Often on Friday evenings after vespers we gather around the piano and sing together. Mr. Rasmussen plays the piano. Sometimes students join on their instruments. We sing our favorites from the hymnal - "O When Shall I See Jesus?", "It is Well With My Soul", "I'd Rather Have Jesus"- and many others. It isn't [...]
On Sabbath, April 10, WA students, staff, family, and church members rejoiced with all of heaven as one of our juniors was baptized at the close of our spring week of prayer. The baptism was performed by Pastor Ron Kelly, who spoke for morning and evening meetings, sharing the essentials of having a relationship [...]
We have been blessed to have Pastor Ron Kelly with us for our fourth week of prayer. During morning and evening meetings, Pastor Kelly has been sharing with us the essentials of having a relationship with Jesus. Instead of writing about his messages here, I invite you to watch them streamed live on our [...]
Last Sabbath afternoon was warm and sunny, a perfect day to be out in our community sharing the good news! All of our on-campus students traveled to the nearby communities of Rio and Randolph to take small bags of literature door to door. The bags, which we packed several weeks ago on another Sabbath [...]
On March 10-16, eighteen WA students and staff took a service trip to Cedar Rapids, Iowa to help in the recovery effort from last year’s derecho storm. When this damaging weather system swept across the midwestern United States last August, causing high winds and weak tornadoes, Cedar Rapids was particularly hard hit, with many [...]
The women in the dorm are excited about their new piano, generously donated by Bonie Anderson from Madison. Mrs. Anderson is mother of Barbara Anderson Koston. She was very happy knowing that her piano would be place in the women's dorm chapel where it will be used daily. Thank you! [...]
Last Thursday, Wisconsin Academy's student council held their second meeting in the gym lobby. The student council consists of the Student Association president and a male and female representative from each class. They hear ideas from representatives and make proposals which are discussed at staff meetings. In addition to discussion of proposals, a portion [...]
This year’s much-anticipated (and rescheduled) SA banquet was held at the Kestrel Ridge Ball Room in Columbus. Attendees enjoyed a Mediterranean meal including falafel, couscous, and more on beautifully decorated tables. Deserts were made by one of the seniors. After the meal, students changed and traveled to Watertown for a fun evening of roller [...]
Two Sundays ago, in anticipation of the SA banquet, men's dean Enrique Serna and Mrs. Johanna Serna coordinated a boutonniere- and corsage-making session for interested men in the dorm. Much effort and care went into turning artificial flowers, floral tape, wires, pins, cardboard, and a lot of hot glue into beautiful, hand-made expressions of [...]
If we look a little out of the ordinary this week, it's because we're smack dab in the middle of Spirit Week, organized by the Student Association officers. Spirit week is a fun opportunity to dress up (or down?) with costumes based on daily themes. On Monday, we tried to outdo each other with [...]
