SA Fall Picnic at Wisconsin Academy traditionally includes a variety of games and relays on the ballfield, pitting class against class. This past Sunday, the Student Association found a creative replacement, canoing - equally as fun and in compliance with social distancing. After a prayer for safety and courage for nervous first-timers, our cavalcade [...]
Starting in January, students will have the opportunity to enroll in a new class designed to teach the basic principles of gardening. The class will be taught over two semesters - part one in the spring, and part two in the fall. This will give students the opportunity to harvest what they planted. Over [...]
Last week the whole school spent Monday at Cascade Mountain, skiing, snowboarding, and tubing. Many tried skiing or snowboarding for the first time. The weather was great and we had a lot of fun. We were sore for the next few days, but it was worth it! Thank-you, Mike Cho, for pictures! [...]
It snowed this week! It seemed a little early this year, but we are enjoying it anyway with spontaneous snowball fights and snow sculptures. We are reminded once again of God's promise to forgive us when we ask and make us clean as snow. [...]
Our Sabbath afternoon trip to Lion's Den Gorge Nature Preserve near Port Washington on the shores of Lake Michigan was unaffected by light rain and cool temperatures. We enjoyed a short trek down the bluffs to the narrow beach where the waves crashed relentlessly on the shore. Some stacked rocks, dug caves in the [...]
On Sabbath afternoon, September 14, we visited Horicon Marsh, the largest freshwater cattail marsh in the United States and nesting site for tens of thousands of migrating birds. After a nice walk along the shores of the marsh, we enjoyed a delicious picnic provided by the cafeteria staff and a special Hallowed Moments time [...]
GET MOVING! Nearly 140 students, church members, and friends from the community participated in the Wisconsin Academy's "Run for Kosrae" 5k Fun Run on Sunday, September 15, raising $4,890.00 to help a school and church on the Micronesian island of Kosrae. The Lake Union Conference and its schools have “adopted” the island of Kosrae [...]
While the seniors were away on their campout, the rest of the school enjoyed a relaxing Sabbath afternoon at the Mackenzie Center. We visited the wildlife exhibit housing many species native to Wisconsin, including wolves, a lynx, a bald eagle, deer, a great horned owl, a fox, and more. After climbing an observation tower [...]
This past weekend, the class of 2019 took some time away to chart a course for the coming year and strengthen friendships during their traditional "Senior Experience." Seventeen seniors and three sponsors camped at High Cliff State Park on the shores of Lake Winnebago. They slept in tents and cooked some of their food [...]
