Teachers in India Learn About Health Chuck and Ruth Stafford, Ellensburg Church members, went to India in April for six weeks to coach and instruct Sabbath School teachers in four cities. Using material prepared by John McGee and the Southern Asia Division, they taught first aid prin... Read more
UCA HOPE Taskforce Serves Community Upper Columbia Academy students regularly work on Habitat for Humanity building projects as part of the school’s quarterly community outreach program, called Helping Other People Everywhere (HOPE) Taskforce program. But in March, one of the studen... Read more
Pend Oreille Valley Adventist School Marks Good Year The Pend Oreille Valley Adventist School held a special ceremony to celebrate the end of the school year. The program included music (piano solos, bell choir and chimes), recitation of scripture and a recounting of the year's miracles. Staff, pare... Read more
A Different Kind of School Picture a young student, not able to climb a hill, carried by an airman. Observe quiet excitement of another as he hides under a camouflage of leaves and a squirrel runs over the top. Try not to lose your dinner as one student gulps down a worm an... Read more
UCA Students Make Yakima a Mission Trip The Native American Reservation, run by the All Nations Center in Wapato, Wash., isn’t what one would normally think of for a mission trip, however it proved to be a great opportunity for 18 teenagers and 10 adults from Upper Columbia Academy.Both... Read more
Sandpoint Jr. Academy Awarded Music Grant Sandpoint Junior Academy teacher, Kristie Creitz, applied to the Idaho Community Foundation for a grant to expand the school's music department. The award they received was for $4,000 from the Gladys E. Langroise Advised Fund in the Idaho Communit... Read more
Goldendale PATCH Project Praises Pathfinders Amazing things happen when Pathfinders from 18 clubs throughout the Upper Columbia Conference converge on a small town. In this case the small town was Goldendale, Wash., and their purpose for being there was community service in town and working ... Read more
Goldendale Teacher Awarded Educator of the Year Lois Potterton was awarded the Goldendale's Community Educator of the Year Award for excellence in teaching and service to students. Potterton is both the principal and a teacher at the Goldendale Adventist School.Potterton was nominated by Pat Sh... Read more
Two National Merit Finalists Selected from WWVA Two four-year seniors from Walla Walla Valley Academy have been named National Merit Scholarship Finalists in this year's program.Taylor HermsenTaylor Hermsen, son of Becky and Randy Hermsen of College Place, Wash., is a member of the Johns Hopkin... Read more
