Forest Lake Academy
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Altamonte Springs, FL USA |
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| Type | Private 9–12 High School |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Seventh-day Adventist Church |
| Established | 1918 |
| Faculty | 30 |
| Enrollment | 340 |
| Average class size | 25 |
| Student to teacher ratio | one to twelve |
| Campus size | 80 acres (320,000 m2) |
| Color(s) | Blue and White |
| Athletics conference | Florida Conference |
| Mascot | Panther |
| Newspaper | The Reflector |
| Yearbook | The Mirror |
| Graduates | About 11,000 |
| Website | www.forestlakeacademy.org |
Forest Lake Academy is a private boarding high school outside Orlando, Florida. It is owned and operated by the Florida Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system.
The first academy established by the Florida Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists was Lake Winyah Academy in 1918 in Orlando, Florida. In March, 1918, the Florida Conference Committee and the Sanitarium Board met. William H. Branson, L. H. Wood, J. A. Tucker, and W. E. Abernathy were present. They planned for the opening of the school. This included the construction of two buildings; a main building and a dormitory. Both these buildings were to be built in the rough; as economically as possible. Later on more permanent structures could be built. The conference and sanitarium leadership served on the board of the school. They planned to open in the fall of 1918. This first school was to be located between Winyah and Estelle Lakes. Adventist University of Health Sciences (formerly Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences) is located there now.
The growing school moved outside the city to its current location in 1926 and was renamed Forest Lake Academy. The first classes were held in the farm house of the newly acquired 160-acre (0.65 km2) site.
The campus is located in unincorporated Seminole County, Florida between Apopka and Altamonte Springs. Because of ZIP code assignments, the school is usually referred to as being in Apopka, although it is in a different county.
Forest Lake Academy was accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) from 1948 to 2011, and is now accredited by Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. In addition to offering a general diploma and a college preparatory diploma, Forest Lake has an honors program with various concentration tracks including mathematics, humanities, and science. It offers several dual enrollment courses to students with high academic standing.
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