Loma Linda Academy

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Loma Linda Academy

Eternal Principles, Intelligent Choices
Established	1906
School type	K-12 College Preparatory
Principal	L. Roo McKenzie
Location	Loma Linda, California, USA
Students	(optional)
Faculty	155
Athletics	Men's and women's varsity and junior varsity
Colors	Maroon and White
Mascot	Roadrunner
Website	http://www.lla.org

Loma Linda Academy (LLA) is a K-12 college preparatory WASC-accredited school run by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Loma Linda, California. It was founded in 1906. Loma Linda Academy is comprised of three separate schools: an elementary school, a junior high, and a high school. Each school has its own principal in addition to the head principal.

1 Elementary
2 Junior High
3 High School
4 Sports
5 Famous alumni
6 See also

[edit] Elementary

Loma Linda Academy Elementary includes kindergarten through sixth grade. The current principal of the elementary school is Bill Arnold.

[edit] Junior High

Loma Linda Academy Junior High is comprised of seventh and eighth grades. The current principal is Gordon Day.

[edit] High School

Loma Linda Academy High School, often referred to simply as the Academy, LLA or Loma Linda Academy, includes ninth through twelfth grades. The current high school principal is Brent Baldwin, who took over as principal for the 2005-2006 school year. Before Baldwin, Doug Herrmann was the high school principal. He left to become an associate superintendent of education for the Southeastern California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. The high school has an attendance of more than 500 students. The High School has an extremely high college bound rate, with 99.9% of its students enrolling in college after graduation. The remaining .1% join a military branch of some sort. The class of 2005 had 3 students who joined the military. Of those that attend college, 75% attend a four-year university, while the other 25% attend a two-year college.

[edit] Sports

All students in K-12 are required to take physical education until they have three years worth of PE in high school. However, the junior high and high schools also have sports teams which compete against other schools. The junior high teams play other schools throughout Southern California. The junior high flag-football teams of 2004-05, and 2005-06 were both undefeated and won the championship. Each year's team had only been scored against in two games. They both played 16 games.^{[citation needed]}

The high school sports program has teams on both the men's and women's junior varsity and varsity level. Junior varsity and varsity teams exist for flag football, soccer, basketball, baseball (men) & softball (women), golf and volleyball. These teams play in the CIF--Southern Section. In addition, the school has a varsity and JV women-only cheerleading squad.

At the end of the year, both the high school and junior high athletics departments choose a female and male athlete of the year. This is determined by the amount of sports teams the person was on and the number of awards he or she won while on the team that year.