Mountain View Academy (Mountain View, California)
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{{Infobox school
| name = Mountain View Academy
| logo =
| motto = Educating the Whole Student for Eternity
| established = 1922
| type = Private parochial, day school
| denomination = Seventh-day Adventist Church
| principal = Marc Andres
| chaplain = Andrew Lee
| faculty = 9
| students = 66
| yearbook = El Camino Real
| grades = 9-12
| gender = Coeducational
| address = 360 S. Shoreline Blvd
| city = Mountain View
| state = California
| zipcode = 94041
| country = U.S.
| coordinates = {{coord|37.3938722|-122.0871812|display=inline,title}}
| authority = Central California Conference, NAD
| campus = Urban, {{convert|3|acre|km2}}
| colors = {{color box|blue}} Blue {{color box|gold}} Gold
| athletics = Mustangs (varsity and junior varsity)
| nickname = MVA
| website = http://www.mtnviewacademy.org/
| picture =
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Mountain View Academy is a Seventh-day Adventist secondary school (grades 9–12) located in Mountain View, California.{{cite book |title=Peterson's Private Secondary Schools 2015-16|location=Cupertino, CA |publisher=Peterson's|pages=339–340 |isbn=9780768939552}} It is part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system.
Description
Mountain View Academy (MVA) is located on a plot of {{convert|3|acre|ha}} near downtown Mountain View between Shoreline Blvd, Dana St, California Avenue, and Mountain View Avenue. The campus consists of a gymnasium, classrooms, and housing for faculty and staff.{{cite web|url=https://www.mv-voice.com/news/2016/01/12/private-schools-plans-to-build-teacher-housing|title=Private school plans to build teacher housing|website=Mountain View Voice|date=January 12, 2016|access-date=September 2, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.mv-voice.com/news/2015/12/10/council-green-lights-1600-homes|title=Council green-lights 1,600 homes|date=Dec 10, 2015|access-date=January 3, 2021}}
MVA is a co-educational Christian high school for day students. The program is college preparatory. It is part of a network of more than 5,000 educational facilities, and it is owned and operated by the Central California Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church,{{cite web |title= Central California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists |work= official web site |url= http://ccc.adventist.org |accessdate= May 27, 2010 }}
Students at MVA participate in annual mission trips.{{cite magazine
| last = Trujilo
| first = Deloris
| date = May 2020
| title = Knocked Down but not Counted Out
| url = https://issuu.com/pacificunionrecorder/docs/0520recorder
| magazine = Pacific Union Recorder
| publisher = Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
| access-date = August 10, 2021
| page = 27
| last = Collins
| first = John
| date = May 12, 1975
| title = MVA Students Organize M.U.S.T. for Mazatlan Aid
| url = https://documents.adventistarchives.org/Periodicals/PUR/PUR19750512-V74-45.pdf
| magazine = Pacific Union Recorder
| publisher = Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
| access-date = August 10, 2021
| page = 27
}}
History
In September 1904, the Seventh-day Adventist-run Pacific Press Publishing Association relocated to the newly incorporated city of Mountain View, and brought with it about one hundred families. At the time, Mountain View had a population of about 600. From 1904 until 1906, employees sent their children to the Mountain View public grammar school about one mile away from the Press. To provide religious education for their children, the Adventists started an elementary school on Shoreline Boulevard beginning in 1906.{{cite sign|title=Origins|type=Sign in park|publisher=Mountain View Historical Association|location=Mariposa Park, Mountain View}} The church school started with three grades, and soon grew to eight, staffing four teachers. As the students graduated from the eighth grade, they were encouraged to go away to boarding school. But since some of the parents felt that their children were too young to go away to boarding school, gradually grades nine and ten were offered so that the students could be kept at home until they were a little older.{{cite thesis |last=Rice |first=Frank E. |date=September 1946 |title=A Survey of the Mountain View Union Academy |publisher=Stanford University}}
In 1922, the school began to offer eleventh and twelfth grade education, and the first graduating class consisting of seven members finished their work in the spring of 1923.{{cite book |last=Ignoffo |first=Mary Jo |date=2002 |title=Milestones, A History of Mountain View, California |location=Cupertino, CA |publisher=California History Center & Foundation |pages=82–87 |isbn=}} Because grades nine to twelve demanded additional facilities, the first eight grades were moved to a new location on Villa Street in 1922, and renamed "The Miramonte Church school."{{cite report
| last = Brown | first = Walton J.
| date = 1972
| title = Chronology of Adventist Education
| url = https://education.adventist.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Chronology-of-Seventh-day-Adventist-Education-1872-1972-Brown.pdf
| publisher = Department of Education, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
| pages = 134
}} The school offered programs in English, mathematics, history, science, Spanish, domestic science, physical education, and religious and Bible studies.{{cite magazine
| last = Dalrymple
| first = Gwynne
| date = August 11, 1932
| title = The Mountain View Union Academy
| url = https://documents.adventistarchives.org/Periodicals/PUR/PUR19320811-V32-02.pdf
| magazine = Pacific Union Recorder
| publisher = Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
| access-date = August 10, 2021
| page = 27
}}{{cite magazine |last=Prout |first=R. B. |date=June 26, 1935 |title=The Mountain View Union Academy |magazine=Pacific Union Recorder |publisher=Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists}} The school later offered classes in choir and band.{{cite magazine
| last = Johnson
| first = E. B.
| date = June 24, 1963
| title = Mountain View Union Academy Music Department
| url = https://documents.adventistarchives.org/Periodicals/PUR/PUR19630624-V62-48.pdf
| magazine = Pacific Union Recorder
| publisher = Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
| access-date = August 10, 2021
By the mid-1960s, the growing student body and accreditation requirements required the MVA to rebuild. The academy purchased land in Cupertino, but later decided to rebuild on its current location on Shoreline Boulevard due to financial difficulties with the Cupertino site. The academy purchased the adjacent Mountain View Adventist Church to use as a chapel. The academy also made plans to build shower and locker facilities, a gymnasium, and an auditorium.{{cite magazine
| last = Von Pohle
| first = C. L.
| date = January 17, 1966
| title = News Notes From Mountain View Union Academy
| url = https://documents.adventistarchives.org/Periodicals/PUR/PUR19660117-V65-27.pdf
| magazine = Pacific Union Recorder
| publisher = Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
| access-date = August 10, 2021
}} Construction finished in the summer of 1967.{{cite magazine
| last = Johnson
| first = Earl
| date = October 16, 1967
| title = New Teachers and New Facilities at Mountain View Academy
| url = https://documents.adventistarchives.org/Periodicals/PUR/PUR19671016-V67-14.pdf
| magazine = Pacific Union Recorder
| publisher = Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
| access-date = August 10, 2021
}}
On October 22, 1970, a three-alarm fire destroyed the MVA gymnasium.{{cite magazine
| last = Storz
| first = Ethel
| date = December 7, 1970
| title = Three-alarm Fire Destroys MVUA Gym and Auditorium
| url = https://documents.adventistarchives.org/Periodicals/PUR/PUR19701207-V70-23.pdfV70-43.pdf
| magazine = Pacific Union Recorder
| publisher = Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
| access-date = August 10, 2021
}}
After the fire, the academy used the chapel building that it had purchased five years prior for storage, assemblies, and an improvised band and choir practice room. On April 18, 1971, another three-alarm fire broke out in the chapel. It took firemen from four cities to prevent the spread of the flames to the rest of the newly constructed campus.
{{cite news |last=Hansen |first=Terry |date=April 19, 1971 |title=Fire razes church in Mt. View |work=Palo Alto Times }}{{cite magazine
| last = Storz
| first = Ethel
| date = May 3, 1971
| title = $150,000 Blaze Destroys Old Mountain View Church
| url = https://documents.adventistarchives.org/Periodicals/PUR/PUR19710503-V70-43.pdf
| magazine = Pacific Union Recorder
| publisher = Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
| access-date = August 10, 2021
}}
Athletics
Mountain View Academy is a member of the Private School Athletic League, under the Central Coast Section of the California Interscholastic Federation.{{cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/almaheights.org/psal/member-schools?authuser=0|title=Private School Athletic League Member Schools|website=Private School Athletic League|access-date=January 3, 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2012/01/04/mountain-view-academy-tops-mid-peninsula/|date=January 4, 2012|title=Mountain View Academy Tops Mid Peninsula|work=The Mercury News|last=Mazeika|first=Vytas}}{{cite news|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2012/01/03/baroro-comes-alive-shoots-mva-to-win/|date=January 3, 2012|title=Baroro Comes Alive, Shoots MVA to Win|last=Vytas|first=Mazeika|work=The Mercury News}}{{cite news|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2011/02/17/arciaga-sparks-psal-title-for-mv-academy/|date=February 17, 2011|title=Arciaga Sparks PSAL title for MV Academy|work=The Mercury News|last=Reid|first=John}}{{cite news|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2009/12/28/mountain-view-academy-boys-basketball-preview/|date=December 28, 2009|title=Mountain View Academy Boys Basketball Preview|work=The Mercury News|last=Frazier|first=Greg}} Students who participate in the Mountain View athletics program do not compete on Saturdays due to Sabbath observance.{{cite web|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2009/12/07/mountain-view-academy-girls-basketball-outlook/|title=Mountain View Academy Girls' Basketball Lineup|website=The Mercury News|date=December 7, 2009|access-date=March 9, 2022}}
Accreditation
MVA offers a 4-year educational program that complies with the Educational Code of the State of California and is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges{{cite report
| date = 2019
| title = Directory of Schools 2019–2020
| url = http://www.acswasc.org/wp-content/uploads/Directory/ACS-WASC_Directory.pdf
| publisher = Accrediting Commission for Schools Western Association of Schools and Colleges
}} and the Adventist Accrediting Association.{{Cite web |date=April 2022 |title=Accreditation Status for Secondary Institutions |url=https://www.adventistaccreditingassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/Accreditation-Status-for-Secondary-Institutions.pdf |website=adventistaccreditingassociation.org}}
See also
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