Southern California Military Academy

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Southern California Military Academy was a private, all male military academy boarding school located in Signal Hill, California at the corner of Cherry Avenue and 21st Street. It had classes from K through 9th grades.

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Ben Westlund, Oregon state senator and independent candidate for Oregon governor in 2006. [1]
Marquez Pope, A businessman and former American professional football player.

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Because the academy was close to the border with the city of Long Beach (a city that completely surrounds Signal Hill), it was often thought that the academy was in Long Beach. The school used Long Beach as its mailing address: 2065 Cherry Avenue, Long Beach, California 90806.

SCMA shared the same year of founding and motto ("Character Before Career") with a totally unrelated prep school in New York, The Stony Brook School.

SCMA was originally a 1st through 12th grade school but eventually became a kindergarten through 9th grade school when it closed.

Many of the students, uniforms and school motto were used in Sylvester Stallone's film "Over the Top." The storyline for the movie had his son attending a military academy. Although a forgettable movie, many of the students had small roles. The film was not shot at the academy however; it was filmed at Pomona College during the summer of 1986.