Harris Junior Academy Gives Back The 2017–2018 school year has been a year of giving back at Harris Junior Academy (HJA) in Pendleton, Ore. In the fall, the students collected items and filled shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child providing shoebox gifts to children around the ... Read more
Northwest Member Named Miss Oakwood University 2018 For the first time in 26 years, Miss Oakwood University is from the Pacific Northwest — Kenalia Nichole Cooper, a member of the Sharon Church in Portland, Ore. Read more
Schwinghammer Accepts Oregon Conference VP Invitation David Schwinghammer accepted an invitation Thursday, April 26, 2018, to become the next vice president for administration for the Oregon Conference. His invitation came after a joint meeting of the conference nominating and executive committees. H... Read more
Buena Vista Grows 'Bee' Scholars Buena Vista Seventh-day Adventist School in Auburn, Wash., has participated in regional education competitions for spelling and geography bees for nearly 20 years and is now adding participation in a history bee. Read more
Roseburg Junior Academy Students See God Through Each Other Roseburg (Ore.) Junior Academy began its student week of prayer on March 19, 2018, with second-grader Grace Jackson posing the question to her school, “How do you see God?” Read more
Fil-Am Member Fulfills Mission Dream Bernadette Polinar has been a baptized member of Greater Seattle (Wash.) Filipino-American (Fil-Am) Church for nearly four years. Since hearing about the mission trips Fil-Am would take every couple of years, she had been dreaming of bringing a mi... Read more
Ski the Summit: A Unique Combination of Youth Outreach and Adventure Boom, thud, boom. The muffled noise woke me from my sleep. The wind was howling, and the thermometer in my house said it was -12 degrees outside. The muffled pounding sound was from the Bridger Ski Bowl avalanche crew dynamiting their slopes 20 mi... Read more
Kirkland Students 'Stop That Drip' Nine students in grades five, six and eight from Kirkland (Wash.) Seventh-day Adventist School (KSDA) placed first in the annual regional robotics competition for First Lego League in February. Read more
WWVA Focuses on Community Connection and Service One of the core values students at Walla Walla Valley Academy (WWVA) in College Place, Wash., embrace is connecting and serving their community. It is exciting to see students discover how their talents can be used to share the story of Jesus to o... Read more
