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Upper Columbia Academy student athletes stop to pray with a man on their way to the Walla Walla University Friendship Tournament. Credit: Eric Johnson At 7:30 a.m. on Jan. 26, a bus full of student athletes from Upper Columbia Academy (UCA) in Spangle, Wash., began their trip to Walla Walla University to compete in the annual […]
Fourteen Upper Columbia Academy students and staff join musicians from eleven Adventists academies for the Walla Walla University Honor Band weekend. Credit: Timothy Kosaka Fourteen students and staff from Upper Columbia Academy (UCA) in Spangle, Wash., joined musicians from 11 Adventist academies for a weekend of growing through music. Brandon Beck, Walla Walla University professor of […]
Students from around the Pacific Northwest join the UCA choir to create a mass choir of beautiful voices for the Upper Columbia Academy Choir Clinic: Credit Tamara Terry It was well worth the drive on snowy and icy roads to hear the Upper Columbia Academy (UCA) Choral Clinic finale performance on Jan. 19 in Spangle, […]
UCA’s class, dorm and ASB leadership teams participate in the NPUC-sponsored leadership retreat The North Pacific Union Conference hosts a retreat for student leaders every other year. This year’s conference, held Oct. 13–16, 2016, at Camp Mivoden in Hayden Lake, Idaho, featured presenters A.J. Grant, a pastor and a lieutenant serving as an Adventist chaplain […]
Credit: Tim Kosaka Wednesday assembly time at Upper Columbia Academy in Spangle, Wash., is more than just announcements. It’s also a time to share life-changing information. At a recent assembly, Jim and Lisa Thompson shared the story of how they lost their son, Sam, because of distracted driving. One minute before the call to 911 that […]
Chloe Paago and Jack Dieter take the temperature and pH of the stream’s water. CREDIT: PAUL TUCKER Students learn a lot through textbooks, lectures, experiments and homework. But Judy Castrejón, Upper Columbia Academy (UCA) science and biology teacher, has a passion for making a difference for her students and for her local Spangle, Wash., community. […]
The cafeteria staff and student workers creatively use paper cups to decorate the door to the Davis Fireside Room in the Wallace Dining Commons. CREDIT: ROB BEATON For the past two years, Associated Student Body (ASB) officers at Upper Columbia Academy (UCA) in Spangle, Wash., have decorated the Campbell Administration Building for Christmas. Bright lights […]
Jordan Judge is a junior at Upper Columbia Academy in Spangle, Wash. This article is adapted from one he wrote for the November 2016 issue of Echoes, a student publication. To view more articles, visit ucaa.org. Fred Riffel’s Upper Columbia Academy Bible class went to the field by the school to dig potatoes on Oct. […]
Doug Wells presents the keys to FoudationONE to Mindy Weber. FoundationONE is pleased to announce Mindy Weber, a 1985 graduate of Upper Columbia Academy (UCA) in Spangle, Wash., was elected president during the annual meeting on Sept. 29, 2016. Weber follows three visionary leaders: Terrence Finney, a superior court judge; Tom Stanyer, a lead engineer with Boeing Co.; […]
Eric Johnson, UCA vice principle for development and alumni relations, welcomes Brenda Robinson (left) and Clyde and Lou Sample to the alumni homecoming weekend. Credit: Tim Kosaka Alumni Homecoming Weekend 2016 welcomed Yakima Valley Academy and Upper Columbia Academy (UCA) alumni to the campus in Spangle, Wash., this past October. Former students from the academies fellowshipped together […]