Strengthening our Schools Several Adventist Christian schools in the greater Portland/Vancouver area have caught the vision of working together in order to strengthen their educational programs. These schools are part of a marketing group called RockSolid Schools: Columbia... Read more
You Can Make a Difference Youth Education Scholarships (YES!) make it possible for students with financial needs to attend one of the four Oregon Conference senior academies: Columbia, Livingstone, Milo and Portland.Since 1973, YES! has granted more than 4,000 scholarships... Read more
We Are Family McMinnville School Comes to a Family's Aid Being an Adventist means belonging to a family. When one family member is happy, the rest are rejoicing. When one family member suffers, the rest do their best to comfort. At least that’s what happened when Mark and Vivian Kirk were in a car accid... Read more
World Awareness at CVCS This year Central Valley Christian School (CVCS) put an emphasis on world awareness. Every week, students were given clues about a different country. The first to guess the correct location received a small prize. The Fall Festival was replaced wi... Read more
Blessings and Miracles Experienced In Cancun The Livingstone Adventist Academy (LAA) senior class landed in Cancun, Mexico, on April 25 for their senior class trip. This was not the sort of senior trip that you might expect. Most tourists only see the developed hotel zone with all the glitz ... Read more
PAA Student Displays Passion for Service in Senior Project It is not every day that a school assignment can ignite a lifelong passion. While working on her senior project, Jesica Hernandez of Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) was touched by her teacher’s stories and photos of orphans in Ethiopia. She decid... Read more
A Place To Grow Milo Graduates Accomplish the Mission Academic excellence. Christlike character. A safe, nurturing environment. These are the things that the 2006 graduates of Milo Adventist Academy have found here.Forty-six students received diplomas May 27; 78 percent of the class graduated with ho... Read more
Spring Break Mission Trips PAA Students Travel the World to Serve Weary but excited, 31 Portland Adventist Academy students returned from mission trips all around the world. Spanning from India to Bolivia, Peru to Ethiopia, these students spent spring break helping others and making a difference. Several took pa... Read more
Ngo Ordained In Portland Vietnamese Church Cuong Duy Ngo was ordained on Sabbath, March 4. The service was held at the Portland Vietnamese Church where Ngo serves with the support of his wife, Nga.Ngo came to the U.S. at 19 looking to follow his own path, but found only darkness. Ngo share... Read more