 | The topic of this article may not meet Misplaced Pages's notability guidelines for companies and organizations. Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted. Find sources: "Upper Columbia Academy" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (March 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
 | This article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject, potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral. Please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable, independent, third-party sources. (December 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
| Upper Columbia Academy | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Address | |
| 3025 E Spangle Waverly Road Spangle, Washington 99031 United States | |
| Information | |
| Type | Private, College-prep, Day and boarding |
| Motto | "I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth" (3 John 4) |
| Denomination | Seventh-day Adventist |
| Established | 1945 |
| Principal | Jeff Deming |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Enrollment | 272 |
| Campus | Rural |
| Color(s) |  Black and  Gold |
| Mascot | Lion |
| Nickname | UCA |
| Website | www.ucaa.org |
_(cropped).jpg)
Upper Columbia Academy (UCA) is a 9-12 boarding high school located in Spangle, Washington, about 20 miles (32 km) south of Spokane. It is owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system.
History
Upper Columbia Academy's predecessor was Yakima Valley Academy. That original school closed in 1945 due to lack of space and physical plant problems - walls were held together by metal cables mounted on both sides of the rooms. The school had to find a bigger place and Pastor Mote was empowered by the church leadership to spend no more than $100,000 for a school. Pastor Mote came to the auction for the old poor farm in Spangle, but the minimum opening bid was over his limit. He told the auctioneer that he couldn't bid, so minimum opening bid was lowered to $100,000. Pastor Mote's was the only bid and the property was purchased, along with 15 hogs that they sold for $1500 to provide operating capital for the first year of school.
Athletics
Upper Columbia Academy has six varsity sports teams. Men's Soccer, women's volleyball, men's and woman's basketball, and men's and woman's golf. Men's soccer has experienced some success placing 4th at the 2017 Walla Walla University fall classic tournament, and finishing 2nd at the Union college invitational. In 2018, the soccer team made it to the championship game at Fall Classic and the 3rd place game at the Union College Invitational. The men's Basketball team has been consistently good, boasting a positive win to loss ratio. At the 2018 Walla Walla University friendship tournament, the men's basketball team took 1st, never going down at any point throughout the entire tournament. In Golf, both Blake Johnson and Evan Pierce made the 2018 state tournament.
See also
References
- http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2010/1115/For-real-education-reform-take-a-cue-from-the-Adventists"the second largest Christian school system in the world has been steadily outperforming the national average – across all demographics."
- "Seventh-day Adventists - Christian Denomination | Religion Facts". Archived from the original on 2015-03-23. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
- "Department of Education, Seventh-day Adventist Church". Archived from the original on 2017-10-17. Retrieved 2010-06-18.
- Rogers, Wendi; Kellner, Mark A. (April 1, 2003). "World Church: A Closer Look at Higher Education". Adventist News Network. Retrieved 2010-06-19.
- "Upper Columbia Academy (Fees & Reviews) United States, Washington, 3025 E Spangle Waverly Rd". edarabia.com. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
- "Upper Columbia Academy (Spangle, WA) Sports - Basketball, Baseball, Softball, Volleyball, and more | MaxPreps".
External links
47°24′48″N 117°22′03″W / 47.413336°N 117.367576°W / 47.413336; -117.367576
| WIAA Northeast District Seven | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
| Municipalities and communities of Spokane County, Washington, United States | ||
|---|---|---|
| County seat: Spokane | ||
| Cities |  | |
| Towns | ||
| CDPs | ||
| Unincorporated communities | ||
| Ghost towns | ||