Fountainview Academy

Fountainview Academy
Address
7615 Lytton-Lillooet Highway
Lillooet, British Columbia, V0K 1V0
Canada
Coordinates 50°32′00″N 121°46′00″W / 50.5333°N 121.7666°W / 50.5333; -121.7666Coordinates: 50°32′00″N 121°46′00″W / 50.5333°N 121.7666°W / 50.5333; -121.7666
Information
School type Private high school
Motto Building Character
Religious affiliation(s) Seventh-day Adventist
Established 1975[1]
Principal Baird Corrigan
Faculty 9
Grades 10-12
Enrollment 85
Language English
Campus Rural
Accreditation Province of BC, Ministry of Education
Diploma awarded Provincial "Dogwood" diploma
Website www.fountainview.ca

Fountainview Academy is parochial boarding secondary school, located 17 miles south of Lillooet, British Columbia, Canada.[2] It enrolls approximately 85[3] students in grades 10-12,[4] primarily from the United States of America and Canada, but students also come from other countries, such as Korea, Germany, and Iceland. It has a youth orchestra and choir[5] and all students are required to participate in one and/or the other.[6] The school is closely affiliated with but not owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Philosophy of education

The book Education by Ellen G. White provides the principles which guide the Academy.[7] "Fountainview Academy strives to achieve its mission through a balanced program of vocational training[8] and study. Each student is required to attend approximately 25 hours of classes and 18-20 hours of career and technical training each week as a means of translating theory into practice in the individual’s life."[9]

Work experience and service activities

The high school includes an organic carrot farm[10] which in 2008 was the largest producer of organic carrots in the province of British Columbia.[11] The Adventist Church historically strongly advocated that students gain vocational training experience as part of their education. The carrot farm provides the students with such practical work experience. Students also meet their weekly career and technical training requirement by being assigned to various departments[12] in campus development and upkeep, digital media, janitorial, cafeteria, or the office.[13]

Controversy

Fountainview Academy has come under fire from previous students accusing administration of engaging in conversion therapy against LGBTQ+ students. [14] This practice, while discredited by the scientific community,[15][16] has gone largely unchallenged in the face of Adventist anti-LGBTQ+ theology.[17][18] Students allege[14] that these practices are highly destructive because LGBTQ+ Adventist youth are among the highest risk minority populations in the denomination.[19]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Fountainview Academy at OCI (outpostcenters.org). Retrieved 2011-06-02.
  2. ↑ District of Lillooet webpage Accessed 2011-05-30.
  3. ↑ Students page Fountainview Academy website. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
  4. ↑ School Information, District 074 BC Ministry of Education website. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
  5. ↑ "Fountainview Orchestra Academy and Choir". Milpitas Patch. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
  6. ↑ Music Dept. Strings and Choir page Fountainview Academy website. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
  7. ↑ Fountainview Academy Student Handbook 2009-2010 p. 4
  8. ↑ Michael Dunbar VP Fountainview Academy
  9. ↑ Fountainview Academy Student Handbook 2009-2010 p. 5
  10. ↑ Fountainview Farm "Contact Us" page. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
  11. ↑ Advantage Lillooet study prepared by Wendy Fraser for the District of Lillooet, March 2008, p.26. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
  12. ↑ Michael Dunbar, VP Fountainview Academy
  13. ↑ Fountainview Academy Student Handbook 2009-2010 p. 26
  14. 1 2 Neil, Mason (2018-06-19). "Queer Belonging: Finding Community Alone". Mason Neil. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  15. ↑ "Policies on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Queer (LGBTQ) Issues | AMA". www.ama-assn.org. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  16. ↑ Campaign, Human Rights. "The Lies and Dangers of "Conversion Therapy" | Human Rights Campaign". Human Rights Campaign. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  17. ↑ "Homosexuality". www.adventist.org. 2016-10-04. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  18. ↑ Campaign, Human Rights. "Stances of Faiths on LGBTQ Issues: Seventh-day Adventist Church | Human Rights Campaign". Human Rights Campaign. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  19. ↑ "Coming Out as an LGBT Adventist: Causes and Consequences of Family Rejection | Adventist Today". atoday.org. Retrieved 2018-06-20.

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