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CHRONOLOGY OF LOS ANGELES ADVENTIST ACADEMY
*1923--- Los Angeles Academy opened at 3131 Pasadena Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90031.
Note: the Department of Education of the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists lists the
establishment of the present Los Angles Academy back to the Los Angeles Academy that was located on the
Pasadena Avenue Site in 1923.
1938--- The Los Angeles Academy which was established in 1923 combined with the Long Beach Academy
and became the Lynwood Academy.
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THE PRESENT LOS ANGELES ADVENTIST ACADEMY
1929: Watts Church School opened with 13 students
1936: The Watts Church which operated the church school joined with the Wadsworth Church to
establish the Wadsworth School with 72 students which was located at the 35th and Naomi Avenue in Los Angeles.
1939: The Wadsworth School was renamed the Los Angeles Junior Academy when it added grades 9 and 10.
1946: Los Angeles Junior Academy was renamed Los Angeles Academy when it added grades 11 and 12.
1947: A new Los Angeles Academy school facility was constructed on the present site located at 846 East
El Segundo Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90059.
1955: With the discontinuance of grades 9-12 on the El Segundo site, the high school students transferred to
Lynwood Academy and the school remained Los Angeles Union Seventh-day Adventist School (grades K-8).
1993: Lynwood Academy lost its property in the city of Lynwood and its high school department (grades 9-
12) relocated back to the campuses of Los Angeles Union Seventh-day Adventist School. The merging of
these two campuses moved the school in a different direction and was renamed Los Angeles Adventist
Academy, where it continues to operate today in Christian Character Building through the academia of
dedicated faculty and staff members.
Los Angeles Adventist Academy is continuing to move its students in carrying out the vision of
Christian Character Building.
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