Rogue Valley Adventist Academy

✨ Staff Spotlight ✨

Every member of our team plays an important role in making our academy a place where students are known, loved, and encouraged. This week, we're excited to introduce Mrs. Gonzalez, our English Teacher!

Here's a little peek at some of her favorites:

🍦 Favorite Ice Cream: Pistachio
🎵 Favorite Worship Song/Hymn: Gratitude by Brandon Lake
📚 Favorite Book or Current Read: "I love the book To Kill a Mockingbird, and love teaching it! I also love the graphic novel March by John Lewis, and am looking forward to teaching it again this year to grades 9/10."
☀️ Favorite Summer Activity: Lake days with her family
☕ Favorite Coffee/Tea Order: "black iced tea with peach and honey (1/4 sweet)!"
🌎 Favorite Vacation Spot: Our Oregon Coast but she would love to visit Europe someday!
💡 Fun Fact: "I am an alumna of RVAA! I graduated many moons ago and now have the unique privilege of teaching in a classroom where I was once a student."

Today you'll find her favorite verse featured in our photo.

We are grateful to have Mrs. Gonzalez as part of our school family. As a former graduate of our school, she has come full circle—returning to pour into the lives of today's students. It's a joy to see someone who once walked these hallways now helping shape the hearts and minds of the next generation.

❤️ Join us in celebrating Mrs. Gonzalez by sharing an encouraging message in the comments!

📚✨ Save the Date! ✨📚

Mark your calendars! Our Back-to-School Night is happening on Thursday, August 20 starting at 4pm, and we can't wait to welcome our school families back to campus!

This special evening is a wonderful opportunity to:
🍎 Meet your child's teacher
🏫 Tour the classroom
🤝 Connect with other families and our staff

🎒 Students are encouraged to bring their school supplies so they can leave them in their classrooms and enjoy an easier first day of school!

We will provide a few more specific details soon but please save the date! We look forward to kicking off another incredible school year together!

✨ What are you and your student most looking forward to this school year? Let us know in the comments! 📚🍎

📣 100th Anniversary Roll Call!

We want to see who's coming! 🎉

Drop a comment below and tell us:
🎓 Your graduation year (or the years you attended)
📚 What our school was called when you were here (RRA, RRJA, RVAS, or RVAA)
📍 Where you're traveling from

Bonus points if you tag a classmate you'd love to see at the celebration! 👇

Let's see how many decades of alumni we can represent in the comments. We can't wait to reconnect with everyone on August 14–15!

✨ Staff Spotlight ✨

It's time to shine the spotlight on another amazing member of our school family! This week, we're featuring Mr. McCombs, our wonderful 5th & 6th Grade Teacher.

Get to know him a little better through some of his favorites:
🍦 Favorite Ice Cream: Triple Chocolate Fudge Brownie
🎵 Favorite Worship Song/Hymn: Build A Boat
📚 Favorite Book or Current Read: Project Hail Mary
☀️ Favorite Summer Activity: Swimming
☕ Favorite Coffee/Tea Order: Chai Lattr
🌎 Favorite Vacation Spot: Hawaii
💡 Fun Fact: He makes guitars 🎸

Be sure to check out today's photo to see the Bible verse that encourages and inspires him.

Thank you, Mr. McCombs, for faithfully investing in the lives of our students and pointing them toward Christ each day.

💙 Help us show our appreciation by sharing some encouragement below!

📚✏️ School Supply Lists Are Here! 🍎

The first day of school is just around the corner, and we're excited to welcome our students back for another year of learning, faith, and growth!

To help your family prepare, we are posting the 2026–2027 school supply lists for all PreK–12 classes. Be sure to find your child's grade level and start checking off those back-to-school essentials.

We can't wait to see our hallways filled with smiling faces as we begin another year of academic excellence, Christ-centered learning, and lasting friendships.

💙 Please share this post with other school families!
🙏 We are praying for a blessed, safe, and successful school year for each of our students, families, and staff.

For 100 years, our academy has been blessed by God's faithfulness and by the unwavering support of our students, families, alumni, churches, and community.

With grateful hearts, we invite you to join us for this special milestone weekend.

Join us for our 100th Anniversary Celebration Weekend as we welcome alumni, former students, families, and friends; gather with our constituency churches for our Valley-Wide Church Service; and celebrate a century of Christian education.

Whether you attended when our school was known as Rogue River Academy (RRA), Rogue River Junior Academy (RRJA), Rogue Valley Adventist School (RVAS), or today as Rogue Valley Adventist Academy (RVAA), you are an important part of our story. Every student, graduate, teacher, staff member, church member, and friend has helped shape the legacy of our academy.

Throughout the weekend, we’ll reconnect across generations, worship together, share memories, and celebrate the lives impacted and the legacy built over the past century as we look ahead to the future.

Following the Valley-Wide Church Service, Haystacks will be provided as we continue the fellowship, reconnect across generations, and enjoy time together as a community.

We look forward to celebrating with you!

📅 August 14th &15th 2026
📍 RVAA Campus

✨ Staff Spotlight ✨

Each week, we're highlighting one of the incredible staff members who helps make our school such a special place. This week, we're excited to introduce Mrs. Oliver, our 1st & 2nd Grade Teacher!

Here's a little peek at some of her favorites:
🍦 Favorite Ice Cream: Peppermint Candy
🎵 Favorite Worship Song/Hymn: Give Me Jesus
📚 Favorite Book or Current Read: Sisters of Auschwitz
☀️ Favorite Summer Activity: Paddle Boarding/ Rafting
☕ Favorite Coffee/Tea Order: Peppermint Mocha
🌎 Favorite Vacation Spot: Visiting a National Park
💡 Fun Fact: She can do the splits!

You'll also see her favorite Bible verse featured in today's photo.

We're so thankful to have Mrs. Oliver as part of our school family! We hope these weekly spotlights give you a chance to get to know the wonderful people who invest in our students each day and make our community a place where everyone can learn, grow, and belong.

❤️ Help us celebrate Mrs. Oliver by leaving her some love in the comments!

Every student has unique gifts waiting to be discovered ✨️
Whether those gifts are found on the court, on the stage, or in the classroom, we're committed to helping students grow in faith, knowledge, and character 🤍
What activities helped shape you when you were in school? We'd love to hear your story below! ⬇️