Shenandoah Valley Academy
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234 West Lee Highway New Market, Virginia 22844 United States |
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| Coordinates | 38°39′02″N 78°41′20″W / 38.650480°N 78.688945°WCoordinates: 38°39′02″N 78°41′20″W / 38.650480°N 78.688945°W |
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| School type | Parochial Private, Day & Boarding |
| Motto | Building Christ's Character in the Heart of Nature |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Seventh-day Adventist |
| Established | 1908 |
| Authority | Potomac Conference of Seventh-day Adventists |
| Principal | Donald Short |
| Teaching staff | 13 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Enrollment | 244 (2010) |
| International students | 15% |
| Average class size | 30 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 11:1 |
| Campus size | 450 acres (1.8 km2) |
| Campus type | Rural |
| Color(s) | Navy and White |
| Slogan | Serve Christ, Value Knowledge, Access Life |
| Athletics conference | Cavalier Athletic Conference |
| Sports | 7 Varsity Teams, 1 Junior Varsity Team |
| Mascot | Stars |
| Accreditation | Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Virginia Council for Private Education, Accrediting Association of Seventh-day Adventist Schools |
| ITED Composite average | 70th% |
| Newspaper | Shen-Val-Lore |
| Yearbook | Shenandoan |
| Tuition | ≤$19,675 |
| Alumni | 6,000< |
| Website | SVA Website |
Shenandoah Valley Academy (SVA) is a private, co-educational, boarding, high school in New Market, Virginia, United States. It has both boarding and day school programs. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) and the Accrediting Association of Seventh-day Adventist Schools. It is a member of the Virginia Council for Private Education. Founded in 1908, SVA is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system.
On the 24th of March, 1905, Charles D. Zirkle, while dying in his New Market, VA home, donated his share of his father’s property, a 42 acre piece of land on the outskirts of New Market, to the Virginia Conference of Seventh day Adventists. His purpose was to have a school built for Adventist youth education. Two years later, construction commenced on what was originally known as New Market Academy; that name however duplicated that of an old private school in New Market and thus was changed to its current name, Shenandoah Valley Academy. The school first opened in September 1908 and originally accommodated ten grades. That first year the school had an enrollment of 15 students, the first four of which graduated in 1911. At the time of its founding, Shenandoah Valley Academy was the seventh Seventh-day Adventist high school level academy in the United States.
In the school year of 1913-14, SVA was not in operation due to extreme financial difficulties. In 1918 the school was hit by a flu epidemic that disabled the school and even took one life. From 1916 to 1921 the school was struggling to survive, but was able to continue under the leadership of H. M. Forshee, Principal, and the help of Elder R. D. Hottel who was the pastor of the New Market Seventh-day Adventist Church at the time. Hottel besought funds and foodstuffs for the, at that time needy, school.
The difficulties did not last forever, and in the fall of 1927, W. C. Hannah took the reins of the school. He was principal for an astounding 26 years, and during that time he brought much advancement to the school and the campus.
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