course and being authorized degree-granting powers conferred by the Massachusetts legislature. The Academy and College became separate institutions with the Academy having its own board of trustees and faculty. 1965 With the opening of Pioneer Valley Academy, SLA was no longer used as a boarding school. 1965 Browning Elementary is re-situated at its current location on George Hill Road. 1967 South Lancaster Academy re-situated at its current location on George Hill Road in South Lancaster, MA. 1985 Administrations of Browning Elementary and South Lancaster Academy are combined into one. 2009 South Lancaster Academy/Browning Elementary is officially renamed to South Lancaster Academy with Browning Elementary being included as part of the school brand but not in title. Academics South Lancaster Academy is accredited by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and Association of Seventh-day Adventist Schools, Colleges, and Universities. Academics The required curriculum includes classes in the following subject areas: Religion, English, Oral Communications, Social Studies, Mathematics, Science, Physical Education, Health, Computer Applications, Fine Arts, and Electives. Spiritual aspects All students take religion classes each year that they are enrolled. These classes cover topics in biblical history and Christian and denominational doctrines. Instructors in other disciplines also begin each class period with prayer or a short devotional thought, many which encourage student input. Weekly, the entire student body gathers together in the auditorium for an hour-long chapel service. Outside the classrooms there is year-round spiritually oriented programming that relies on student involvement. Athletics South Lancaster Academy offers five main sports: •Basketball (boys & girls) •Volleyball (boys & girls) •Cross Country (boys & girls) •Soccer Co-Ed •Baseball (Boys) Principals 1882-1884 Goodloe Harper Bell 1884-1885 Dores Alonzo Robinson 1885-1888 Charles Cornell Ramsay 1888-1894 George W. Caviness 1894-1899 Joseph Harvey Haughey 1899-1907 Frederick Griggs 1907-1909 Benjamin F. Machlan 1909-1913 Charles Smull Longacre 1913-1916 Benjamin F. Machlan 1916-1917 William G. Worth 1917-1920 Mahlon Elsworth Olsen 1920-1920 Otto Marion John 1921-1922 George R. Lehman 1922- Irvil Atwood Armstrong (1887-1936) First Principal after College faculty separated c1930- Linton Garfield Sevrens 1944-1945 William Burton Higgins 1945-1952 Chester Everett Kellogg c1952- Harold F. Lease c1955- Edwin Charles Harkins c1961-1966 Lloyd Stanley Davis 1966-1967 Don Lake 1967-1968 Larue Cook 1968-1969 J. Melvyn Clemons 1969-1970 F. Maynard Yeary 1970-1971 O. E. Torkelson 1971 1973 - Dale Twomley 1973-1976 Don Wright 1976-1989 Alfred Peder Aastrup 1989- 1996 Dr. Ian Kelly 1996 - 2000 Jeff Foote 2000 - 2001 - Gary Force 2001 - 2002