Monterey Bay Academy

Monterey Bay Academy

Address
783 San Andreas Road La Selva Beach, California 95076-1911 U.S.
Coordinates	36°54′36″N 121°50′16″W / 36.910113°N 121.837830°W / 36.910113; -121.837830Coordinates: 36°54′36″N 121°50′16″W / 36.910113°N 121.837830°W / 36.910113; -121.837830
Information
Type	Private parochial, Day & Boarding
Motto	Where Land and Sea Unite to Inspire
Denomination	Seventh-day Adventist Church
Established	1949
Founder	Elder Leal V. Grunke
Authority	Central California Conference, NAD
Principal	Jeff Deming
Chaplain	Pastor Jerry Nelson
Faculty	19
Grades	9-12
Gender	Coeducational
Number of students	210
Campus	Coastal & Rural, 379 acres (1.53 km²)
Color(s)	Blue White
Athletics	Mighty Cypress (varsity and junior varsity - flagball, volleyball, basketball, softball)
Nickname	MBA
Accreditation	WASC AAA
Newspaper	N/A
Yearbook	Cypress Bough
Website	http://www.montereybayacademy.org/

Monterey Bay Academy (MBA) is a private school in Santa Cruz County, California. It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system.

Monterey Bay Academy is located on 379 acres (153 ha) about 15 miles (24 km) south of Santa Cruz, California, on the edge of the community of La Selva Beach between Manresa State Beach to the north, and Sunset State Beach to the south. The campus is directly on a beach on central California's Monterey Bay, which is the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. The address is 783 San Andreas Road, west of Watsonville, California and California State Route 1.

MBA is a co-educational, Christian high school for boarding and day students. The academic program is college preparatory, with seniors expected to be accepted into 4-year colleges. It is owned and operated by the Central California Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, part of a network of more than 5,000 educational facilities.

Monterey Bay Academy is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and the Adventist Accreditation Association.