Spring Valley Academy Staff Change positions

Story by Angela Peach

This summer, Vice Principal Ken Knudsen accepted a call to serve as principal of the Hinsdale Adventist Academy (Ill.). To address this new vacancy, Trevor Ross accepted the position of vice principal for junior high and high school.

Ross is no stranger to Spring Valley Academy (SVA), having served as a teacher at SVA for 20 years. During his long tenure, he has taught classes, from biology and environmental science to health and Bible. He’s also been the driving force behind

SVA’s strong participation in four yearly blood drives as coordinator of that initiative.

“This is the best job I’ve ever had,” says Ross, when asked his thoughts about working at SVA. “I love witnessing the ‘magic’ of learning as it happens and, most importantly, helping students along in their journey of knowing, following and sharing Jesus.”

Spring Valley Academy (SVA) hired two new teachers this school year. Nuvia Gonzalez joins SVA as the high school Spanish teacher. She brings more than 15 years of experience, teaching at both middle and high school levels, most recently at Tri-City Christian Academy (N.C.). Nuvia and her husband, Eleazor Yol, have three children enrolled at SVA.

Divya Shara Shalini Jangam joins the junior high and high school team as a science teacher. Her most recent teaching position was at the Community STEAM Academy (Ohio).

Prior to moving to Ohio, she taught science at Bahamas Academy in Nassau. Her husband, Santhosh, is a math teacher at SVA, and they have three children, with the old- est two enrolled at SVA.