SHENANDOAH VALLEY ACADEMY, ESTABLISHED IN 1908, EXISTS TO PROVIDE A DISTINCTLY SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST COLLEGE PREPARARTORY PROGRAM THROUGH EXPERIENCES TO PRODUCE DISCIPLES OF JESUS WHO ARE COMPASSIONATE CITIZENS PREPARED FOR COLLEGE AND CAREERS. SERVE GOD ∙ VALUE KNOWLEDGE ∙ ACCEPT A LIFE OF SERVICE
Meet a Member of the Class of 2016
Largest Freshman Class in 15 Years
Each gift you give to SVA impacts Kellie—and every student at our school. Thank you for giving to help our school and young people!
The largest freshman class in 15 years—54* of them—are enrolled at SVA for the 2015-16 school year. The Class of 2019 is comprised of 32 girls and 22 boys. Eight are children of 10 SVA alumni parents.
Kellie, Class of 2016 from Lancaster, MA: I came to Shenandoah Valley Academy my junior year and am now a senior. Since attending SVA, I have grown to appreciate my parents more, all of the blessings I receive, and most importantly, the love my Father in Heaven shows me 24/7. I currently work in the Development and Alumni Office where I have gained so much knowledge and learned what responsibility is all about. My favorite class is English and the extra-curricular activity I participate in is being the choir pianist. I am also a dorm student and I can truly say that the girls’ deans have made me feel so much at home and have shown me more love than I could ever imagine. This school has taught me how to be selfless and to see others the way Christ does. Once I graduate, I plan to attend Andrews University where I will minor in music. I certainly don’t know what I want to do for a living but God will just have a whole lot of fun choosing for me.
Many of new families have benefitted from the commitment school administration has made to provide scholarships to better enable outstanding students to attend SVA. “A quarter of the freshmen test in the 80th percentile or above on the Iowa Test of Basic Standards and came to us with a gpa of 3.75 or higher, which qualified them for the Zirkle academic scholarship, reports registrar Wendy Dean.
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2016
Do you know a young person who would benefit from a safe, caring, quality Adventist education at Shenandoah Valley Academy? For more information contact gail.romeo@sva-va.org 540-740-3161 or visit www.shenandoahvalleyacademy.org
Recipients of the Zirkle scholarship who reside in the dorm receive $5,000 per year for all four years they attend SVA. Principal Dale Twomley shares, “Zirkle provides an incredible opportunity to recognize incoming freshmen for academic achievement. The depth and breadth of spiritual, social, academic, work and life experiences at SVA is well-suited to students who are seeking to gain more from high school than the typical core class work.” *At second semester, SVA enrolled 5 more freshman students, for a current total of 59.
Contact the SVA Development & Alumni Office: janel.ware@sva-va.org 540-740-2202
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