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Mount Pisgah Academy is a four year secondary education boarding school located in Candler, North Carolina, United States, near Asheville. The academy is named after the Mount Pisgah of biblical reference as well as its proximity to Mount Pisgah in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church, the campus lies on of property.〔(About us ), Mount Pisgah Academy, retrieved May 17, 2010〕 It was founded in 1914〔(The 100+ ) Oldest North Carolina Conventional Non-Public Schools, Division of Non-Public Education, State of North Carolina, retrieved May 17, 2010〕 as a private academy, by E.C. Waller, William Steinman, and C.A. Graves with their families,〔Dorothy Graves-Pierce, (Mountain life & work, Volumes 1-3 - Page 17 ) (1925)〕 and originally called the Pisgah Industrial Institute.〔(Vision for Today and Tomorrow, Master Plan ), Mount Pisgah Academy (2006), Retrieved May 17, 2010〕〔("Mount Pisgah Academy was started in the year 1914 and is located in Asheville, North Carolina. It is a co-ed boarding academy, with grades nine to twelve, and has an enrollment of 140 students from various countries, such as Russia, Korea, Japan, Colombia, Mexico, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and the United States. Their main focus is on service.")〕 In 1952, its ownership was transferred to the Carolina Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist church, and it was given its present name.〔Ward, Doris Cline et al. ''(The Heritage of old Buncombe County, Volume 1 )'', p.356 (1981)(ISBN 978-0894591594)〕 It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system.〔http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2010/1115/For-real-education-reform-take-a-cue-from-the-Adventists"the second largest Christian school system in the world has been steadily outperforming the national average – across all demographics."〕〔http://www.religionfacts.com/christianity/denominations/seventh_day_adventist.htm〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://education.gc.adventist.org/about.html )〕 The current principal at the academy is Rick Anderson.〔(Faculty and Staff ), Mount Pisgah Academy, retrieved February 27, 2012〕〔(Conventional Non-Public Boarding Schools ), Division of Non-Public Education, State of North Carolina (2009)〕 For the 2008-09 school year, it had an enrollment of 165 students.〔(Conventional School Enrollment by School & Grade ), Division of Non-Public Education, State of North Carolina (2008)〕 ==Academics== The required curriculum includes classes in the following subject areas: Religion, English, Oral Communications, Social Studies, Mathematics, Science, Physical Education, Health, Computer Applications, Fine Arts, and Electives. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mount Pisgah Academy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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