What makes a great spring break? How about digging ditches and building foundations under the equatorial sun in Africa? Or extracting a painful tooth? Or swinging a hammer a thousand times? To Spring Valley Academy (SVA) students, this sounds like the best spring break ever!
While many parents and students were eager to return to in-person learning after the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March of 2020, Marcus and Chanelle Eveillard found a refuge in virtual learning that extended beyond anything they could have imagined.
“At the beginning of the pandemic, we knew that you were either going to sink or swim,” says Lulu Mwangi Mupfumbu, chair of the Fine Arts Department and director of choirs and orchestra at Potomac Conference’s Takoma Academy.
This spring, Kettering College (Ohio) graduated more than 65 students, and Washington Adventist University, located in Takoma Park, Md., graduated 200 students.
Kettering College President Nate Brandstater thought bringing students to the college to continue their education would be an action that could help tremendously.
"Legacy” can mean your reputation, good works or what you leave to your family or charities when you pass away. For several Highland View Academy (HVA) alumni and families, their legacy has been to put their sons and daughters through a Seventh-day Adventist high school setting where the chances of developing an education for eternity is greater.
Randy Gardner, Chancellor of the Ohio Department of Higher Education recently announced the creation of the Collegiate Purple Star designation for Ohio colleges and universities.
