历史

斯科特退休了. 布莱恩·冈瑟成为总统

当2017-18学年开始时, the Academy welcomed students in grades 4-12 and for the first time, the number of day students exceeded the number of boarding students. The success of the new 较低的学校 program encouraged the Academy Board of Trustees to approve the addition of grades K-3 in the following school year; planning and recruitment for the lower grades quickly became a top priority at our 德州 private boarding school.

校园的改进

San Marcos was hit by two historic floods in 2015, one in the summer and one in late October. The damage from these events necessitated renovation to several buildings as well as the addition of drainage control measures across campus to continue to provide in-person learning in San Marcos 德州. 一旦这些项目完成, President Scott continued to seek funding for other improvements to our aging campus. 

吉米·斯科特被任命为学院院长

The 2014-15 school year was a time of transition at SMA with the retirement of Dr. 一月驻军. 30, 2015 and the appointment of Jimmie Scott as Interim President. After serving through the spring semester in the interim capacity, Mr. Scott was named by the Board of Trustees as President on July 8, 2015. 

受托人姓名博士. 约翰·加里森担任总统

学院董事会于2008年6月11日任命Dr. 约翰·加里森当选学院第13任主席. Dr. 驻军, Associate Vice President and Dean of Students at 德州 State University, 他于8月8日开始在学院全职工作. 8, 2008. 

在维克·施密特总统的领导下，入学人数增加

During Schmidt’s tenure as president, the Academy experienced a 32 percent rate of 入学人数增长, including the highest re-enrollment percentage achieved in more than 20 years in 2007. 通过施密特的领导, the school expanded its Learning Skills Program; increased the Academy’s property holdings by 20 percent; established an Animal Husbandry Program with a full range of 4-H activities; and created a comprehensive Strategic Plan to design a roadmap for the Academy’s future. 另外, 在施密特的指导下, 学院建立了一个学生咨询项目, 为所有学生提供教职员导师.

学术、技术倡议启动

The Academy moved forward in academics during the Fall of 1993 with the beginning of the Carroll Scholars Honor Program. This accelerated honors program is designed to prepare students for the top colleges and universities in the country.

新校园专用

After long and detailed negotiations with Southwest 德州 State University, 达成了将校园卖给大学的协议. 这笔交易于6月20日结束, 1979, with the understanding that the Academy would occupy the old facilities while the new campus was planned and constructed.

杰克E. 拜罗姆在Smba的过渡期任职

在1965年的秋天, 杰克·爱德华兹·拜罗姆成为学院第十任主席, leaving the pastorate of the First Baptist Church in San Marcos. He began his work with the determination to build on the foundation which had been established so well by his nine predecessors, and to maintain the momentum which had been building in the immediate past. 

Dr. 威廉H. 克鲁克领导校园扩张

Dr. 威廉H. 克鲁克于6月就任总统, 1960, and immediately set into motion plans which resulted in more improvements in less time than at any other period in Academy history. His first emphasis was to improve the quality of personnel by increasing remuneration and recruiting outstanding people. 

前学生博士. 罗伯特·布鲁斯·里德成为总统

Dr. 罗伯特·布鲁斯·里德, formerly superintendent of the Alamo Heights School District in San Antonio, 德州, 他于7月17日就任总统, 1947. 在五岁的时候. Reed had accompanied his father to the ceremonial laying of the cornerstone of Carroll Hall. 

捐赠基金成立

这时，夫人. P. T. Talbot of San Marcos launched the Academy endowment fund with a gift of $200 to which two faculty members added $50 for a grand total of $300. 从那时起，捐赠基金缓慢而稳定地增长.

Cavness总裁带领Smba渡过财政困难

Once again a citizen of San Marcos and a member of the faculty of Southwest 德州 State Teachers College was enlisted by the Board of Trustees when they selected Dr. 雷蒙德·米. Cavness担任总统. The financial condition of the school was exceedingly poor; nevertheless, a renewed spirit of enthusiasm and optimism was created by the incoming administration. 

富兰克林在艰难时期领导学院

布朗总统于1927年春天辞职, the Board of Trustees elected as his successor a man who had been a member of the faculty since 1920, 杰西·富兰克林上校, the first member of the faculty to be elected to the position of president. Under his 领导, freshman college work was offered for several years by the Academy. 

授予学院Jrotc单位

With the military spirit pervading America in the war year of 1917, the Academy launched 它的军事训练计划. The United States granted the Academy a Junior Unit of the Reserve Officers Training Corps. 立即, the uniform and the discipline of military life became part of the life of the students of San Marcos Baptist Academy, 灌输自律, 爱国主义, 领导, 和责任. 

在J.v. 棕色（的）

教授J. V. 棕色（的）, 多森的学校主管, 阿拉巴马州, was unanimously elected as the third president of the Academy by the Board of Trustees. The administration of President 棕色（的） was marked by expansion in several directions: the campus was enlarged, 建筑物竖立起来了, 教员人数增加了, 课程也被拓宽了. 同年，一个两层的框架住宅, 坐落在卡罗尔大厅对面的街道上, 花了4美元买的,500英镑用作总统的住所.

总统职位由教授接任. 托马斯·G. 哈里斯

作为博士的继任者. 卡罗尔，1911年, the Board of Trustees turned to one of their own charter members, 托马斯·G教授. 哈里斯, who had served as president of the Southwest 德州 Normal School, now 德州 State University. 

Dr. J.m. 卡罗尔被任命为首任总统

In San Marcos on September 19, 1906, trustees were elected by the Conference of 德州 Baptists. In their first meeting they ratified the action of the San Marcos Business Men’s Club by electing Dr. J. M. Carroll as the first president of the San Marcos Baptist Academy.

关于Sma / Our Beginning

The San Marcos Baptist Academy story began December 20, 1905, when the Rev. M. E. 哈德森是圣马科斯的一名牧师. J. B. Holt spoke at a meeting in Lockhart on the need for a Baptist school in the southwestern area of the state.