Guam Adventist Academy is a co-educational parochial day school operated by the Seventh-day Adventist churches of Guam and the Guam-Micronesia Mission of Seventh-day Adventists.  Classes are offered from pre-kindergarten through grade 12. 

Christian education is a foundation of Seventh-day-Adventist historical heritage. The educational philosophy is best described in the book Education by E.G. White.  This book has been read by educators around the world and is available for sale at Simply Food, the SDA health food/book store in Agaña Heights.

Guam Adventist Academy traces its beginning back to the 1949-1950 school year, when Pastor Dunton founded what  has now become GAA.  Maria Ulloa and Magdelena Flores were the first teachers in Dededo Village with twenty-six students.  A second school opened in Talofofo in 1951 with Mariano D. Tabali as the teacher.  By 1957 the schools had become one at the Agaña Heights location with an elementary through twelfth grade curriculum. The current Windward Hills property was secured in July of 1963. The 1999-2000 school year marked Guam Adventist Academy’s 50th anniversary.

SCHOOL PHILOSOPHY

The philosophy of Christian education at Guam Adventist Academy is contained in the following quote:

 “True education means more than the pursual of a certain course of study.  It means more than a preparation for the present life.  It has to do with the whole being and the whole period of existence possible to man.  It is the harmonious development of the physical, mental, and the spiritual powers.  It prepares the student for the joy of service in the world to come.” 

E.G. White, Education (Pacific Press Publishing Association, Mountain View CA), © 1952, p.13