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300 SW Academy Way, College Place, WA 99324

Plan to join your classmates for Homecoming Weekend

Fall of 2019.We will honor our

Golden Alumni (1969 & before) And the Classes of 1974, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999 & 2009 Watch for dates and details!

HomecomingFor more information or to preregister, please visit wwva.org/homecoming or email undeam@wwva.org.

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Finishing Touches to complete renovations. There are always those things that are easily overlooked when a project is almost done. These projects aren’t exciting but they are important.

n Collaboration Room Flooring $ 7,447 eaCH n Three Security Gates $ 5,325 eaCHn Five Dining Hall Banners $ 225 eaCHn Two Lobby Trophy Cases $2,098 eaCH

Thank you for your positive feedback over Homecoming. Yes! This campus looks fantastic! There are still some areas not often visited by our Alumni that are frequented daily by our fabulous students that need to be finished-- especially our classrooms! We have seven and a half rooms to go. Here is a breakdown of the costs for each classroom:

n Replace Flooring $7100 per classroom n Replace Blinds $3000 per classroom n Furnishing/Storage $ 650 per classroom n Prep & Paint $2500 per classroom n Interactive Tech $6500 per classroom

We need to pull together and contribute to finalize the classrooms! Please help us reach our goal of completing this project by the end of school year.

Please take a minute to invest in your campus at wwva.org > donate > campus renovation.

Outstanding Projects

So simple

InspiredAlumni Weekend was such a lovely time! I enjoyed catching up and hearing your stories about

your journey through WWVA. Thank you for coming home for a visit. It’s cooling off here in Col-lege Place. Fall, which was gorgeous and temperate this year, is fading. Our resident squirrels

scolding the students who dare to sit under the oak tree out front have completed their work of stashing acorns. Winter is here, inspiring us to count our many blessings.

Since you were on campus the school year has flown by. Students finished their first quarter academic conferences where they hashed over their grades to see what, if anything, they need to

do to improve before the end of the semester. Soccer and Volleyball seasons finished strong, with our Volleyball team seeding second and going to State….GO KNIGHTS! Winter

banquet is around the corner and the Drama students presented a fabulous version of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night in the Gesa Powerhouse Theater. I was inspired during

Student-Led fall week of prayer. It is always rewarding to hear what students have to say about life experiences and how God mingles in and around all of them.

We have always had wonderful students and you are one of them.

Our students inspire us each day to focus on creating a supportive, fun and loving atmosphere in which they can work and learn. We can only

lean on God to help us accomplish that goal. Without Him shining through us, staying positive and welcoming would be impossible.

And we are certain that God invented fun! The ability to speak openly, without bracing for ridicule, about His love

for us is priceless—and sometimes is only understood after graduation and the reality of the world becomes known

to us. The journey through four years at WWVA is an amazing package of life lessons, book lessons,

music lessons, collaborative lessons, interpersonal skills lessons that we hope are made easier

with a foundation in Jesus. As we head into the holiday season, we think of you and remember

you in our thoughts and prayers and we ask that you do the same for our campus.

Blessings,

Amy Kellogg Underhill ‘90Director of Alumni and Development

MusicAmy Underhill

Development and

Alumni Director

Scenes from the weekend (Right, top to bottom): The Class of 1988 poses for impromtu photos on front campus; Honor class activity lists and cheery fall flowers greet Sabbath morning guests; Bryson Bechtel ‘08 shares with fellow Alumni; An Arcrostic Poem written by Ardis McPhearson ‘68 presented to her class.

Finishing Touches to complete renovations. There are always those things that are easily overlooked when a project is almost done. These projects aren’t exciting but they are important.

n Collaboration Room Flooring $ 7,447 eaCH n Three Security Gates $ 5,325 eaCHn Five Dining Hall Banners $ 225 eaCHn Two Lobby Trophy Cases $2,098 eaCH

Thank you for your positive feedback over Homecoming. Yes! This campus looks fantastic! There are still some areas not often visited by our Alumni that are frequented daily by our fabulous students that need to be finished-- especially our classrooms! We have seven and a half rooms to go. Here is a breakdown of the costs for each classroom:

n Replace Flooring $7100 per classroom n Replace Blinds $3000 per classroom n Furnishing/Storage $ 650 per classroom n Prep & Paint $2500 per classroom n Interactive Tech $6500 per classroom

We need to pull together and contribute to finalize the classrooms! They must be finished by the end of this school year to ensure that we don’t miss the opportunity for matching funds.

Please take a minute to invest in your campus at wwva.org > donate > campus renovation.

Outstanding Projects

Student completeseducation and builds

family & career

Alumnusregularly

pays it forwardthrough Student

FinancialAid

Alumni build powerful Student

Financial AidFund

Student is awardedFinancial Aid

providingaccess

It seemsSo simple

For the cost of a few hot drinks a month, you can give a student the gift of a warm and outstanding education in an increasingly cold world.wwva.org > donate

I am so impressed with how everything looks!

If I lived locally I would be proudto send my kids to WWVA!

There is such a positive energy on campus this year!

I don’t think I’ve had a haystack since 1983!

If you didn’t make it to Homecoming you sure missed a lot of good fun! What a fabulous weekend! Friday evening we were honored to welcome the fifty year class of 1968 along with earlier graduating classes to the Golden Alumni Reception. The stories shared over hors d’oeuvres were indeed pure gold.

Sabbath morning we gathered over hot drinks and cinnamon rolls from Rogers Bakery. The spoken word was presented by Bryson Bechtel, Class of 2008. His words touched many and we received requests for a record-ing. Sadly, we do not have the technology to be able to record with quality. Perhaps In the near future we can find a way to fund that! (NOT subtle I know…)

Ben Gish and the WWVA Orchestra were showcased this year in celebra-tion of his 25 amazing years at WWVA! We are so grateful for his student mentoring, his commitment to excellence and his love of music. If you would like to drop a note of thanks to Mr. Gish, please send it to the academy!

Honor class photos went by in a FLASH although it may not have felt like it for the last group—Thank you so much for your patience. Thank you to our photographer Brian Hernandez 1997 for blessing us with your creative gifts. If you would like a copy of your class photo, visit wwva.org/alumni for the link to Brian’s website.

The Alumni Office provided that good-old-academy-stand-by — haystacks — for lunch. It was fun to remember the flavor of our high school years in the company of our classmates. The Alumni vs. Varsity Basketball and Volleyball games were electrifying even with half of our electricity blown by a random transformer outage. And now the scores: WWVA Girl’s volleyball and basketball teams won and men’s Alumni bas-ketball won. So that’s WWVA 2, Alumni 1.

Thank you for reconnecting and sharing how much WWVA contributed to your life. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did! See you next year!

Welcome back

Front: (l to r) Sheril Salt Fetter, Debbie Soper Gross, Melodie King Harral, Loralee Peterson Paulson. Middle: Elaine Blake Hinshaw, DesNeiges Huber, Calvin Johnston, Ken Busby. Back: Gary Glatt, Lorie Hargreaves, Monica Johnson Wilson, Dean Broome, Chuck Paulson.

Front: (l to r) Kenda Cleveland, Barbara Thrasher, Lorraine Schleicher, Ronda Unterseher, Barbara Ochsner. Row 2: Laurie Personius, Emmy Henderson, Judy Christopherson, Nancy Kooy, Ed Perry, Phil Saulsbury, Lynelle Hatton, Kandyce Hallam. Row 3: George Personius, Ken MacKintosh, Tara Cornforth, Lana Franklin, Tim Atkins, Robbie Smith, Abner Martin, Gail Wettstein, Teri Neil. Back: Allen Taylor, Ross Winkle, Merlin Windels, Ervin Gross, David Seibold, Steven Perry, Gary Petersen, Dave Eichner.

Front: (l to r) Sarah Hager Schroetlin, Kristin Fry, Nincoshka Acevedo, Biftu Felema. Middle: Laura Freeburg-Collier, Carri Stadelman, Amy Gottschall Allen, Sarah Miller, Mari Quezada Meza. Back: Scott Fry, Travis Stuart, Darrin Johnson, Lisa Luxton.

Front: (l to r) Mindi Irvine, Krista Smith, Lora Woodruff, Tanya Price, Dawn Ellington, Sheila VonBergen. Middle: Tami Bunn, Jenni Weaver Aichele, Gina Mohr, Mel Ochsner, Jeff Bruns, Ron Schoepflin, Jason Gourley, Jeanese Humbert, Baltros. Back: Jeff Wag-ner, Chris Madsen, Darren Brinson, Cecil Jones, Greg Cornell, Robert Ross.

Front: (l to r): Tiffany Christenson, Stephanie Smith, Arla Leary, Holly Luce, Sonja Rootvik, Adam Newbold, Bryson Bechtel. Middle: Krystal Dressler, Lauren Peterson, Trevor Chinn, Julianne Ward, Ian Field, Brittany Engelhart, Seth Taylor. Back: Tony Holbrook, Mitchell Serl, Michael Noel, David Jeffery.

Front: (l to r) Laura Pflugrad Ward, Nancy Wickward, Nilda Piland, Debbie Perry Thomas, Linda Slawson Emick, Mary Lou Grudzinski. Back: Mike Leno, Dave Vixie, Ron Wade, Allison Field, Diane Wickward.

1968

1988

2008 1998

1993

1983 1978

1973 Golden Alumni1967 & before

Front: (l to r) Linda Reiswig Harvey, Ardis Miles McPherson, LaJean Lawson. Middle: LeRoy Waggoner,|June Waggoner, Sylvia Harral, Cheri Christensen Armstrong, Lois Bradshaw McCombs, Connie Burke,Duane Gilliland, Donna Cook, Dan Hall, Marshall Merklin. Back: Cindie Harding, Ken Christensen,Beth Bliss Gottschall, Lorin Wentland, Hobert Smith, Randy Rogers, Richard Flottmann, Mel Farnsworth, Glenn Maxted, Cindy Wiggins.

Front: (l to r) Bonnie Rick Knoll, Andra Aaby Winslow, Mari Cheney, Emily Case. Middle: Brian Corbett, Shoshanna Ordelheide, Janisse Maxwell, Launa Acker. Back: Mishka Burnett, Betsy Miller Vixie, Lisa Delizo, Heather Schermann, Heidi Buchanan, Doug Botimer.

Scenes from the weekend (l to r): memorabilia from those happy golden years, WWVA Teachers Daniel Perrin and Don Schafer join seniors Drew Irvine and Jenna Wagner for the school song; Bern Bliss ‘38 returns for his 80th reunion along with his daughter Beth Gottschall for her 50th and Granddaughter Amy Allen for her 25th. Waiting for those crazy adults to finish up; Greeting classmates at the registration table; Catching up at breakfast; Members of the class of 1968 who were classmates since first grade; Haystack lunch provided by the Alumni Office Volunteers.

Front: (l to r) Bern Bliss (‘38), Ms. Laurine (‘65), Don Weaver (‘52), Geraldine Fowler Parks (‘58), Donna Koorenny LeFore (‘58), Sonja Gourley (‘61). Middle: Tom Parks (‘63), Carolyn Mosebar (‘53), Billie Whitney (‘59), Margi Hiebert (‘58), Alice Cook (‘58), Mary Bradshaw (‘58), Gloria Patchen (‘58), Sam LeFore (‘57). Back: Lee Smith (‘65), Bob Bohl-man (‘53), Gloria Ensminger (‘61), Maurice Kivett (‘56), Larry Brown (‘60), Neil Carr (‘58).

Welcome back

Front: (l to r) Sheril Salt Fetter, Debbie Soper Gross, Melodie King Harral, Loralee Peterson Paulson. Middle: Elaine Blake Hinshaw, DesNeiges Huber, Calvin Johnston, Ken Busby. Back: Gary Glatt, Lorie Hargreaves, Monica Johnson Wilson, Dean Broome, Chuck Paulson.

Front: (l to r) Kenda Cleveland, Barbara Thrasher, Lorraine Schleicher, Ronda Unterseher, Barbara Ochsner. Row 2: Laurie Personius, Emmy Henderson, Judy Christopherson, Nancy Kooy, Ed Perry, Phil Saulsbury, Lynelle Hatton, Kandyce Hallam. Row 3: George Personius, Ken MacKintosh, Tara Cornforth, Lana Franklin, Tim Atkins, Robbie Smith, Abner Martin, Gail Wettstein, Teri Neil. Back: Allen Taylor, Ross Winkle, Merlin Windels, Ervin Gross, David Seibold, Steven Perry, Gary Petersen, Dave Eichner.

Front: (l to r) Sarah Hager Schroetlin, Kristin Fry, Nincoshka Acevedo, Biftu Felema. Middle: Laura Freeburg-Collier, Carri Stadelman, Amy Gottschall Allen, Sarah Miller, Mari Quezada Meza. Back: Scott Fry, Travis Stuart, Darrin Johnson, Lisa Luxton.

Front: (l to r) Mindi Irvine, Krista Smith, Lora Woodruff, Tanya Price, Dawn Ellington, Sheila VonBergen. Middle: Tami Bunn, Jenni Weaver Aichele, Gina Mohr, Mel Ochsner, Jeff Bruns, Ron Schoepflin, Jason Gourley, Jeanese Humbert, Baltros. Back: Jeff Wag-ner, Chris Madsen, Darren Brinson, Cecil Jones, Greg Cornell, Robert Ross.

Front: (l to r): Tiffany Christenson, Stephanie Smith, Arla Leary, Holly Luce, Sonja Rootvik, Adam Newbold, Bryson Bechtel. Middle: Krystal Dressler, Lauren Peterson, Trevor Chinn, Julianne Ward, Ian Field, Brittany Engelhart, Seth Taylor. Back: Tony Holbrook, Mitchell Serl, Michael Noel, David Jeffery.

Front: (l to r) Laura Pflugrad Ward, Nancy Wickward, Nilda Piland, Debbie Perry Thomas, Linda Slawson Emick, Mary Lou Grudzinski. Back: Mike Leno, Dave Vixie, Ron Wade, Allison Field, Diane Wickward.

1968

1988

2008 1998

1993

1983 1978

1973 Golden Alumni1967 & before

Front: (l to r) Linda Reiswig Harvey, Ardis Miles McPherson, LaJean Lawson. Middle: LeRoy Waggoner,|June Waggoner, Sylvia Harral, Cheri Christensen Armstrong, Lois Bradshaw McCombs, Connie Burke,Duane Gilliland, Donna Cook, Dan Hall, Marshall Merklin. Back: Cindie Harding, Ken Christensen,Beth Bliss Gottschall, Lorin Wentland, Hobert Smith, Randy Rogers, Richard Flottmann, Mel Farnsworth, Glenn Maxted, Cindy Wiggins.

Front: (l to r) Bonnie Rick Knoll, Andra Aaby Winslow, Mari Cheney, Emily Case. Middle: Brian Corbett, Shoshanna Ordelheide, Janisse Maxwell, Launa Acker. Back: Mishka Burnett, Betsy Miller Vixie, Lisa Delizo, Heather Schermann, Heidi Buchanan, Doug Botimer.

Scenes from the weekend (l to r): memorabilia from those happy golden years, WWVA Teachers Daniel Perrin and Don Schafer join seniors Drew Irvine and Jenna Wagner for the school song; Bern Bliss ‘38 returns for his 80th reunion along with his daughter Beth Gottschall for her 50th and Granddaughter Amy Allen for her 25th. Waiting for those crazy adults to finish up; Greeting classmates at the registration table; Catching up at breakfast; Members of the class of 1968 who were classmates since first grade; Haystack lunch provided by the Alumni Office Volunteers.

Front: (l to r) Bern Bliss (‘38), Ms. Laurine (‘65), Don Weaver (‘52), Geraldine Fowler Parks (‘58), Donna Koorenny LeFore (‘58), Sonja Gourley (‘61). Middle: Tom Parks (‘63), Carolyn Mosebar (‘53), Billie Whitney (‘59), Margi Hiebert (‘58), Alice Cook (‘58), Mary Bradshaw (‘58), Gloria Patchen (‘58), Sam LeFore (‘57). Back: Lee Smith (‘65), Bob Bohl-man (‘53), Gloria Ensminger (‘61), Maurice Kivett (‘56), Larry Brown (‘60), Neil Carr (‘58).

Finishing Touches to complete renovations. There are always those things that are easily overlooked when a project is almost done. These projects aren’t exciting but they are important.

n Collaboration Room Flooring $ 7,447 eaCH n Three Security Gates $ 5,325 eaCHn Five Dining Hall Banners $ 225 eaCHn Two Lobby Trophy Cases $2,098 eaCH

Thank you for your positive feedback over Homecoming. Yes! This campus looks fantastic! There are still some areas not often visited by our Alumni that are frequented daily by our fabulous students that need to be finished-- especially our classrooms! We have seven and a half rooms to go. Here is a breakdown of the costs for each classroom:

n Replace Flooring $7100 per classroom n Replace Blinds $3000 per classroom n Furnishing/Storage $ 650 per classroom n Prep & Paint $2500 per classroom n Interactive Tech $6500 per classroom

We need to pull together and contribute to finalize the classrooms! They must be finished by the end of this school year to ensure that we don’t miss the opportunity for matching funds.

Please take a minute to invest in your campus at wwva.org > donate > campus renovation.

Outstanding Projects

Student completeseducation and builds

family & career

Alumnusregularly

pays it forwardthrough Student

FinancialAid

Alumni build powerful Student

Financial AidFund

Student is awardedFinancial Aid

providingaccess

It seemsSo simple

For the cost of a few hot drinks a month, you can give a student the gift of a warm and outstanding education in an increasingly cold world.wwva.org > donate

I am so impressed with how everything looks!

If I lived locally I would be proudto send my kids to WWVA!

There is such a positive energy on campus this year!

I don’t think I’ve had a haystack since 1983!

If you didn’t make it to Homecoming you sure missed a lot of good fun! What a fabulous weekend! Friday evening we were honored to welcome the fifty year class of 1968 along with earlier graduating classes to the Golden Alumni Reception. The stories shared over hors d’oeuvres were indeed pure gold.

Sabbath morning we gathered over hot drinks and cinnamon rolls from Rogers Bakery. The spoken word was presented by Bryson Bechtel, Class of 2008. His words touched many and we received requests for a record-ing. Sadly, we do not have the technology to be able to record with quality. Perhaps In the near future we can find a way to fund that! (NOT subtle I know…)

Ben Gish and the WWVA Orchestra were showcased this year in celebra-tion of his 25 amazing years at WWVA! We are so grateful for his student mentoring, his commitment to excellence and his love of music. If you would like to drop a note of thanks to Mr. Gish, please send it to the academy!

Honor class photos went by in a FLASH although it may not have felt like it for the last group—Thank you so much for your patience. Thank you to our photographer Brian Hernandez 1997 for blessing us with your creative gifts. If you would like a copy of your class photo, visit wwva.org/alumni for the link to Brian’s website.

The Alumni Office provided that good-old-academy-stand-by — haystacks — for lunch. It was fun to remember the flavor of our high school years in the company of our classmates. The Alumni vs. Varsity Basketball and Volleyball games were electrifying even with half of our electricity blown by a random transformer outage. And now the scores: WWVA Girl’s volleyball and basketball teams won and men’s Alumni bas-ketball won. So that’s WWVA 2, Alumni 1.

Thank you for reconnecting and sharing how much WWVA contributed to your life. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did! See you next year!

Finishing Touches to complete renovations. There are always those things that are easily overlooked when a project is almost done. These projects aren’t exciting but they are important.

n Collaboration Room Flooring $ 7,447 eaCH n Three Security Gates $ 5,325 eaCHn Five Dining Hall Banners $ 225 eaCHn Two Lobby Trophy Cases $2,098 eaCH

Thank you for your positive feedback over Homecoming. Yes! This campus looks fantastic! There are still some areas not often visited by our Alumni that are frequented daily by our fabulous students that need to be finished-- especially our classrooms! We have seven and a half rooms to go. Here is a breakdown of the costs for each classroom:

n Replace Flooring $7100 per classroom n Replace Blinds $3000 per classroom n Furnishing/Storage $ 650 per classroom n Prep & Paint $2500 per classroom n Interactive Tech $6500 per classroom

We need to pull together and contribute to finalize the classrooms! Please help us reach our goal of completing this project by the end of school year.

Please take a minute to invest in your campus at wwva.org > donate > campus renovation.

Outstanding Projects

So simple

InspiredAlumni Weekend was such a lovely time! I enjoyed catching up and hearing your stories about

your journey through WWVA. Thank you for coming home for a visit. It’s cooling off here in Col-lege Place. Fall, which was gorgeous and temperate this year, is fading. Our resident squirrels

scolding the students who dare to sit under the oak tree out front have completed their work of stashing acorns. Winter is here, inspiring us to count our many blessings.

Since you were on campus the school year has flown by. Students finished their first quarter academic conferences where they hashed over their grades to see what, if anything, they need to

do to improve before the end of the semester. Soccer and Volleyball seasons finished strong, with our Volleyball team seeding second and going to State….GO KNIGHTS! Winter

banquet is around the corner and the Drama students presented a fabulous version of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night in the Gesa Powerhouse Theater. I was inspired during

Student-Led fall week of prayer. It is always rewarding to hear what students have to say about life experiences and how God mingles in and around all of them.

We have always had wonderful students and you are one of them.

Our students inspire us each day to focus on creating a supportive, fun and loving atmosphere in which they can work and learn. We can only

lean on God to help us accomplish that goal. Without Him shining through us, staying positive and welcoming would be impossible.

And we are certain that God invented fun! The ability to speak openly, without bracing for ridicule, about His love

for us is priceless—and sometimes is only understood after graduation and the reality of the world becomes known

to us. The journey through four years at WWVA is an amazing package of life lessons, book lessons,

music lessons, collaborative lessons, interpersonal skills lessons that we hope are made easier

with a foundation in Jesus. As we head into the holiday season, we think of you and remember

you in our thoughts and prayers and we ask that you do the same for our campus.

Blessings,

Amy Kellogg Underhill ‘90Director of Alumni and Development

MusicAmy Underhill

Development and

Alumni Director

Scenes from the weekend (Right, top to bottom): The Class of 1988 poses for impromtu photos on front campus; Honor class activity lists and cheery fall flowers greet Sabbath morning guests; Bryson Bechtel ‘08 shares with fellow Alumni; An Arcrostic Poem written by Ardis McPhearson ‘68 presented to her class.

PRESORTED STANDARDUS Postage

PAIDPermit No. 5

M-F OR 97862

Return Service Requested

300 SW Academy Way, College Place, WA 99324

Plan to join your classmates for Homecoming Weekend

Fall of 2019.We will honor our

Golden Alumni (1969 & before) And the Classes of 1974, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999 & 2009 Watch for dates and details!

HomecomingFor more information or to preregister, please visit wwva.org/homecoming or email undeam@wwva.org.

F o r F r i e n d s a n d A l u m n i o f W W VA | W i n t e r 2 0 1 8

VISIONSwalla walla valley academy

HomeAn alumni weekend is never about the place, it’s about the people. See the friends, fun and faces of Homecoming 2018. P. 3

the heart of