Gem State Adventist Academy oriented programming that relies on student involvement. The Academy offers the following varsity competitive sports In addition, the school sponsors a Basketball team called The GSAA Jaguars. Gem State Adventist Academy Gem State Adventist Academy or just Gem State Academy is a private, Seventh-day Adventist high school located in Caldwell, Idaho. Gem State Adventist Academy is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system. The Seventh-day Adventist Church, established in 1863, in the early twentieth century started to establish religious schools. The schools were to be built in rural locations and emphasis was
Gem State Adventist Academy a new campus for the aging and outgrown Gem State, now near the expanded city. It was voted that a new school should be built in a more rural area. The land chosen had been bought in previous years, in the country on top of a hill overlooking the Boise Valley. By the fall of 1962, the administration building, dormitories, power plant and laundry were complete enough to start school. The primary focus of a faith-based education with real life work training did not change. Over 93% of students went on to college after graduation. Gem State Academy is ultimately