Thunderbird Adventist Academy (TAA) is a private Seventh-day Adventist Christian high school and boarding academy in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States.

[2][3][4][5] Divisions In 1900, the Seventh-day Adventist Church created an elementary school in Phoenix.

Finally, in 1920, Arizona Academy opened in northeast Phoenix with two dormitories and classes taught on the lower levels.

In 1953, the Seventh-day Adventist Church bought Thunderbird Field#2, an Army air base that included almost 600 acres of land, from the federal government.

[6] In 1963, to finance renovations, TAA commissioned an industrial park to surround the airport.