Type Private boarding day CEEB code 380137 Head of school Cathy Lovato Phone +1 541-839-4401 Number of students 116 | Opened 1924 NCES School ID 01161806 Teaching staff 10.1 President Doug Wead Mascots Pilots, 150px | |
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Address 250 E 1st St, Canyonville, OR 97417, USA Similar Riddle High School, Days Creek Charter S, South Umpqua High Sch, Umpqua Valley Christian Profiles | ||
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Canyonville Christian Academy (CCA), previously known as Canyonville Bible Academy (CBA), is a private Christian boarding school in Canyonville, Oregon, United States. International students make up 70% of the school's body. CCA was founded in 1923. The school has been accredited through the Association of Christian Schools International since 1979, and through Northwest Association of Accredited Schools since 1998.
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Austin Monroe Shaffer
The school was founded in 1924 by Reverend A.M. Shaffer. The school transitioned into a four-year boarding high school, with its first graduating class of two students (one of whom was Shaffer's son Robert) in 1932. The school became a grades 9-12 high school in 1935. A.M. Shaffer was the head of the school till 1961. The son of the founder Robert Shaffer was COO of the school from 1961 to 1965, and president of the school from 1965 till 1985.
Seminar class
Roger Shaffer (grandson of A. M. Shaffer) teaches a culture class at the school called Seminar which is designed to expose students to different cultural experiences such as plays, operas, and museums. The class also included a section on investing, and has actively participated in managing a portfolio for the school. In 2013 the class won a national paper trading contest sponsored by SIFMA, with two of CCA's portfolios placing in the top five.
Eleven Nigerian survivors of the Chibok kidnapping have come to Oregon to continue their studies at the Canyonville Avademy.
Pilot athletics
The Canyonville Christian athletic program is a member of the Oregon School Activities Association. Their mascot name is known as the Pilots in honor of the pilots of maritime vehicles in the oceans, lakes and rivers. They are a 2A school that compete in the Mountain View Conference.