Fountainview Academy
Fountainview Academy is a small, private academy located in Lillooet, BC, Canada. It currently has approximately 60 students enrolled in grades 9-12.
Fountainview Academy is affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist church, although it is not directly owned or managed by that organiztion. It is unofficially known as one of the Seventh-day Adventist self supporting institutions.
Fountainview's educational philosophy is considered very extreme as compared to mainstream Seventh-day Adventists schools. Students take limited educational classes and spend up to half of their day working in various industries run by the school. These industries include an organic carrot farm, where most of the students work manually weeding the young carrots. Other work posistions include maintenance, office/secretarial, as well as Fountainview Digital Media.
Fountainview Academy owes much of its support to businessman Stan Smith who funds various religous institutions around the world. Stan Smith himself lives on the grounds of Fountainview Academy. Mr. Smith is married to Kathy Jacobson, daughter of British Columbia lumber tycoon Ott Jacobson.
Fountainview Academy's president is Scott Richards, who is married to Mr. Smiths sister, Diane. Mr. Richards daughter, Elizabeth, is the women's dean and his son, Robert, is assistent boy's dean. Both Robert and Elizabeth attended Fountainview Academy and opted for staff posistions upon graduation in liu of attending university.
Related instutions include Witness for Life, started by Scott Richards, and Radiant Living.