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Takoma Academy

Field	Value
image	Takoma Academy logo.png
name	Takoma Academy
established	1904
type	Private, 9-12 College Preparatory
head_name	Principal
head	Yasmine Julien
city	Takoma Park
state	MD
country	USA
coordinates
students	approx. 227
faculty	26
athletics	Basketball, Volleyball, Track, Soccer, Football
colors	Maroon White
mascot	Tigers
accreditation	Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, Maryland State Board of Education, and Board of Regents, Office of Education, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
newspaper	Paw Prints
yearbook	The Takoman
website	www.ta.edu

Takoma Academy is a parochial, co-educational high school located in Takoma Park, Maryland operated by the Potomac Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system.{{cite web |archive-date=2017-10-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017005947/http://education.gc.adventist.org/about.html |url-status=dead

History

Takoma Academy began in 1904 as part of the Washington Training Institute (now Washington Adventist University. It became an independent institute in 1932 and moved to its current location in 1952. Takoma Academy, formerly housed on the college campus, has been transferred to a separate campus and provided with a new modern building with capacity for more than three hundred students. Educational Progress in North American Division. J.P. Laurence was principal from 1947 to 1980 and led the school to accreditation by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.

Notable alumni

Leonard Bailey - transplant surgeon
Stewart W. Bainum Jr. - chairman and CEO of Manor Care, Inc. and Choice Hotels International; former Maryland State Delegate
Tamir Goodman - basketball player
Naji Marshall - NBA basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans. Attended one year.
Carlo Sanchez - Maryland State Delegate
Tony Skinn - basketball player and coach
Ted Wilson - President of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

References

"Commission on Secondary Schools". Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.
https://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."
"Seventh-day Adventists - Christian Denomination | Religion Facts".
''The Journal of True Education'' Vol. 16 No. 5 June 1954.
James Coffin. (March 21, 1985). "Leonard Bailey; Exclusive Interview Leonard Bailey Tells His Story". Adventist Review.
(February 27, 2001). "Stewart Bainum, Jr.".
(25 August 2000). "When Basketball Is a Matter of Faith". The New York Times.
(January 9, 2019). "Carlo Sanchez, Maryland State Delegate". Maryland State Archives.
(March 31, 2006). "George Mason's starters are five of a kind". NBC News.
(October 8, 2016). "'Remembering God's Plan'". Adventist Review.

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