CAA Experiences the Rhythm of Giving Music trip: noun 1. reward for hard work put into practices and performances by band/choir members, often entailing a few performances and lots of entertainment (e.g. Six Flags, Disneyland or somewhere exotic); 2. an enticement by a school to conv... Read more
Mount Ellis Elementary Bear Crawl 2018 Bright and early Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018, Mount Ellis Elementary (MEE) students arrived at the school, in Bozeman, Mont., ready for action. For the past few weeks they had been preparing for the sixth annual Bear Crawl by running the obstacle cours... Read more
PSAA Basketball Program Awarded School of the Year The gym is filled with the noise of basketballs bouncing and the crowd excitedly taking their seats to cheer on their school’s team. As the referees prepare to start, a coach pulls their team together and begins to pray. Read more
Plubell Elected Oregon Conference VP for Finance Brent Plubell has accepted the invitation of the Oregon Conference executive and nominating committees to become vice president for finance. He will serve the remainder of the current term, which ends in 2022, stepping into the position left vacan... Read more
NPUC Early Childhood Education Leaders Gather for Workshop The North Pacific Union Conference (NPUC) hosted a two-day workshop for more than 50 early childhood education (ECE) directors, lead teachers and school principals June 24–25, 2019, in Ridgefield, Wash. They came from every local conference of the... Read more
Life Lessons and Mathematics I started teaching math in February 2018. I was in one of Professor Jackson’s classes, and he announced to the class he was looking for tutors to volunteer at College Place High School. I’ve always been interested in education, so I gladly offered... Read more
UCA Expands Dual-Credit Offerings for 2019–2020 Upper Columbia Academy (UCA) in Spangle, Wash., is expanding our dual-credit program for the 2019–2020 school year. We are pleased to welcome Laura Pierce to our faculty team. She earned her doctorate in U.S. history from California's Claremont Gr... Read more
Sitka Adventist School Kids Describe Their Year A few days ago, I tasked my students with writing a news article to tell what has been happening in our class lately. My little cherubs jumped right in, pencil in hand, to eagerly complete their assignment. I told them that they could reference an... Read more
