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Liahona Preparatory Academy
Address
Map
2464 W 450 S, Pleasant Grove, Utah 84062

Pleasant Grove, Utah

Utah County
,
Utah
84062

United States
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School typePrivate
Religious affiliation(s)The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS)
EstablishedJan 01, 1997[1]
FounderBrent and Kolleen Degraff [2]
StatusOpen
GradesK-12
GenderCoeducational
Enrollment171 (2021–22) [3]
LanguageEnglish
Campuses1
Campus typeSuburban
Team nameWarriors[4]
AccreditationsCognia (formerly AdvancED)[5]
WebsiteOfficial website

Liahona Preparatory Academy is a tuition-funded private school offering instruction to students through their online distance education program hosted on Cognia and at their physical campus. The school is named after a reported artifact described in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) scripture The Book of Mormon which adherents believe functioned as a compass.[6] The school's curriculum centers around LDS-based “Restorative Education” principles.[7]

As of 2024, Liahona Preparatory Academy had an average ACT score of 25, below the average score of 27 for Utah private high schools, tying for #11 out of 13 private high schools in Utah, based on ACT scores.[8]

Restoration Education

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Restoration Education at Liahona Preparatory Academy integrates Latter-day Saint (LDS) doctrines into its academic curriculum.[7]

Extracurriculars

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Athletics

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As of 2024, Liahona Preparatory Academy is part of the Utah School Sports Alliance (USSA),[9] and the Utah High School Activities Association (UHSAA).[10] Their teams are called the "Liahona Warriors".[10]

Theatre

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Liahona's theatre department produces 3-6 shows each year in their on-campus black box theater. Liahona's High-school division won the Utah Shakespeare Festival 1st place sweepstakes in 2014,[11] 2016,[12] 2017,[13] and 2018.[14] Their Jr. High team won the Utah Shakespeare Festival 1st place sweepstakes in 2015,[15] and 2016.[12]

Trips

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Each year, Liahona students have the opportunity to attend a week-long, chaperoned youth conference at BYU's family campground in Aspen Grove. Additionally, students can occasionally participate in service trips to various locations, previous trips included; the Mexico Yucatán area, a Navajo reservation, and the Philippines. The school also organizes paid sight-seeing "super trips" to destinations such as Boston, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Mexico, and Gettysburg. Prom is held annually for students aged 14 and older.[16]

Controversy

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In 2013, Broch Clyde DeGraff, the son of Brent and Kolleen DeGraff, founders of Liahona Preparatory Academy, was arrested for sexually abusing two 16-year-old female students. The abuse occurred between October 2011 and June 2012 and involved grooming, text messages, and physical encounters at both the school and DeGraff's home. DeGraff, who was a teacher and the soccer coach at the school, was in a position of trust and authority, which he exploited to commit his offenses.[17] Broch DeGraff pleaded guilty to two counts of forcible sexual abuse and four counts of attempted sexual abuse, and was sentenced to up to 20 years in prison.[18]

References

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  1. ^ "Liahona Preparatory Academy". Better Business Bureau. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  2. ^ "Brent & Kolleen DeGraff". Called to Learn University. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
  3. ^ "LIAHONA PREPARATORY ACADEMY". Private School Universe Survey. National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
  4. ^ "Liahona Prep Academy Warriors". MaxPreps. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
  5. ^ "Accreditation Registry: Liahona Preparatory Academy". Cognia. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
  6. ^ "Liahona". The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Restoration Education". Restoration Education. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
  8. ^ "Average Private School ACT Scores in Utah (2024)". Private School Review. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
  9. ^ "USSA>Schools". USSA. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
  10. ^ a b "UHSAA Directory of Member Schools". UHSAA. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
  11. ^ "Shakespeare Competition Student Winners October 2014" (PDF). St. George Utah. October 2014. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
  12. ^ a b "Students Receive Awards at 40th Annual Shakespeare Competition". Bard.org. October 12, 2016. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
  13. ^ "Competition Winners". Bard.org. October 11, 2017. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
  14. ^ "Shakespeare Competition Crowns Winners". Bard.org. October 14, 2018. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
  15. ^ "2015 Shakespeare Competition Winners" (PDF). St. George Utah. October 2015. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
  16. ^ "Student Activities". Liahona Education. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
  17. ^ "Teacher accused of sexual relationships with students charged". KSL.com. February 27, 2013. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
  18. ^ "Former Utah teacher gets prison for sexually abusing two students". The Salt Lake Tribune. April 16, 2013. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
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