"Deodorant!" The word echoes across the gym as students scramble to find a stick of deodorant in the pile of items their class brought from their dorm rooms. Once found, a runner speeds to the center of the gym and tries to place the stick of deodorant in the hula hoop circle before runners [...]
Lake Union members of Adventist-laymen’s Services and Industries (ASI) along with a group of 27 students and staff members from Wisconsin Adventist Academy (WA) organized a mission trip to Santiago, Chile, Mar. 10–23. Their plans included building a church, conducting an evangelistic series, and teaching English and Bible lessons. The group was challenged before [...]
If you visited campus this week, you may have been startled to notice a number of uniquely-clad individuals strolling campus. You may have seen purple-haired twins headed to class, or sat next to Harriet Tubman at the lunch table. This week was our traditional Spirit Week, organized by the Student Association officers. Spirit week [...]
We are very happy to introduce Kelly Taitano as the new registrar for Wisconsin Academy. She comes to us from Tipton, Indiana. Her Bachelors and Masters degrees are in Secondary English Education. She likes cooking and preaching. She and her husband, John, have three children, Brenna, a sophomore in college, Zane, a sophomore in [...]
Last Tuesday, students in Bible IV visited four houses of worship in the Milwaukee area as part of their unit on worldviews and religions. During the all-day field trip, we visited the Hindu Temple of Wisconsin, Congregation Shalom, St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Cathedral, and the Islamic Society of Milwaukee. At each location, religious leaders [...]
Together We Can! Wisconsin Academy Alumni Weekend was more than just a gathering of old friends-it was the public launching of fundraising for the future of WA. In September of 1998, the delegates to the Conference constituency voted nearly unanimously to build a new kitchen cafeteria complex and attach it to the gymnasium. For [...]
This week we have been gathering each evening as well as each morning to hear students share how God's Word has impacted their lives. We've heard how God has helped students locked in darkness find the light. We've heard how God has protected students serving in the mission field. We've heard encouragements to allow [...]
If you missed Senior Dedication this weekend, you missed out. Lamont Taylor, parent of one of the seniors, gave an inspiring vespers talk about letting God help put the pieces of our lives together. On Sabbath, the seniors organized and led a beautiful Sabbath School and church service. Sabbath School included a beautiful praise [...]
The annual Christmas concert was held on December 8, 1989, at Wisconsin Academy in Columbus, directed by Bruce Rasmussen and assisted by Rosalie Rasmussen. The inspirational concert included vocal and instrumental performances. In addition to this, the school's new two-octave Bell Choir performed. The set of bells were on loan to the academy for [...]
This past Monday, I had the chance to visit the Spanish II class in the "upper room" above the lobby. Decorated with flags from many Spanish-speaking countries, the room has one of the best views of the entire campus. Under the direction of Spanish teacher Mrs. Willyta Wamack, the students formed sentences like "Yo [...]
