Advancement Mid-Year Report 2022-2023

2022-2023 Impact Fund Help LLA Fund Innovation & Design Thinking Initiatives!

What is the LLA Impact Fund?

Our annual LLA IMPACT FUND drive raises funds for special projects that enhance learning for our students. Our goal for 2022-2023 is to fund a new TK-12 initiative for teaching STEM through ”Innovation & Design Thinking.” The funds will provide for a remodeled Elementary STEM Room, new STEM Resources for the Junior High, and renovations at the High School to provide a new space for teaching innovation and design thinking.

How will it benefit the Elementary?

With your support, we would like to remodel and re-equip our elementary computer lab. The NEW, flexible learning space will include fun things for STEM learning. It won’t be just a computer lab anymore. We will have space to make adjustments to our new classroom based on which class will be using it. Students can’t wait to learn about robotics, 3D printing and coding in our new STEM classroom.

How will it benefit the Junior High?

Junior High would like to purchase new microscopes for Life Science units. Funds will also help to purchase a special technology kit that will teach coding and technology.

How will it benefit the High School?

Plans for a major renovation of Rhoads Hall are in place. We just need your support! The renovation will provide space and resources for students to have quality, project-based learning. Students will work on meaningful projects that encourage them to problem-solve and think critically. They will identify real-world problems from an empathetic point of view, research a solution, test it, produce a prototype, and refine it until they find a working solution for the problem. This new space in Rhoads Hall and the new STEM resources provided by the Impact Fund will make this type of project-based learning a reality.

Will YOU help us reach our goal of $155,000?

Your support will help our students prepare for their future.

Visit www.lla.org/impact to make a gift, or call 909-796-0161, ext. 3340 if you would like to discuss a major gift or naming opportunities.

www.lla.org/impact

Advancement & Alumni

Past Projects—REPORT

YOU made an IMPACT!

Funded!

2021-2022

In 2021-2022, each campus had an IMPACT Fund project that needed funding. With your generous contributions, we received $100,000! With these funds, a shaded area was installed at the elementary on November 5, 2022 for TK-2nd grade students as they wait to be picked up after school. The junior high received a portable sound system to provide better sound for outdoor gatherings. Funds for the high school helped to extend the shaded lunch area where students can build community.

How Can I Help?

Other ways to support LLA!

G.A.S. Fund: The ‘Grateful Alumni Scholarship’ fund provides financial aid to students/ families that need help due to unforeseen circumstances such as a death or loss of a job.

Student Aid: The general student aid fund provides tuition assistance to students in need.

Endowments: Established endowments support specific core elements of the LLA experience. Depending on the endowment, support can vary from financial aid, general maintenance, music, athletics, and professional development.

Athletic Booster Club: Funds are used for equipment, events, trips, or any other needs.

www.lla.org/give

Student Aid Report

2022-2023

A total 225 students (and counting) are attending LLA this year because of the financial aid provided. Thank you for supporting student aid!

Donor Highlights

Three Loma Linda Academy alumni legacies are remembered thru the 128CM Memorial Foundation. The foundation was started in 2009 in memory of 14 people lost in a plane crash in Butte, MT on March 22, 2009. To date, the foundation has contributed $37,000 to LLA in student scholarships and contributed over $600,000 to Christian

Education. Each year the foundation holds a golf tournament at Furnace Creek Golf Course in Death Valley, CA, at this tournament there is a student flight competition where schools can send teams to win extra dollars for their school. See www.128CM.org for more information.

Elementary Shade

Pullen-Feldkamp Family

Jacobson-Feldkamp Family

The Ching-Mautz Family

Meet the Director Children’s Center

Mariana Mitroi joined Loma Linda Academy at the beginning of 2022-2023 as the Director of the Children’s Center. Working with children has been her lifelong passion from a young age. Mariana began teaching in her home country of Romania before immigrating to Southern California in 1995. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Child and Human Development from California State University, San Bernardino and a Master’s degree in Organizational Management from Ashford University. Mariana is passionate about working with families and multidisciplinary teams to create individualized educational experiences that meet the unique strengths and growth areas of each child.

Lamb Room, 12-17 Months

Mariana Mitroi Director Children’s Center

Tadpole Room, 3-12 Months

Kitten & Duck Room, 2 Years

Pony Room, 3 Years

Monkey Room, 4-5 Years

What’s Happening at the Elementary? Enrollment

Our Elementary had tremendous growth in enrollment for 2022-2023. We are blessed to have most grade levels reach 4 classrooms. We now offer strings in our music program for grades 4 to 6.

Clothing Drive

Elementary students participated in the New Clothing Drive Project for unhoused families in our community during their week of prayer. The SAC Health’s Community Resource Center received new clothes and gift cards for Target.

Kindness Ambassadors

On October 19, our 1st-3rd grade launched Kindness Ambassadors. This is a leadership and interpersonal skill program.

Grounded Kids

Students are taught and encouraged to be Grounded in Jesus. The Grounded Kids program teaches 4 core values: emotional intelligence, respect, integrity, and grit. When a teacher sees a student demonstrate a core value, they receive a Grounded Kids slip. Each week the slips are entered into a drawing and the selected students are recognized during assembly.

2022-2023 TK-12

Opening Enrollment: 1,309

Current Enrollment: 1,320

& Kindergarten

TK

Our first recruitment event for next year’s admissions was our TK-Kindergarten Roundup on October 23, 2022.

We had 86 families attend the rodeo-themed event for prospective students, which included breakfast treats, crafts, gifts, a photo booth and campus tours. Parents who attended met with the teachers and principals, asked questions and received a waiver for the admissions application fee. Visit: www.lla.org/learnmore

Junior High

Journalism, Robotics and more!

Junior high students have the option to choose Journalism as their elective class. This year Mrs. Rozaleth Tenga joined the faculty as the Journalism, Robotics, and Science teacher. The Campus Chronicles (newspaper) and LLA Loop (broadcast/video) started when the Journalism class was offered this school year.

Students distribute The Campus Chronicle, the new newspaper for the Junior High.

Students from Broadcast Journalism class interviewed coach Brady Tull for their LLA Loop segment.

The mechanical energy project allowed students to build a paper rollercoaster.

Eighth grade science students built cars with Lego blocks to learn Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion.

High School

Students Build Trebuchets for Physics

Students in Physics and Honors Physics, taught by Mrs. Heidi Elssmann, built trebuchets this year. They put into practice the concepts of rotational motion and conservation of energy. A trebuchet utilizes a weight that must be lifted. This provides gravitational potential energy to the system. When the weight is released the energy is transformed into kinetic energy while the lever rotates around to release the projectile. On November 18, 2022, 28 teams competed to launch a baseball the farthest with their trebuchets. The baseballs landed an average of 60 feet horizontally from the trebuchet. The farthest measurable launch was 143 feet. However, two teams sent their baseball so far that it couldn’t be measured because they landed on the roof of Rhoads Hall. The trebuchet project spanned several months and taught students how to use a timeline to plan their strategy.

Each group had to resolve unexpected issues that arose. Some students used the skills they learned in the TIE Program (Technology, Innovation, Engineering). They cut essential pieces for the trebuchet’s arm using a special router. “I was impressed with the thoughtfulness, creativity, and perseverance that the students exhibited with this project,” said Mrs. Elssmann.

LLA Youth-to-Youth Club 30-Years Helping the Unhoused

Since 1992, the Youth-to-Youth Club has collected non-perishable food and toiletries for residents of the Drug Alternative Program in Grand Terrace and more recently, for Inland Housing Solutions in Loma Linda. This year, during Red Ribbon Week, over 750 food and toiletry items were collected and distributed to more than 20 families. For Christmas, gingerbread kits and board games were collected for the 19 unhoused families connected with Inland Housing Solutions.

Staff members from Inland Housing Solutions received food donations from Youth-to-Youth Club members.

Tournament to help 85 with Student Aid

On September 18, 2022, we had yet another successful 23rd Annual Roadrunner Golf Classic at Morongo Golf Club at Tukwett Canyon thanks to our faithful sponsors and 144 golfers. This year, we had Junior golfers from 4th grade joined the tournament. They took on the challenge and had fun. Congratulations to Transit Physical Therapy foursome for winning 1st place. Thanks to our faithful supporters for their commitment to LLA. We were blessed to raise

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Corporate Sponsor $10k +

Corporate Sponsor $10k +

Daniel & Jihee Byun

Jihee

Platinum Sponsor

Platinum Sponsor

Gerard Sabaté DDS Cajon Dental

Gerard Sabaté DDS Cajon Dental

Gold Sponsor

Premium Sponsor

Tournament Gift – PASS Physical Therapy

Lunch – Malcolm Smith Motorsports

Hats – La Loma Federal Credit Union

Golf Balls – Image Source

Golf Accessories – Alarmco

Breakfast – PnP Office Furniture

Golf Carts – Hospitality Dental & Orthodontics

Beverage Cart – Octoclean

Tournament Prizes – La Sierra University

Give-Away Bags – Premium Promotionals

Tee Sponsors

Music & Ministry

Hallelujah Vespers

On December 3, 2022, students joined together for a beautiful concert at Loma Linda University Church. The 5th and 6th grade combined choir was directed by Florence Ahn. Pro Musica, Chamber Singers & Junior High Girls Choirs were directed by Kristian Leukert. The Concert Orchestra was directed by Stephanie Popa, and Wind Symphony was directed by Craig Mohr. The musicians comprised students from upper Elementary, Junior High, and High School.

String Explorers

The String Explorers, comprised of Elementary students, had their first concert in the Chan Auditorium on December 5, 2022.

Campus Ministries Highlight

Chapel Spotlight

Church Performance

Our 4th grade choir, led by Mrs. Florence Ahn, performed at the Inland Empire Seventh-day Adventist Filipino Church on December 10, 2022. We thank associate pastor Melvin Ebora for the invitation.

During a November chapel at the high school, we honored Native American Heritage through worship and language. Our worship team led out in music and then our high school English teacher, Ms. Ysabella Ramirez read a Native American poem that celebrated the Native American culture. Our guest speaker, Maria Lorenzo of the Morongo tribe, presented some of the history of the Native American tribes here in Southern California. The week’s praise and worship the song Jireh, meaning “God will provide.” It emphasizes the importance of having gratitude for God in our lives.

We had a fun community segment of pie tasting in honor of the upcoming Thanksgiving break. Pastor Chris Stanley touched on the importance of spending valuable time with God on the Sabbath with a study of Psalms 90:12.

Athletics

Fall Updates High School

Both boys and girls flag football teams finished undefeated and were tournament champions.

Varsity volleyball won their league going undefeated in league play. This earned them a CIF playoff spot where they won their first round matchup before falling to Riverside Poly in the round of 16. Samantha Reynolds was named League MVP.

Cross Country boys and girls teams ranked 1st in the league. Elizabeth Baldwin finished #1 in division. They closed their season at the CIF meet November 5 where the girls finished 3rd and the boys finished 8th.

Boys varsity soccer won the Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Cup, hosted by LLA, November 28 to December 1. They beat Aquinas High School in the final game. They were coached by Doug Borg and Stephen Song.

Junior High

All junior high teams reached the post season. The boys volleyball team reached the playoffs after finishing 3rd in the league. The girls volleyball team were undefeated. They won a five set nail biter against Woodcrest to win the league championship for the second year in the row.

The flag football team finished their regular season with a top-four league record, leading them to the playoffs where they lost a wellplayed close game to finish top four overall.

Junior High Boys Volleyball Head Coach: Larina Chu

Cross Country Team Ranked 1st