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Nicaragua is the destination for the high school mission trip scheduled for Spring break March 2012.  Juniors and Seniors will paint a church inside and out, build a one-day church, and work in an orphanage sponsored by International Children's Care.  The cost for the trip is $1,500.  Students are currently contacting friends and family to help fund their participation in the trip.

The RAA Board voted unanimously on Wednesday, December 14, to embrace on-line classes with live teaching for the 2012-2013 school year.  Click here for details.

The 2011 Benefit Dinner & Silent Auction held in November raised over $6,000 for RAA!  Thank you to all the volunteers who helped make it a success and to Lorelie Sitanggang who planned and executed the event.  Click here for photos.

The Lumberjacks played in Pacific Union College's basketball tournament the first weekend in December.  The girls team finished third!  Great finish, Ladyjacks!

Congratulations Ladyjacks on your first round win over Happy Camp in the Pioneer Valley League's Division 6 volleyball play-offs!

The 2011 Junior Senior Bible Retreat took place at Leoni Meadows the October 21-22.  High School students from all across the Northern California Conference participated.  Click here for comments from RAA students.

Varsity Volleyball Girls took 5th place out of 20 teams at the Walla Walla University tournament in early October.  It was the team's highest placing to date at this tournament.  Way to go, girls!  And kudos to Coach AnnMarie Groen!  

Week of Prayer took place during the last week of September.  Pastor John Wheeler, youth pastor of the Carmichael Church and an RAA graduate, spoke each day.  Pastor Wheeler also joined the high school students at the ASB Spiritual Retreat in Manton near Shingletown for the weekend.  Click here for photos.

The Leadership Conference at Leoni Meadows brought 120 student leaders from the Pacific Union Conference together to hone their skills in building a leadership team and engaging students more effectively in community service and worship. RAA Principal Wayne Gungl, who attended with six RAA student leaders, says, "It was one of the most spiritually moving events I've ever been to in my life."   

The Annual Science Camp at Lassen Park this September gave juniors in chemistry and U.S. history the opportunity to teach junior high students about the chemistry and history of volcanic eruptions at Lassen.  7th and 8th graders learned about lava tubes, pyroclastic flows, lava flows, hydrothermal activity, and spatter cones.  To see photos, click here.

Outdoor Education for 5th and 6th graders took place at Battle Creek Reservoir near Lassen Park.  Students climbed a cinder cone and searched for a variety of objects in a nature scavenger hunt.   In a special assignment students identified a parable in nature.  One student showed moss that was alive and healthy and moss that was black and dead.  The green moss was all connected, but the black moss was falling apart.  Her parable illustrated that when we stay connected to God, we are healthy.  To see photos, click here!

The bi-weekly VIP School Newsletter is now being delivered via e-mail to RAA parents. (It is also available on this web site.  Click on "Newsletter" in the right column.) Principal Gungl is planning more on-line communication for parents this school year.

Congratulations to the Graduating Class of 2011!  Graduates are attending a number of different colleges including Pacific Union College, Walla Walla College, Azusa Pacific University, the University of Wisconsin, Southern Oregon University, Shasta College, and Alabama State University.  The entire class is college-bound!

RAA Student scores a perfect 800 on the math section of the SAT exam in the 2010-2011 school year!

The Average Cumulative GPA for grades 9-12 in the 2010-2011 school year was 3.15.