Emerald Christian Academy (ECA) is a Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) church school which provides an educational program for students in kindergarten through tenth grade. This school is one of more than forty Adventist Schools directed by the Oregon Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. These schools serve over 3,000 students ranging in age from pre-school children to seniors in high school. The SDA church operates a school system to ensure that youth receive a balanced physical, mental, moral, social, and vocational education in harmony with Biblical standards and ideals. The state government maintains a highly developed public school system for making citizens. But in addition to being patriotic, Seventh-day Adventists want children to be loyal, conscientious Christians. ECA is sponsored and subsidized by seven Adventist churches in Lane County. The Cottage Grove SDA Church, Eugene SDA Church, Eugene Korean SDA Church, Fall Creek SDA Church, Pleasant Hill SDA Church, Springfield SDA Church, and Springfield Spanish SDA Church comprise the supporting church family. These churches, in cooperation with the Oregon Conference, also provide members which make up the governing school board.