Industrial Technology With today’s job market demanding more and more specialization, Upper Columbia Academy (UCA) is providing students with the necessary training for excellent jobs in technology. This enables them to land better paying jobs either as they enter the ... Read more
HOPE Task Force After 10 years of operating an aggressive, innovative community service program as part of the school curriculum, Upper Columbia Academy (UCA) is taking that program (HOPE Task Force) to yet another level.Through HOPE, the school cancels classes o... Read more
Cascade Christian Academy The top priority of Cascade Christian Academy (CCA) in Wenatchee, Wash., is to build Christian faith and values into the school’s curriculum. “CCA offers students a unique education that emphasizes close relationships, strong academics and Christi... Read more
High-tech Lab Enables DNA Testing Tracy Jan, science reporter for The Oregonian newspaper found it odd that a “Portland Adventist Academy class gives thanks to God for creation, then steps into a high-tech lab to explore the complexity and mystery of DNA.” In a recent article, Jan... Read more
Starry Night Auction Livingstone Adventist Academy’s (LAA) gymnasium in Salem, Ore., was transformed into an outdoor café for the “Starry Night” silent and live auction which raised more than $27,000 for the new high school complex due to open this fall. “It’s an insp... Read more
Junior Room Challenge, Worldwide Solution L inda and Ed Wagner had been involved in the leadership of the cradle roll and kindergarten Sabbath School classes in the Grants Pass (Ore.) Church for a decade, but when the nominating committee instead asked the couple to be the junior division... Read more
Students Reach Out to Neighbors Amanda Stewart of Emerald Christian Academy, Pleasant Hill, Ore., took her fourth- and fifth-graders for a jaunt around the neighborhood delivering colorfully wrapped packages of their homemade hot-cross buns. “It was really cool to play with the ... Read more
