La Esperanza es Jesus [The Hope is Jesus] in Santa Cruz, Bolivia The wheels of the plane bumped along the airstrip, announcing our arrival to Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Our long journey had finally ended, but in a sense it was just beginning as we stepped into the humidity, anticipating the journey that God would lea... Read more
Super Stuart Spotted on Mt. Ellis Campus He scales buildings with a harness and thin rope. He crops photos late into the night. He climbs trees in snowstorms to get the perfect shot. He sets up explosions for eager students and hunts birds with binoculars. Who is he? Super Stuart—a.k.a. ... Read more
A Higher Standard God calls His children to a higher standard than what is promoted in our world today. We have adopted this “Higher Standard” of excellence as our school motto at Caldwell Adventist Elementary School (CAES). In faith, learning, citizenship and life... Read more
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
Caldwell Students Take Classes Outside Every year, the sixth-grade classes of the Idaho Conference ship off to Bend, Ore., to attend Cascade Science School (CSS), which is operated by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI). At Outdoor School, they learn about the surrounding ... Read more
Benefit Pie Auction has Sweet Results Auctioneer Dan Beckner and second-grader Sadie Washman along with other members of the La Grande Church gathered in their school’s fellowship hall for a fundraiser pie auction April 1. Guest “auctioneers” Dan Beckner and Buck Schaffer opened the e... Read more
Idaho Youth Fulfill a Miracle Mission Trip to Lima, Peru Each evening the small group of Adventist believers in the community of Nueva Esperanza in Lima, Peru, gathered to level the ground, by hand, for their very own church building—one they could not possibly afford to build. It would be named Eben-Ez... Read more
Auburn Academy's Sylvan Chorale Tours Alaska The 31 members of the Sylvan Chorale from Auburn Adventist Academy toured Alaska for a week in mid-April 2006, singing at churches and schools from the Matsu Valley to the Kenai. Led by director John Neumann, the group performed 11 sacred concerts... Read more
