Fountainview Academy

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Fountainview Academy
Address

7615 Lytton-Lillooet Highway

Lillooet, British Columbia, V0K 1V0
Canada
50.5333N 121.7666WCoordinates:

Coordinates

50.5333N 121.7666W

Information
School type

Private high school

Motto

Building Character

Religious

Seventh-day Adventist

affiliation(s)
Established

1975[1]

Principal

Baird Corrigan

President

Michael Dunbar

Faculty

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 a private boarding academy, parochial boardingsecondary

school affiliated with, but not owned or operated by, the Seventh-day Adventist Church,
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, New Zealand, and Iceland. It

has a youthorchestra and choir[5] and all students are required to participate in one and/or
the other.[6]

Philosophy of education[edit]
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 work 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 individuals life."[8]

Work experience and service activities[edit]

The high school includes an organic carrot farm[9] which in 2008 was the largest producer of
organic carrots in the province of British Columbia.[10] The Adventist Church historically
strongly advocated that students gain work experience as part of their education. The
carrot farm provides the students with such work experience. Students also meet their
weekly career and technical training requirement by being assigned to work in campus
development and upkeep, digital media, janitorial, cafeteria, or the office.[11]