Oakwood Adventist Academy

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Location
Oakwood Adventist Academy

Education for Eternity
Huntsville, Alabama, USA
Information
Principal	Olivia Beverly
Students	250
Faculty	30
Type	K-12
Athletics	Basketball (men and women), Volleyball (women)
Mascot	Mustangs
Established	1896
Homepage	http://www.oa.oakwood.edu

Oakwood Adventist Academy, also referred to as Oakwood Academy or OAA, is a Seventh-day Adventist co-educational K-12 school located on the campus of Oakwood University in Huntsville, Alabama. The K-12 principal is Olivia Beverly (July 2006 - present). Oakwood Adventist Academy was founded in 1896 as Oakwood Industrial School. The high school served as a boarding school and preparatory school operated by Oakwood University for the majority of its existence. In 1974, the academy became a day school operated by a local constituency of Seventh-day Adventist churches called the Huntsville Area Seventh-day Adventist (HASDA) Churches. The school has had many names including Oakwood Manual Training School, Oakwood College Academy, Oakwood Christian Academy, and Oakwood Academy. The administration and constituency voted to change the name of the school to Oakwood Adventist Academy in 2002. Today, the school is governed by the Huntsville Area Seventh-day Adventist Church (HASDA) School Board and the South Central Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.

Oakwood Adventist Academy continues to serve as the College Preparatory Division and Laboratory School for the Department of Education of Oakwood University. Several education majors from Oakwood University conduct their internships at Oakwood Adventist Academy. OAA is a major feeder school for Oakwood University, with a significant number of graduates matriculating to Oakwood University. Advanced juniors and seniors can participate in dual enrollment between Oakwood University and OAA at no additional cost to the academy student. Special programs at the school include a certified nursing assistant program, a program in science education with NASA, and a mission organization providing service to disaster areas.

The mission of OAA is to "provide a spiritual, academic, social, and physical environment that Develops, Nurtures, and Affirms (DNA) students for an eternity of service to God and a lifetime of service to humanity."[1] The school is accredited by the Adventist Accrediting Association of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and the National Council for Private Schools.

The high school is currently housed in the J.T. Stafford Hall at Oakwood University, built in 1974. After the Anna Knight Hall, which housed the elementary school, was destroyed by fire in 1990, a new building for the elementary school was constructed in 1993. Recently, the school received 32 acres of prime land from Oakwood University to construct a brand new K-12 facility. The new Oakwood Adventist Academy complex will be located adjacent to the main Oakwood University campus. The new K-12 complex will include buildings for the high school, middle school, and elementary school, a gymnasium, cafeteria, and athletic fields. Construction is anticipated to begin during the 2008-09 school year, and a target date for completion has not yet been set.