Hood View Junior Academy Making a Difference in New Orleans Hood View Junior Academy's (HVJA) purpose is preparing people for a Christ-centered life by instilling a love for God, for learning, for life and for community service. The staff, students and parents follow this motto devoutly. HVJA is focused on... Read more
Digital Art Show PAA Students Display Their Work at Local Computer Store Students taking Digital Media and Digital Art courses at Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) had a chance to show off their work at "School Night at the Apple Store" in downtown Portland. The experience gave the students a chance to display and recei... Read more
Central Valley Christian School Celebrates 50 Years Fifty years ago, in 1957, a small school, Corvallis-Albany Seventh-day Adventist Union School, started with 34 students in grades one through eight. Through the years, the name of the school has changed to Central Valley Jr. Academy and presently ... Read more
"The Singing Christmas Tree" Performs at PAA Fundraising Banquet Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) featured the famous Portland Singing Christmas Tree (PSCT) choir in a fundraising banquet for the school's scholarship fund. The PSCT is a volunteer choir of 350 members, 70 of which performed at the banquet. "This... Read more
Commission Culture Gains Momentum Momentum for Commission Culture in the Oregon Conference is building as more and more members are actively engaging in personal witnessing. And many times, engaging in Commission Culture is so deeply ingrained that sharing Christ is a natural resu... Read more
Oregon Commission for the Blind Salutes 17 CHIP Graduates in Fellowship Hall Ceremony Sunnyside Church hosted a graduation on April 4. In the presence of 40 family and friends, 17 people received certificates showing that they had completed another CHIP (Coronary Health Improvement Project) program conducted by the Oregon Commissio... Read more
Thirty-Hour Famine at Milo Students Give up Food to Relate to the Less Fortunate Even just the idea of not eating for 30 hours can make a stomach growl. What took place starting on Friday, March 2, at 1 p.m. and ended on Saturday, March 3, at 7 p.m. was a life-changing experience for everyone who participated in the 30-hour fa... Read more
Canvasback Missions Teams Provide Orthopedic and Dental Care to Ebeye Islanders Two Canvasback Missions teams recently returned from the tiny, but crowded, island of Ebeye in the Marshall Islands of Micronesia. The orthopedic team performed 10 total knee replacements, 20 arthroscopic surgeries and various other orthopedic pro... Read more
PAA Students Offer Hope To Katrina Survivors Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) brought hope to a struggling community during spring vacation. Gale Crosby, school principal, his wife Sharon, who organized the trip, and Linda Neel, band and choir teacher, took 19 students to Bay Saint Louis, Mi... Read more
