Adventist schools across the Northwest, more than 100 of them, created active opportunities for Christian growth, learning and outreach for more than 6,100 students during this current school year. Nearly 1,000 young children have also benefited from Christian care and nurture at 48 early childhood education centers. Parents from a variety of backgrounds and beliefs have valued the principled focus of Adventist education in helping to raise their children "in the way they should go."
Every member throughout the North Pacific Union Conference should say a prayer of thanksgiving for the more than 470 dedicated educators who make the wheels of Adventist education go round each year in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Upper Columbia and Washington conferences.
Following are several images that represent the active impact Adventist schools throughout the Northwest have made at home and abroad during the current school year.
IDAHO ... GEM STATE ADVENTIST ACADEMY — Gem State Adventist Academy student volunteers aided the setup and three-day ministry of the Adventist Medical Evangelism Network (AMEN) Clinic held in Boise, Idaho.
ALASKA ... AMAZING GRACE ACADEMY — Two seniors, one junior, a sophomore and two freshman from Amazing Grace Academy in Palmer, Alaska, packed into a small airplane headed to the village of Togiak, Alaska, for a week of prayer for grades six through 12. The week culminated in 13 children's requests for baptism and many more asking for additional Bible studies.
WASHINGTON ... AUBURN ADVENTIST ACADEMY — Auburn Adventist Academy students — 48 of them — worked to provide hope and healing to the town of Pagudpud in the northern Philippines. They assisted with a medical clinic, dug drainage ditches, built fencing and helped plan a nightly Vacation Bible School.
UPPER COLUMBIA ... UPPER COLUMBIA ACADEMY — The first Friday of the Upper Columbia Academy school year culminated in a communion service and agape feast. Many chose partners and selected a spot on the lawn to participate.
MONTANA ... MOUNT ELLIS ACADEMY (MEA) — Mount Ellis Academy students raised more than $12,000 to aid a warming center run by the Human Resource Development Council of Bozeman, Montana, during the winter months. The center depends on donations to continue operation.
NORTH PACIFIC UNION ... WALLA WALLA UNIVERSITY — The Walla Walla University Engineers Without Borders (EWB-WWU) chapter — a multidisciplinary group comprised of WWU students and faculty — has spent the past four years working in Japura, Peru, a remote community in the Peruvian Andes. They have completed potable water systems and helped bring electrical services to the community.
OREGON ... COLUMBIA ADVENTIST ACADEMY — Columbia Adventist Academy students presented a week of prayer for the elementary school on the Navajo Nation Reservation in Chinle, Arizona. Each CAA student adopted a little brother or sister who became the primary focus of their attention during the week.
OREGON ... COLUMBIA ADVENTIST ACADEMY — Columbia Adventist Academy students presented a week of prayer for the elementary school on the Navajo Nation Reservation in Chinle, Arizona. Each CAA student adopted a little brother or sister who became the primary focus of their attention in classes and other activities during the week.
OREGON ... MILO ADVENTIST ACADEMY — Students at Milo Adventist Academy have made community service a part of each year. This school year, they trimmed blackberry bushes, raked leaves, chopped wood, cleaned windows and picked fruit for residents of the local Days Creek community.
