Chisholm Trail Academy
Chisholm Trail Academy (CTA) is a Seventh-day Adventist co-educational high school located at Fourth and Old Betsy in Keene, Texas. Keene is located midway between Alvarado and Cleburne, south of Fort Worth. Chisholm Trail Academy is situated on of land. Facilities. Facilities include two sports fields, a gymnasium with a stage, 15 classrooms, a library, an industrial vocational building, an administrative complex, four bathrooms, and a music hall History. Chisholm Trail Academy came into existence when Southwestern Junior College (now Southwestern Adventist University) was granted full college status and closed its academy operation in 1967 . Chisholm Trail Academy's first graduating class was in 1968. Curriculum. The schools curriculum consists primarily of the standard courses taught at college preparatory schools across the world. All students are required to take classes in the core areas of English, Basic Sciences, Mathematics, a Foreign Language, and Social Sciences. 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.