Our vision is what guides our planning and focus, it’s the sense of direction for the future that we use to make decisions today. Our vision is set by the School Board, in collaboration with school administration, to represent the interests of our constituency and carry out our mission as a school.
Our vision at Lake City Academy is:
To give the children we serve the best education we can offer, to make each year their best year yet, and, while doing so, to be a part of guiding and shaping the future of Seventh-day Adventist Education.
Future Picture
What does the future look like? We can’t know, yet we can paint a picture and use that picture to guide the choices we make.
It’s 2031. We’re really happy with how we’ve served the students of Lake City Academy. They’ve consistently had their best years yet and we’ve helped to guide and shape the future of Adventist Education. What does that look like?
- Enrollment – We have ~330 students on our campus each day, with ~80 in our Early Education program, ~160 in our elementary program, and ~80 enrolled in UCA @ LCA.
- Experiences – We’ve transformed into an experience-lead learning school, combining the best of standards based learning with experiences that our students choose. This is what we’re known for and why future students and parents want to join our school.
- Finances – We’re financially secure, with less than 60% of our operating budget supplied by direct tuition and the rest filled by a combination of endowment funds (ensuring that money is never a reason a child can’t attend) and industry along with ongoing community support.
- Sharing – We’ve “open sourced” our processes and approaches, making them available to other schools and actively contributed our insights, perspectives, and experience to support other Seventh-day Adventist schools.
- Expansion – We’ve secured a location and begun plans to start a second elementary school in North Idaho to serve the fast growing waiting list.
This snapshot is still developing and was last updated August 4, 2021. Something you’d like to see added or changed? Email schoolboard@lakecityacademy.org.