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  Upper Columbia Academy (UCA) in Spangle, Wash., is excited to the welcome new staff and taskforce volunteers to the campus. “The Lord has really blessed us this year,” says John Winslow, UCA principal. “We had some big shoes to fill, and God knew just who we needed. In addition to the staff, the taskforce […]

  “We want our son/daughter at UCA. We are just not sure how we can swing it financially.” It is a phrase we hear almost every year at Upper Columbia Academy (UCA) in Spangle, Wash. Many families realize the importance of Adventist education but are not sure how they can handle it financially. This year, […]

Honoring grandparents is the main focus of this special weekend. Students enjoy having them see their performances. Credit: Wendy Urbin The annual Grandparent Weekend/Spring Arts Festival was held this past spring on the campus of Upper Columbia Academy (UCA) in Spangle, Wash. Students performed a play, This I Know, written by sophomore Kaitlyn Kramer. They also […]

The UCA Academy Day Knowledge Bowl winners created their team the day of the event. They won and received a UCA scholarship. Credit: Tamara Terry Upper Columbia Academy (UCA) Academy Day was literally a hair-raising experience this year as students had the opportunity to touch a Van de Graaff generator at one of the stations. Almost every […]

  Student week of prayer speakers, (back row, from left) Tyler Dalrymple, Amber Lee, Kristi Rose, Kate Ruud, Summer Davis, Jenny Bovey, Elliott Wickward, (middle row, from left) Niko Pintos, Sydney Allison, (Front row, From left) Parker Bailey, Polly Officer, and Charlie Burrsma prayerfully wrote their talks to share with students. Credit: Joanne Kack Reading, […]

By the look on their faces you might think they won the Friendship Tournament, but those smiles by UCA’s women’s varsity basketball team are for winning the tournament’s Sportsmanship Award for the second year in a row. It was a goal they set for themselves before the tournament even began. CREDIT: TAMARA TERRY   For […]

Pastor Fred Riffel teaches students the importance of helping where needed as he trims branches off a fallen tree for students to pile for pickup. CREDIT: TAMARA TERRY [/vc_column_text] The bright morning sunshine was a nice change from the darkness village students experienced in their homes before heading to classes at Upper Columbia Academy (UCA) in Spangle, […]

  Ah, the sounds of instruments tuning. These sounds suggest something great is coming shortly thereafter, and great it was as the Upper Columbia Academy (UCA) Band Clinic participants joined to form a large band on Sabbath, Jan. 23, in Spangle, Wash., treating attendees to the finale of the participants’ time together. For the first time, the Festival […]

(From left) Randy Terry, Upper Columbia Conference vice president for finance; Linnea Torkelsen, Upper Columbia Academy alumni and development director; Larry Marsh, Upper Columbia Conference superintendent of schools; and Weston Davis, UCA building committee chair, watch the Wallace Dining Commons mortgage burn during the 70th Alumni Homecoming. CREDIT: TAMARA TERRY   Alumni and friends were […]

  Judy Castrejon, (on the right) UCA science teacher, helps Elliott Fulbright, senior, complete her registration paperwork. CREDIT: WENDY URBIN   It was a simple Facebook post this summer: “Upper Columbia Academy (UCA) registration opens tomorrow morning at 8 a.m. There are TWENTY kids who are on the ‘Waiting for a Miracle’ list. Total financial miracle […]