required to join one or the other.
provides the principles which guide the Academy. "Fountainview Academy strives to achieve its mission through a balanced program of work and study. Each student is required to attend approximately 25 hours of classes and up to 20 hours of vocational education each week as a means of translating theory into practice in the individual’s life."
carrot
farm which in 2008 was the largest producer of organic carrots in BC Province. The Adventist Church historically strongly advocated that students gain work experience as part of their education. The carrot farm provides the students with such work experience. Students also meet their weekly vocational education requirement by being assigned to work in campus development and upkeep, bakery, digital media, janitorial, cafeteria, or the office.
Boarding school
A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...
secondary school
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
affiliated with, but not owned or operated by, the Seventh-day Adventist Church
Seventh-day Adventist Church
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent second coming of Jesus Christ...
, located 17 miles south of Lillooet, British Columbia
Lillooet, British Columbia
Lillooet is a community on the Fraser River in western Canada, about up the British Columbia Railway line from Vancouver. Situated at an intersection of deep gorges in the lee of the Coast Mountains, it has a dry climate- of precipitation is recorded annually at the town's weather station,...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. It enrolls approximately 85 students in grades 10-12, primarily from the United States of America and Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, but also from various Asian and European countries. It has a youth orchestra
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
and choir
Choir
A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
and all students are required to join one or the other.
Philosophy of education
The book Education by Adventist founder Ellen G. WhiteEllen G. White
Ellen Gould White was a prolific author and an American Christian pioneer. She, along with other Sabbatarian Adventist leaders, such as Joseph Bates and her husband James White, would form what is now known as the Seventh-day Adventist Church.Ellen White reported to her fellow believers her...
provides the principles which guide the Academy. "Fountainview Academy strives to achieve its mission through a balanced program of work and study. Each student is required to attend approximately 25 hours of classes and up to 20 hours of vocational education each week as a means of translating theory into practice in the individual’s life."
Work experience and service activities
The high school includes an organicOrganic farming
Organic farming is the form of agriculture that relies on techniques such as crop rotation, green manure, compost and biological pest control to maintain soil productivity and control pests on a farm...
carrot
Carrot
The carrot is a root vegetable, usually orange in colour, though purple, red, white, and yellow varieties exist. It has a crisp texture when fresh...
farm which in 2008 was the largest producer of organic carrots in BC Province. The Adventist Church historically strongly advocated that students gain work experience as part of their education. The carrot farm provides the students with such work experience. Students also meet their weekly vocational education requirement by being assigned to work in campus development and upkeep, bakery, digital media, janitorial, cafeteria, or the office.