Debra McCarver GSAA marketing and recruitment director By Debra McCarver Handbells The Tradition at GSAA Continues For more than 25 years Gem State Adventist Academy has taught and played handbells. The program continues to expand under the direction of music director Ben Purvis. “We still teach handbells and perform,” says Purvis, “but we have also seen a nee... Read more GSAA Wins National Business Competition Is Named First Runner-up Starting an international company may seem like an impossible task, but not to a group of Gem State Adventist Academy business students who spent time this year in Cambodia doing just that.“Launching our company, Khmer Krafts LLC, was a big task b... Read more Gem State Business Club Wins Regional Competition Will Represent Idaho at National Competition in May Gem State Adventist Academy business club, known as “NETWORTH,” came in first at the regional SAGE (Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship) competition held at Northwest Nazarene University (NNU) in March.“Ecstatic is the only wor... Read more Gem State Academy Business Club Holds Benefit Concert The Gem State Academy business club partnered with Christian singer Bobby Michaels through a concert Jan. 20 at the Nampa First Church of the Nazarene. The concert was well-attended and raised more than $2,300 for the club's trip to Cambodia, wher... Read more Gem State Academy Beautifies Camp Ida-Haven In what has become an awesome yearly tradition, buses headed north to Camp Ida-Haven, located on Payette Lake in McCall, to spend time in orientation, service, fun and fellowship. The big service project this year was laying sod along the camp wat... Read more Gem State Science Teacher Identifies and Names New Species of Shrimp Who’d guess that the famous Scripps Institution of Oceanography, one of the oldest, largest, and most important centers for marine science research, graduate training, and public service in the world, would contact a teacher right on the Gem State... Read more Gem State Launches New College-Credit Classes Gem State Adventist Academy (GSAA) announced plans to launch three concurrent college-credit classes for next school year. In these concurrent classes, students will receive both high school and college credit for successfully completing the same ... Read more Gem State Students Help Elderly Residents Gem State Adventist Academy (GSAA) students left the classroom on Service Day to help Neighborhood Housing Services with senior neighborhood cleanup. Students went in groups to seniors' homes who could no longer care for their yards and helped wit... Read more Gymnasts Mentor Students Gem State Brings Acro-gymnastics to Elementary Kids A collective gasp went up as Cami Aberle, a Gem State Adventist Academy junior, was tossed high in the sky while doing a flip. Students at Boise Valley Adventist School were witnessing acrobatics combined with gymnastics in a series of routines of... Read more Gem State Academy Students Help Make the Community a Better Place Gem State Adventist Academy (GSAA) students left the classroom last fall to help the city of Boise with several projects. Some of these included: building a trail in the foothills, assisting at Zoo Boise, beautifying a park, shrub and tree plantin... Read more Pagination Page 1 Next page ››
Handbells The Tradition at GSAA Continues For more than 25 years Gem State Adventist Academy has taught and played handbells. The program continues to expand under the direction of music director Ben Purvis. “We still teach handbells and perform,” says Purvis, “but we have also seen a nee... Read more
GSAA Wins National Business Competition Is Named First Runner-up Starting an international company may seem like an impossible task, but not to a group of Gem State Adventist Academy business students who spent time this year in Cambodia doing just that.“Launching our company, Khmer Krafts LLC, was a big task b... Read more
Gem State Business Club Wins Regional Competition Will Represent Idaho at National Competition in May Gem State Adventist Academy business club, known as “NETWORTH,” came in first at the regional SAGE (Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship) competition held at Northwest Nazarene University (NNU) in March.“Ecstatic is the only wor... Read more
Gem State Academy Business Club Holds Benefit Concert The Gem State Academy business club partnered with Christian singer Bobby Michaels through a concert Jan. 20 at the Nampa First Church of the Nazarene. The concert was well-attended and raised more than $2,300 for the club's trip to Cambodia, wher... Read more
Gem State Academy Beautifies Camp Ida-Haven In what has become an awesome yearly tradition, buses headed north to Camp Ida-Haven, located on Payette Lake in McCall, to spend time in orientation, service, fun and fellowship. The big service project this year was laying sod along the camp wat... Read more
Gem State Science Teacher Identifies and Names New Species of Shrimp Who’d guess that the famous Scripps Institution of Oceanography, one of the oldest, largest, and most important centers for marine science research, graduate training, and public service in the world, would contact a teacher right on the Gem State... Read more
Gem State Launches New College-Credit Classes Gem State Adventist Academy (GSAA) announced plans to launch three concurrent college-credit classes for next school year. In these concurrent classes, students will receive both high school and college credit for successfully completing the same ... Read more
Gem State Students Help Elderly Residents Gem State Adventist Academy (GSAA) students left the classroom on Service Day to help Neighborhood Housing Services with senior neighborhood cleanup. Students went in groups to seniors' homes who could no longer care for their yards and helped wit... Read more
Gymnasts Mentor Students Gem State Brings Acro-gymnastics to Elementary Kids A collective gasp went up as Cami Aberle, a Gem State Adventist Academy junior, was tossed high in the sky while doing a flip. Students at Boise Valley Adventist School were witnessing acrobatics combined with gymnastics in a series of routines of... Read more
Gem State Academy Students Help Make the Community a Better Place Gem State Adventist Academy (GSAA) students left the classroom last fall to help the city of Boise with several projects. Some of these included: building a trail in the foothills, assisting at Zoo Boise, beautifying a park, shrub and tree plantin... Read more
