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The 2020-21 school year began with all four Oregon Conference schools in Washington able to open fully, but only 6 of 28 of our schools in Oregon able to offer full in-person instruction. Now, due to a shift in Oregon’s guidelines that became effective in January of this year, the Conference’s Oregon schools have joined their sister Washington schools in offering daily in-person learning.
This year has been financially challenging for some families to attend Adventist Education, but God will always provide when we seek him. Recently, the Oregon Conference Education Department team was approached by three of our school principals asking if there was any financial assistance available to support a couple of families attending their schools. These community families were thriving in the Adventist school system but could not afford to continue for the second half of the school year. Just ten minutes after the prayer session, one of our superintendents was notified of a missed phone call from an Oregon Conference church member. He called this person back and found out that they were wanting to donate scholarship funds.
Before the end of January, all 32 Oregon Conference schools will be meeting in person! “It’s not been easy,” says Conference Vice-President forEducation, Gale Crosby, “but God’s been leading us through the challenges everyday.”
A new driveway for Central Valley Christian School, located in western Oregon, means expanded outreach potential and serves as a reminder to the school of God’s faithfulness.
Kimberly Clifton, fifth grade teacher at Tualatin Valley Academy in Hillsboro, Oregon, created Zoom activities for her class to “end the year with a bang.”
Milo Adventist Academy principal Randy Thornton went over the top in his fundraising efforts for the senior class of 2020.
When Oregon Conference schools had to close their doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Laura Bowlby, Madrone Adventist Elementary School principal, was barely able to sleep.
For students like Mayra Vasquez, church member financial partnerships with Adventist schools have made a big impact. Through the collaboration of donors from her church with her family, she was able to attend Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) and graduated June 2020.
