Liahona Academy
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Liahona Preparatory Academy is a private school
in Utah County, Utah
, United States
, that teaches pre-kindergarten to grade 12. The school was founded by Brent and Kolleen DeGraff. The school blends core academics with the principles of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). Liahona has been in operation since 1998. Liahona teaches four basic classes: history, science, English, and math. They also teach electives such as dance, Spanish, drama, and choir. Liahona currently has almost 200 on-campus students.
. Sister Kathie Drake, who is a Golden Apple
award winner with a Master Equivalency, is the administrator and teaches first and second grade. Brock and Millie Degraff teach Pre-K and K, and Hollyann Rogerson teaches third and fourth grade.
system. Each week the students and teachers are filmed in the three core classes, (History, Science and English). These are then available via the internet and accessed by students world-wide.
at Aspen Grove, up Provo Canyon. There are activities, youth speakers, and entertainment. Each year, Liahona students take a service trip to Mexico to help out at the two orphanages which the school has adopted. Students participate in fundraising activities to raise money for the orphans.
went 7-1 in 2007, winning the state championship
against Lincoln Academy
by 19. Their Soccer team
went 12-0, beating Lincoln Academy in the State championship by two in a shoot-out.
Private school
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in Utah County, Utah
Utah
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, United States
United States
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, that teaches pre-kindergarten to grade 12. The school was founded by Brent and Kolleen DeGraff. The school blends core academics with the principles of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). Liahona has been in operation since 1998. Liahona teaches four basic classes: history, science, English, and math. They also teach electives such as dance, Spanish, drama, and choir. Liahona currently has almost 200 on-campus students.
Elementary school
Liahona Preparatory Academy announced the opening of Liahona Elementary K-4. Classes will be held at the Liahona Campus at 801 North 300 East in Pleasant Grove, UtahPleasant Grove, Utah
Pleasant Grove, also known as "Utah's City of Trees", is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Provo–Orem, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 33,798 at the 2008 census estimates.-History:...
. Sister Kathie Drake, who is a Golden Apple
Golden apple
The golden apple is an element that appears in various national and ethnic folk legends or fairy tales. Recurring themes depict a hero retrieving the golden apples hidden or stolen by a monstrous antagonist...
award winner with a Master Equivalency, is the administrator and teaches first and second grade. Brock and Millie Degraff teach Pre-K and K, and Hollyann Rogerson teaches third and fourth grade.
Distance education
Liahona has a distance educationDistance education
Distance education or distance learning is a field of education that focuses on teaching methods and technology with the aim of delivering teaching, often on an individual basis, to students who are not physically present in a traditional educational setting such as a classroom...
system. Each week the students and teachers are filmed in the three core classes, (History, Science and English). These are then available via the internet and accessed by students world-wide.
Location
Liahona Preparatory Academy (grades 5-12) is located at just off the freeway in Pleasant Grove, Utah. Liahona Elementary (Pre-K to grade 4) is located at 801 N. 300 E., Pleasant Grove, Utah.Activities
Each year Liahona students attend a week long Youth ConferenceYouth Conference
Youth Conference is a large scale three-day Christian event held in numerous places around the world. The originating event, YC Alberta, is held in Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada...
at Aspen Grove, up Provo Canyon. There are activities, youth speakers, and entertainment. Each year, Liahona students take a service trip to Mexico to help out at the two orphanages which the school has adopted. Students participate in fundraising activities to raise money for the orphans.
Student council
At Liahona Student Council members are voted on by their peers in early November. Their term runs 12 months until the next November.Athletic department
Liahona has an athletic department that played in the CSSL (Charter and Small School League of Utah) Their basketball teamBasketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
went 7-1 in 2007, winning the state championship
State Championship
New Zealand has had a domestic first-class cricket championship since the 1906–07 season. It is currently known as the Plunket Shield, reintroducing the name used in the early stages for the 2009–10 season.-Plunket Shield:...
against Lincoln Academy
Lincoln Academy
Lincoln Academy is a small, independent secondary school located in Newcastle, Maine. Chartered in 1801, the school serves 17 towns in the Lincoln County area of Midcoast Maine...
by 19. Their Soccer team
Football team
A football team is the collective name given to a group of players selected together in the various team sports known as football.Such teams could be selected to play in an against an opposing team, to represent a football club, group, state or nation, an All-star team or even selected as a...
went 12-0, beating Lincoln Academy in the State championship by two in a shoot-out.