Valentine Luncheon Unites School Community Lewis County Adventist School (LCAS), in Chehalis, Wash., has maintained a wonderful tradition for the past six years. Doylene Cook, sixth- through eighth-grade teacher, started a Valentine’s Day Luncheon that has become a schoolwide phenomenon.Wh... Read more
Educators Focus on Adventist Heritage, Science Beliefs Washington Conference educators reversed their roles, from teacher to student, in February for a day of training.Timothy G. Standish, Terrie Aamodt and Joe Galusha Jr. spoke to 80 teachers and a group of interested pastors about teaching Adventist... Read more
Tri-City Junior Academy Celebrates 50 Years Hundreds of former students and faculty came back home to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the present Tri-City Junior Academy (TCJA) Sept. 27–28, 2013. Friday night was a casual reception in the Fireside Room at the Pasco (Wash.) Riverview Churc... Read more
New Principal Named for Mount Ellis Academy The Montana Conference Board of Education has named Michael Lee as the next principal of Mount Ellis Academy (MEA) in Bozeman, effective July 2014. He replaces Bruce Lane, who will return to retirement after generously giving a year to MEA as inte... Read more
Chehalis Children Help Prepare for Mission It was something like playing musical chairs, except the junior-age children were going around a big table instead of chairs, and no one got eliminated.The 10- to 12-year-olds at Chehalis Church packed plastic baggies with small personal items for... Read more
PAA Inaugurates Cultural Geography Fair Students, parents, grandparents, friends and educators recently gathered at Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) for its inaugural Cultural Geography Fair.More than 35 seventh- and eighth-grade students participated by studying topics ranging from the... Read more
Multimedia Class Multitasks at MSAS Lights! Camera! Action! These are three words the multimedia students at Milton-Stateline Adventist School (MSAS), in Milton-Freewater, Ore., are learning as a part of a new elective class being taken by 10 students in grades five through eight.Th... Read more
Buena Vista Sees God’s Perfect Timing Buena Vista Adventist Elementary School in Auburn has firsthand experience in God’s promise to provide a solution “even before we ask.”The school recently received an urgent request for tuition assistance from a fund that is already allocated and ... Read more
Bonney Lake Refocuses Ministry for Church Growth Bonney Lake Church had a reputation for being a cold and unfriendly church.The church leadership team attended a church-growth practicum and teamed up with Washington Conference in the Partners for Growth initiative to grow healthy churches. With ... Read more
