As you're well aware,
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we're living in
unprecedented times.
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Join us now for
today's special program.
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my word
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello and welcome to 3ABN Today.
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My name is John Dinzey.
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And It's a pleasure
for me to welcome you
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on behalf of your 3ABN Family.
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I would like to
encourage you to join me
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in the reading of the scriptures
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in Proverbs 22:6,
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"Train up a child in
the way he should go,
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and when he is old he
will not depart from it."
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Today we are focusing
on Christian education,
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and to continue this process
of training our young people,
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not only to serve in the world,
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but also to let their
light so shine before men
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that they may
see their good works
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and glorify our Heavenly Father.
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We have two academies
that we want to focus on today,
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the Indiana Academy
and the Milo Academy.
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Now considering
these two schools,
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these are Christian
Seventh-day Adventist schools.
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I went most of my
life to secular schools.
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And I can tell you,
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it is a challenging environment.
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I was offered drugs,
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I was offered the privileged
they called it to join a gang,
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but these Christian academies
offer something different.
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Offer our young
people an opportunity
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not only to learn
the academic subjects
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which are necessary for school,
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but also to learn
more on Jesus Christ.
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They lift up the
standard of truth.
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They help our young
people to be prepared
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to face life's challenges
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because it is a
challenging world we live in,
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a challenging world indeed.
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Today's difficult times demand
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that our young
people are offered
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the best
opportunity to train themselves
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not only to face light,
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because we know that
Satan is as a roaring lion
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seeking whom he may devour.
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So we want to encourage
you to consider the academy,
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Indiana Academy,
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Pastor John Lomacang
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will be
focusing on this academy.
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He's the pastor
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of the Thompsonville
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
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and also you have
seen him on many programs
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here on 3ABN.
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The second academy that
we would like to focus on
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is Milo Christian
Seventh-day Adventist Academy.
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Sister Jill Morikone,
our Vice President and COO,
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will be talking to our folks,
our friends at the Milo Academy
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so that you can learn
about these academies.
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Learn what they have to offer,
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and then you will see
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that there are
other opportunities,
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good options that
you should consider
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for your young people.
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So now it is my pleasure
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to hand it over to
Pastor John Lomacang
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as he starts us off
with the Indiana Academy
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and then we will
hear Sister Jill Morikone
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with the Milo Adventist Academy.
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Hello, welcome to a
very important segment
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about Christian
education, more specifically,
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Seventh-day
Adventist Christian education.
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And today in our segment,
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we're highlighting
the Indiana Academy.
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And I have with me
today, Steve Baughman,
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who is the principal
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of the Indiana
Adventist Academy.
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Steve, are you there?
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Hi. Hi, Pastor John.
Thanks for having me.
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Yes. Good to have
you. Good to have you.
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I tell you,
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we're thinking about education
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and what a
challenging year this has been.
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2020 is an amazing
time for anyone to be alive.
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Such an unpredictable time.
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But before I go into
talking about the challenges of,
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and the blessings
of Christian education,
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more specifically at Adventist
Academy there in Indiana,
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just give our
audience a little overview
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of who you are, what you
do, and where you're from?
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Sure. So my name
is Steve Baughman.
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I actually was born in Michigan,
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but I grew up here in Indiana.
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I'm an alumni
of Indiana Academy.
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So in a sense, I
have come full circle.
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And I have, in fact,
come back home here to IA.
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I went to Southern
Adventist University,
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when I graduated there,
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I just had a
burden and a passion
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to work in our boarding schools
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because of the role boarding
schools that played in my life.
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And I taught for
10 years in Tennessee.
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And now I am
starting my eighth year
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here at Indiana
Academy as the principal.
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And so just
blessed, blessed to serve.
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And it's a good
work if you can get it.
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Well, it's your
time to give back.
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And that's a good thing.
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I've seen in the past,
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some students
have gone to academy
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or gone to the universities
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were grown up in
similar situations,
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but it's so good to know
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that you can come back
to a familiar territory.
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Is it the same school
that you were raised in
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or the same school you went to?
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You know, it was, um,
it was kind of surreal.
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I actually, when I walked
in the door for my interview,
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two of my former
teachers were here to greet me.
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And so that was a
surreal experience.
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It was a good experience.
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And they, you know, I
was nervous at first, okay,
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how is this going to work,
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but they welcomed
me with a warm embrace.
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And I knew we were
going to do great things.
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So it's been a lot of
fun. And now I'm blessed.
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I've been able to actually
hire some of my former students.
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And so this is, it's a joy
to be in service for the Lord.
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I think the
phrase that fits here
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is you went back to the future.
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That's right.
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That's right, very appropriable.
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Wow.
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Well, tell our
audience a little bit
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about Indiana Academy?
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Because some people might say,
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I know exactly
where Indiana Academy is.
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They may even be an
alumni of Indiana Academy,
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but some people might say,
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I'd like to know more
about Christian education,
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specifically
Adventist Christian education
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at Indiana Academy.
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Give us an overview
before we dive into the...
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What Indiana
Academy does specifically?
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Sure.
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So we're located
in Cicero, Indiana.
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We're about 30 minutes,
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35 minutes north
northeast of Indianapolis.
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We are a
secondary boarding Academy.
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So that means we
service grades 9 through 12.
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We're co-educational school.
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So guys and girls,
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each living in
separate dorms attend.
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We offer a fairly
standard curriculum experience,
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academic classes and
things of that nature.
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But then we incorporate a
lot of our critical elements
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that we think are
important to a well-rounded
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and balanced education.
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And so we're
here in rural Indiana,
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but not too far out of town
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that you can't get to
where you need to get in time.
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Wow.
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I know the school is
more than 100 years old.
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What's the founding
date of the Adventist Academy
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there in Indiana?
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Sure.
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So Indiana
Academy originally started
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as a training institution,
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as many of our institutions did
in 1902, in Boggstown, Indiana,
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and then shortly after that
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relocated here to the
lovely hills of Cicero.
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Well, at the
time, there were hills.
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Since then,
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the hills have
kind of been eradicated
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but our lovely hills
of Cicero since 1902.
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Wow.
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And you have a
student population
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in the average of how many?
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Yeah.
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So we've been averaging over
the last five to eight years
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about 110 students.
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And so that's
been a nice number.
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We're not a
terribly large school,
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where our
girls' dorm is actually
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at capacity this year.
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And so we have room
for a few more students,
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but we're maybe
built to really be
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in that 130 to 150 range.
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So we're not too far
off of an ideal number.
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Good, that gives
you an opportunity
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to be more of a one to one,
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not an overwhelming environment,
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because some
schools are so large,
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that sometimes
students feel like
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they get lost in the sauce.
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And they don't know that. Right.
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Yeah, so a very
homey environment?
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That's right, we do.
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We have a nice relationship.
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It's about a 10:1
staff to student ratio
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or student to staff ratio.
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So you get to
actually know the students.
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We form faculty families,
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where our students
come into our faculty homes,
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from time to time
throughout the year.
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We really want to
get to know our students,
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know their names,
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when we're passing
them in the hallway.
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Be able to stop
and pray with them
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and really foster
those relationships.
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I think it's those relationships
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that what sets Seventh-day
Adventist education apart,
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and specifically
something we focus on heavily
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here at Indiana Academy.
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Good.
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Now, because of it
being an Adventist academy,
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do you include
Bible in your curriculum?
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And I'm just asking that
question for our audience.
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No, absolutely, absolutely.
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We absolutely have
a religious program.
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We incorporate Bible
into each of our core years,
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you know, 9th grade,
10th grade, 11th and so on
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each year has a Bible class.
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And then beyond that,
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we have regular
worship experiences,
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worship service,
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really wanting to focus
on equipping our students
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with skills for
personal evangelism.
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So not only can
they grow their faith,
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but then they can go
and share that faith.
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And that call to action
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that I think our
Adventist schools
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are called to be
something special about.
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So if you define the
mission of your academy,
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what would it be?
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So our mission here is
to educate the whole student
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to know and serve
God in their community.
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We want them to know God,
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develop that relationship
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that can save
their lives for eternity.
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But then to use
that knowledge to serve,
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and to go out and be
missionaries, wherever,
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wherever their paths may lead,
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once they, once I
shake their hand in May
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and grant them a diploma.
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We want them to realize
that they can be missionaries
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wherever
they're called to serve.
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Have you as a...
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How long have you been
there as the principal?
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You may have mentioned this?
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Yeah, no, this is the
start of my eighth year,
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so seven full years,
and this is number eight.
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Okay.
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Wow, that's a wonderful
thing to be able to do.
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You know, I would think,
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as you talked about
the surreal experience
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of coming into the building
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where you
actually was a student,
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and then seeing some
of your former teachers.
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How long, I'm
just kind of asking
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a completely different question.
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How long did it take for you
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to flip out of the student mode
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into the teacher's mode
when you're exiting a class?
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Because, you know,
you're kind of going back,
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am I going to class
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or am I going to
teach the next class?
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Well, that's
accurate, you know, part of it,
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it was actually a
little bit of a call to action,
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because I walked
into our science lab
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when I first
came back, and I said,
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"Friends, this can't
look the exact same as
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when I graduated x years ago."
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And so we got to work
renovating some things.
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We felt like it was
time to maybe do some updates
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and to do some
proper renovations
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to some of our programs.
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You know, I
shouldn't find my name
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carved in the same desk
I sat in as a sophomore.
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And so we had to
make a few adjustments.
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But thankfully,
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I've been blessed
with a lot of opportunities
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to serve on some
different committees
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while I was a teacher
for 10 years in Tennessee.
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And so I think that helped me
transition out of that mode of,
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okay, I'm so green
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that I don't
know what I'm doing.
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But we hit the ground
running pretty quickly,
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I felt the call to
come into administration,
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because of what I felt like
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our Seventh-day Adventist
schools could strive to be,
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and I felt like this school
was leaning in that direction
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already with
some of the programs
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that my predecessor
had hoped to establish.
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And so I was
excited to come here
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and really get to work
about incorporating elements
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of service into our school.
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That is really nice. I
like how you said that.
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There shouldn't be the same desk
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that I carved my name in.
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And that's a, that
is a call to action.
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I like that.
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You know, and sometimes
we get mad at these kids,
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you know, for
some of their behaviors
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and some of their decisions
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and sometimes we forget that
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maybe we used to be kids too.
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And so that helps
build that relationship
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to stay humble and recognize,
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I probably wasn't always
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on the right side
of the principal's desk
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when I was a
student here myself.
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Yeah, you know,
somebody once said,
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"What kind of
Christian are you?"
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And somebody once
said, "A pantheist."
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And they said, "What is that?"
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He said, "All pans
out on in the end."
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That's good to
see where you started,
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and where you are
now making an impact.
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You know, you brought a video,
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we have a video
we'd like to show
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about the Indiana
Adventist Academy.
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And just tell us kind of
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what we're going
to see in this role?
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Sure.
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So this is um, some of them are,
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they're still shots
of some of the programs
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and some of the areas of
emphasis here on our campus.
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We are really
embracing education
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that equips
students to take action.
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And so you'll see
pictures of our students
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serving others in
different capacities
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as we serve them.
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And it's just an exciting,
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hopefully a brief snapshot
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of some of the
experience here at IA,
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and the music that is being sung
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is by our own select
choir and so I was excited.
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It was something together
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during our Coronavirus
shut down last school year.
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Okay, well, let's go
to that role right now
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about Indiana Adventist Academy.
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Be thou my vision
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O Lord of my heart
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Naught be all else to me
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Save that thou art
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Thou my best thought
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By day or by night
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Waking or sleeping
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Thy presence my light
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Thou my light
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Be Thou my wisdom
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And thou my true word
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I ever with thee
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And Thou with me,
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Lord Thou my great Father
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And I, Thy true son
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Thou in me dwelling
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And I with Thee one
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Be thou my shield And my sword
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For the fight Be Thou my honor
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And be Thou my light
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Thou my soul's shelter
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And Thou my high tower
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Raise me toward heaven
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O Power of my Lord
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Wow!
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I hope you were
blessed by that video.
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And before I go
back to our principal,
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maybe you might be thinking
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about where you'd
like your son or daughter
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to go to school.
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I'd like to recommend
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the Indiana Adventist
Seventh-day Adventist Academy.
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And, Steve, are you there?
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I am here, John.
Thank you so much.
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That was very inspiring.
I like that multiple screen.
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Always wonder how they do that.
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I've seen that a few
times that, that was beautiful.
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Now are those present students
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or some of those
are prior students?
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Some of those, some of those
photos are over the last year
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or two but
fairly, fairly recently.
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But now the
students who were singing
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that was our select choir
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at the end of the
school year last year
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when we were shut down
due to the Coronavirus.
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We continued with
remote instruction.
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And so are we,
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one of the big
struggles was what do you do
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with your music classes?
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We didn't want to
just outright cancel them
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and so our music
director Philip Byrd,
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who is an
incredibly talented individual
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and musician himself,
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he worked with
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some of the
different software programs
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to make sure that they
could continue to rehearse,
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to practice and eventually
put together that piece
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kind of as a final
end of year performance.
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Wow.
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Well, thank you for
that, that was wonderful.
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Tell us about some of your
community service projects,
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because you talked about
the community service oriented
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aspects of the
educational program there?
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That's right.
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We have a program,
it's been around for,
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I believe it's its
10th year or 11th year now.
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And it's called Project 58.
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It's based on the
principles of Isaiah 58,
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you know,
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the council to take care
of others to serve others,
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and then your light might shine.
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And we go out once a
month, our entire student body,
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our full faculty and
staff and we serve in different,
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we call them service pods
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where we go and we go
serve in different capacities.
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So our students will
go work at a food bank,
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or we have students who go
and work with the Christmas
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Behind Bars Ministry
located in Northern Indiana.
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We work at some of
the elementary schools.
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We have a group of students
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who bake cookies
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and deliver them to
local community businesses.
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And it's a good
time when, you know,
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some of the students
will go to a business
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and the business will
start to recognize them
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because the same
students will serve each month.
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And they'll say,
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"Oh, finally,
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we've been waiting for
to see you guys again."
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And it's just a lot of
fun to be able to go out
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and build relationships
with our community.
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You know, one of my...
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One of my calls to action
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has always been if
our school didn't open,
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would anybody
outside of our circle?
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No. Hmm.
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And that's,
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that's always kind of been a
sense of humbling recognition
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that we have a role to
play, not just to stay open,
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you know, if we aren't
ministering to our community,
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if we aren't
ministering to our neighbors,
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if we aren't
developing those relationships,
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what really are we doing?
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And so we want to
equip our students
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and enable them to be a
part of that kind of service
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while they are
still students here.
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Not waiting for some,
some idea of the real world,
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the real world is now
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and these kids
are experiencing it.
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That's why I'm glad you have
that attitude as a principal
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because a lot of times we say
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that our young people
are the church of tomorrow.
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But if we make them
the church of today,
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then they'll be
ready for tomorrow.
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Thank you for that dedication.
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Talk about your
work programs there
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because I know you talked
about the community aspect.
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What about the work programs
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that students could get
involved in maybe for credit,
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or some kind of
benefit to their education?
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No, that's right.
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And I think it's important
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our students are
developing work ethics now.
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And we want to equip them
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with some of those skills
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and so nearly 100%
of our student body
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is actively employed
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and primarily employed
by us here at the academy,
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but in different
roles and different avenues.
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You know, you have your,
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your standard maybe
teacher's assistants
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or janitorial type thing.
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But we have a couple
of exciting programs.
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We have an Indiana assembly
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and packaging program here
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where we make and
assemble things on contract.
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And our students do that as
part of their daily program.
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But then also here recently,
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Indiana Academy has
taken over the managerial role
00:20:27.92\00:20:31.49
of the Adventist book center
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that was previously operated
by the Michigan Conference.
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They were making some changes
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there in the Michigan Conference
00:20:39.43\00:20:40.84
related to the ABC,
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and so we have a
physical building
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located here on our campus.
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And it kind of made
sense to incorporate that
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into Indiana
Academy's mission as well.
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And so that's that
just started here recently
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but we're hoping to grow that
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to be a part and a
component of our program
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here with students
working there at the ABC,
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but also maybe using it
00:21:01.92\00:21:03.26
as a community
outreach center as well.
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Okay.
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Also part of that
00:21:06.49\00:21:07.83
there's a biology
water cleaning project,
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talk about that?
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Sure.
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So this is something
that's kind of exciting.
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It's that idea of putting
our education into practice.
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And so when we go and
we rake a lady's yard,
00:21:18.81\00:21:21.01
you know, which is a fantastic
opportunity to minister
00:21:21.04\00:21:23.58
and to serve
that lady that's, um,
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that's kind of a pure
sense of community service.
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We want to see also though,
00:21:28.42\00:21:29.75
what we're
doing in the classroom
00:21:29.78\00:21:31.12
being incorporated
into acts of service.
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And so our biology
teacher, Mr. Art Miller,
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who is fantastic.
00:21:36.93\00:21:38.26
He has worked with
the local city here,
00:21:38.29\00:21:41.06
and their clean water project,
00:21:41.10\00:21:42.96
where our students as a
part of their biology class
00:21:43.00\00:21:45.50
will go and take
water samples from the creek
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that runs adjacent
to our property here.
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And then they'll analyze
that as a part of their class,
00:21:51.21\00:21:54.71
but then the data
that they're finding,
00:21:54.74\00:21:56.38
and normally in a
traditional school environment,
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maybe you just
make a PowerPoint,
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you present to your classmates.
00:22:00.15\00:22:01.92
They're
actually taking that data
00:22:01.95\00:22:03.32
and uploading it
to a state database
00:22:03.39\00:22:05.75
about the water cleanliness
in the state of Indiana.
00:22:05.79\00:22:08.59
So what they are doing
is applying their learning,
00:22:08.62\00:22:12.03
you know, biology,
00:22:12.06\00:22:13.53
but actually using it in a way
00:22:13.60\00:22:15.03
that the greater state
of Indiana can benefit from.
00:22:15.06\00:22:17.90
And that's really what
we want to see happening
00:22:17.93\00:22:20.24
through our entire curriculum
00:22:20.27\00:22:22.20
is elements of
intentional service,
00:22:22.24\00:22:25.04
that is then being able
to use the practical side
00:22:25.07\00:22:29.71
of the content
they're being exposed to.
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Wow.
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And I know that we
have this environment
00:22:32.81\00:22:34.15
where touch and
social distancing is all,
00:22:34.22\00:22:37.89
you know,
00:22:37.92\00:22:39.25
discombobulated wearing masks
00:22:39.29\00:22:41.06
and how many feet
apart and when you cough,
00:22:41.09\00:22:43.83
turn your head and wash
your hands for 20 seconds.
00:22:43.86\00:22:46.56
How is the academy
00:22:46.59\00:22:48.26
fitting into this
responding COVID environment?
00:22:48.30\00:22:51.40
Sure.
00:22:51.43\00:22:52.77
So it definitely has been,
00:22:52.80\00:22:54.14
it's been a bit of an experience
00:22:54.17\00:22:55.74
to go through as everybody's
had to adjust so did we.
00:22:55.77\00:22:58.51
And we shut down last year
00:22:58.54\00:23:00.38
when the governor ordered
00:23:00.41\00:23:01.74
that schools would
go to remote learning
00:23:01.78\00:23:03.18
and then we were
prayerfully making plans
00:23:03.21\00:23:04.78
to be able to
reopen this school year
00:23:04.81\00:23:07.12
and thankfully,
that has happened,
00:23:07.15\00:23:09.62
we were able to
reopen, reopen our dorms.
00:23:09.65\00:23:12.92
We've been
investing in a lot of,
00:23:12.95\00:23:14.52
a lot of hand sanitizer.
00:23:14.56\00:23:16.06
I could probably fill
in a big swimming pool
00:23:16.09\00:23:17.96
with hand sanitizer.
00:23:17.99\00:23:19.73
But we still been able to
maintain the relationships
00:23:19.76\00:23:24.33
and we're having to reprogram
some of our regular programs
00:23:24.37\00:23:27.44
where maybe we take students
out on a Saturday night.
00:23:27.47\00:23:30.97
You know, maybe
we'd go ice skating
00:23:31.01\00:23:32.61
or something like that.
00:23:32.64\00:23:33.98
We're having to reevaluate
each of those programs
00:23:34.01\00:23:36.18
to make sure that
what we do is safe.
00:23:36.21\00:23:38.65
But we're able to
kind of even more foster
00:23:38.68\00:23:41.65
that small family relationship.
00:23:41.68\00:23:44.52
We've been doing
bonfires on campus,
00:23:44.55\00:23:46.86
we've been spending
a lot of time outdoors,
00:23:46.89\00:23:49.06
just getting fresh air
00:23:49.09\00:23:50.43
and being
reasonably socially distance
00:23:50.46\00:23:53.70
away from our neighbors.
00:23:53.73\00:23:55.06
But it's been a good thing.
00:23:55.10\00:23:57.73
How are you social
distancing in your classrooms
00:23:57.77\00:24:00.54
because I know that
listening to the news
00:24:00.57\00:24:02.80
that's been a tremendous concern
00:24:02.84\00:24:04.97
for parents all
around our nation,
00:24:05.01\00:24:06.51
in some cases in
different countries.
00:24:06.54\00:24:09.38
And I saw one example
where was on the news recently,
00:24:09.41\00:24:12.95
in one classroom, they
did not move the desks,
00:24:12.98\00:24:15.88
but they built
almost like a glass,
00:24:15.92\00:24:17.99
Plexiglas cage
00:24:18.02\00:24:19.79
around the top of
every desk so the students,
00:24:19.82\00:24:21.99
they were not far apart.
00:24:22.02\00:24:23.36
But, man, I tell you,
they were really sequestered.
00:24:23.43\00:24:25.76
How is that
happening in your school?
00:24:25.79\00:24:27.40
Sure.
00:24:27.43\00:24:28.76
So we did do the Plexiglas
dividers in our cafeteria.
00:24:28.80\00:24:31.80
We felt like where you're eating
00:24:31.83\00:24:34.04
and you can't wear a mask,
00:24:34.07\00:24:35.40
we felt like that,
00:24:35.44\00:24:36.81
that potential risk might be
a little stronger in that area.
00:24:36.84\00:24:39.51
So we did used the...
00:24:39.54\00:24:40.88
We built a bunch
of Plexiglas dividers
00:24:40.91\00:24:42.84
there in our cafeteria
00:24:42.88\00:24:44.25
and spread the
chairs out kind of minimize
00:24:44.28\00:24:45.85
some of the
seating at each table.
00:24:45.88\00:24:47.65
In the classrooms,
00:24:47.68\00:24:49.02
we spread the
desks as much as possible
00:24:49.05\00:24:50.69
and we are having
our students wear masks
00:24:50.72\00:24:52.55
while they're in the classrooms.
00:24:52.59\00:24:54.16
And if we can
kind of ensure that,
00:24:54.19\00:24:56.93
that adequate social distancing,
00:24:56.96\00:24:58.89
our students and
our faculty and staff
00:24:58.93\00:25:01.03
are all wearing their masks.
00:25:01.06\00:25:02.40
We look forward to the
day when that's not a thing.
00:25:02.43\00:25:04.53
But in the meantime,
00:25:04.57\00:25:05.90
we'd rather be wearing our masks
00:25:05.93\00:25:07.97
and be open
00:25:08.00\00:25:09.34
than be mask-less and
having to do remote education.
00:25:09.37\00:25:12.81
You know, I saw
one of the principals
00:25:12.84\00:25:15.11
of one of our local schools,
00:25:15.14\00:25:16.75
you know, they
have a sports program,
00:25:16.78\00:25:19.18
kids play basketball casually,
just in an intramural way.
00:25:19.21\00:25:23.79
And I was amazed they
were running up and down,
00:25:23.82\00:25:26.15
running up and down
the court with masks on.
00:25:26.19\00:25:28.29
I thought, man, how is that?
00:25:28.32\00:25:29.89
How are you assimilating
that because I know that,
00:25:29.92\00:25:32.59
you know, the young guys,
00:25:32.63\00:25:34.00
they want to play
pickleball and maybe volleyball.
00:25:34.03\00:25:36.90
How you doing that in
the COVID environment?
00:25:36.97\00:25:39.63
So we are, we are allowing,
00:25:39.67\00:25:41.97
we do have an
intramural program,
00:25:42.00\00:25:43.71
kind of like
what you're explaining
00:25:43.74\00:25:45.07
where it's maybe a
little more casual,
00:25:45.11\00:25:46.44
but it's still active education.
00:25:46.47\00:25:49.01
And we're following
our state guidelines,
00:25:49.04\00:25:50.75
which those state guidelines
have given some exemptions
00:25:50.78\00:25:53.72
for maybe you
don't need to wear a mask
00:25:53.75\00:25:55.62
if you're participating
in physical activity,
00:25:55.65\00:25:57.92
as long as you may be taking
00:25:57.95\00:25:59.39
certain
personal safety measures,
00:25:59.42\00:26:01.09
you're washing your hands,
00:26:01.12\00:26:02.46
you're doing this type
of thing before you begin.
00:26:02.49\00:26:04.66
And so we are still,
00:26:04.69\00:26:06.19
we are still
having those moments
00:26:06.23\00:26:07.83
where they're teenagers,
00:26:07.86\00:26:09.43
where teenagers can be teenagers
00:26:09.46\00:26:12.80
and then just doing our best
00:26:12.83\00:26:14.67
to still stress those
personal sanitation practices,
00:26:14.70\00:26:18.04
washing your hands,
using hand sanitizer,
00:26:18.07\00:26:21.24
trying to avoid
touching your face,
00:26:21.28\00:26:22.74
those types of things.
00:26:22.78\00:26:24.15
Now, what about
the students that said,
00:26:24.18\00:26:25.75
I want to be a student
of the Indiana Academy,
00:26:25.78\00:26:29.18
but I want to do it
on distance learning,
00:26:29.22\00:26:30.92
I'm not ready mentally
to come into the classroom.
00:26:30.99\00:26:33.46
Have you had to
deal with that at all?
00:26:33.49\00:26:35.72
You know,
00:26:35.76\00:26:37.13
I was pleasantly
surprised this year,
00:26:37.16\00:26:38.86
our enrollment was
actually up over last year.
00:26:38.89\00:26:41.93
And we had a number
of students applying
00:26:41.96\00:26:44.17
even before we
necessarily had rolled out
00:26:44.20\00:26:45.77
our COVID protocols.
00:26:45.80\00:26:47.14
And so there was a,
00:26:47.17\00:26:48.50
there is a desire and a passion
to be in the boarding setting.
00:26:48.54\00:26:51.27
And I think that comes from
00:26:51.31\00:26:52.71
knowing that we
have a smaller school,
00:26:52.74\00:26:54.41
I think that maybe
there's a sense of safety,
00:26:54.44\00:26:57.55
relative sense of safety
00:26:57.58\00:26:58.91
and we're hoping
that we continue to remain
00:26:58.95\00:27:00.98
a safe and open
environment here.
00:27:01.02\00:27:03.18
But we haven't offered
synchronous remote instruction.
00:27:03.22\00:27:07.59
But we are ready to
go to remote learning
00:27:07.66\00:27:10.06
if for the sake of
safety of our students.
00:27:10.13\00:27:13.50
Or if the governor were
to shift gears on education,
00:27:13.53\00:27:16.10
we'd be ready to switch again.
00:27:16.13\00:27:18.20
But we much
prefer the in campus,
00:27:18.23\00:27:21.07
on campus in person experience.
00:27:21.10\00:27:23.07
Okay.
00:27:23.10\00:27:24.44
If a student is
watching this program
00:27:24.47\00:27:25.91
that's maybe thinking
about an academy for the future.
00:27:25.94\00:27:29.04
What would you
say to that young man
00:27:29.08\00:27:30.45
or that young lady?
00:27:30.48\00:27:32.15
I would say give it to God.
00:27:32.18\00:27:33.72
There are, there...
It's an amazing thing.
00:27:33.75\00:27:36.92
Seventh-day Adventist education
is such a tremendous blessing.
00:27:36.99\00:27:40.09
And there are so many
quality schools out there.
00:27:40.16\00:27:42.72
If you were to look
at our schools website,
00:27:42.76\00:27:44.89
and if you felt like
00:27:44.93\00:27:46.26
Indiana Academy
was the place for you,
00:27:46.29\00:27:47.73
and you gave that to God
00:27:47.76\00:27:49.10
and you felt that that
was where He was leading,
00:27:49.13\00:27:51.13
I want you to be here.
00:27:51.17\00:27:52.53
If you give it to God
00:27:52.57\00:27:53.94
and He makes you feel like
00:27:53.97\00:27:55.30
maybe you should be at
00:27:55.34\00:27:56.67
one of our other
sister institutions
00:27:56.71\00:27:58.04
or at another Adventist school.
00:27:58.07\00:27:59.41
I want you to be there.
00:27:59.44\00:28:00.78
If God's calling you to Nineveh,
00:28:00.81\00:28:02.64
I want you to be in Nineveh.
00:28:02.68\00:28:04.05
I don't want to be any,
00:28:04.08\00:28:05.41
I don't want to
be anybody's Tarshish
00:28:05.45\00:28:06.78
but I tell you,
00:28:06.82\00:28:08.48
God's doing a good
thing here on campus.
00:28:08.52\00:28:10.29
It's a joy to be a part of it.
00:28:10.32\00:28:12.52
And God's doing a
lot of powerful things
00:28:12.55\00:28:14.52
across this division
00:28:14.56\00:28:16.86
and Seventh-day
Adventist schools
00:28:16.93\00:28:18.36
and I think now more than ever,
00:28:18.39\00:28:20.30
now is a time when
our students need to hear
00:28:20.33\00:28:23.16
the life changing and
world changing message
00:28:23.20\00:28:26.23
of the Seventh-day
Adventist Church and it's...
00:28:26.27\00:28:29.00
I'm overwhelmed,
00:28:29.04\00:28:30.81
overwhelmingly blessed to
be able to be a part of it
00:28:30.84\00:28:33.14
here in Cicero
at Indiana Academy.
00:28:33.17\00:28:35.54
Well, thank you, Steve Baughman,
00:28:35.58\00:28:37.15
the principal of the
Indiana Adventist Academy.
00:28:37.18\00:28:40.02
We thank you so much
00:28:40.05\00:28:41.38
for taking the
time to join us today.
00:28:41.42\00:28:43.15
And if you'd like to find
out more about the academy,
00:28:43.18\00:28:44.99
go to iasda.org.
00:28:45.02\00:28:48.42
I'm John Lomacang for 3ABN,
00:28:48.46\00:28:50.46
and this is the blessing
00:28:50.53\00:28:52.26
of what Christian education
00:28:52.29\00:28:54.00
can do in your life
and for your children.
00:28:54.03\00:28:56.67
Welcome to Milo
Adventist Academy,
00:28:59.87\00:29:02.04
a Christian private
boarding high school
00:29:02.07\00:29:03.84
located in Southern Oregon.
00:29:03.91\00:29:06.14
The entrance to our
campus is a Covered Bridge
00:29:06.17\00:29:08.51
which is a local landmark.
00:29:08.54\00:29:12.45
Milo surrounded
by National Forest
00:29:12.48\00:29:14.32
and sits along a full
mile of the South Umpqua River,
00:29:14.35\00:29:17.39
allowing for
learning beyond the classroom
00:29:17.42\00:29:19.59
and opportunities to
connect with God through nature.
00:29:19.62\00:29:23.73
The campus has a
covered over walkway
00:29:23.76\00:29:26.03
that connects all the buildings,
00:29:26.06\00:29:27.70
the dormitories, the church,
00:29:27.73\00:29:29.50
the cafeteria
and the classrooms.
00:29:29.53\00:29:31.57
I'm Randy Thornton,
00:29:31.60\00:29:32.93
principal at Milo
Adventist Academy.
00:29:32.97\00:29:35.27
I believe that
location has a profound impact
00:29:35.30\00:29:38.84
on the culture
of any institution.
00:29:38.87\00:29:41.91
And that's certainly the case
here at Milo Adventist Academy.
00:29:41.94\00:29:45.38
I had a colleague tell
me when I first got here,
00:29:45.41\00:29:47.68
the students feel safe at Milo.
00:29:47.72\00:29:50.09
I thought that was a little bit
of a maybe even cheesy cliché,
00:29:50.12\00:29:53.86
and that they were
talking about physical safety.
00:29:53.89\00:29:56.93
I learned right away
that certainly is true.
00:29:56.96\00:30:00.60
But even more importantly,
00:30:00.63\00:30:02.80
that kids feel
safe to be themselves,
00:30:02.83\00:30:05.97
whether you're
from another continent,
00:30:06.00\00:30:09.10
or right here in our backyard,
00:30:09.14\00:30:12.61
whether you're rich
whether you're poor,
00:30:12.64\00:30:15.14
kids feel safe
00:30:15.18\00:30:16.75
to be who they are
here in the Milo family.
00:30:16.78\00:30:21.65
So my name is
Michael [inaudible] Heston.
00:30:21.68\00:30:24.39
And this is broad forking,
00:30:24.42\00:30:27.06
I'm going to be
a junior next year.
00:30:27.09\00:30:28.79
As far as I can tell,
00:30:28.82\00:30:30.16
it's just a manual
way of doing the rototill.
00:30:30.23\00:30:34.03
It helps break up the soil,
00:30:34.10\00:30:36.20
so that the
roots of the new plants
00:30:36.23\00:30:39.50
can grow inside.
00:30:39.53\00:30:41.90
I like the fact
00:30:41.94\00:30:43.27
that we're surrounded by nature.
00:30:43.30\00:30:45.87
I like the seclusion,
the ability to be myself,
00:30:45.91\00:30:49.51
to be accepted.
00:30:49.54\00:30:51.28
When I first came here,
00:30:51.31\00:30:53.25
I immediately settled
in and felt like home.
00:30:53.28\00:30:56.28
These things get bent out
of other places sometimes.
00:30:56.32\00:31:02.49
So, hey, Myer,
could you help me?
00:31:02.52\00:31:04.86
Yeah. Thanks.
00:31:04.89\00:31:08.43
Oh, you got a hammer.
00:31:08.46\00:31:09.80
Milo has a work study program,
00:31:12.63\00:31:14.77
which gives
students an opportunity
00:31:14.80\00:31:16.57
to do their part in
funding their education.
00:31:16.60\00:31:20.08
My name is [inaudible],
00:31:20.11\00:31:21.48
and I'm here at Milo Academy
learning how to do fabrication.
00:31:21.51\00:31:24.95
So I got tired of beating
that broad fork yesterday.
00:31:24.98\00:31:29.28
So now we're making
some parts to make it good.
00:31:29.32\00:31:33.96
On this broad fork
we'll test the piece we made.
00:31:33.99\00:31:36.76
Let's see what it looks like.
00:31:36.83\00:31:38.83
Okay.
00:31:38.86\00:31:40.20
I think we need to keep working
on this side a little bit more
00:31:40.23\00:31:43.10
so the end can touch.
00:31:43.13\00:31:46.37
In addition to
traditional classroom education,
00:31:46.40\00:31:49.10
we provide a wide
range of extracurricular
00:31:49.14\00:31:51.51
and vocational classes,
00:31:51.54\00:31:53.14
including
photography, horsemanship,
00:31:53.17\00:31:56.44
heavy equipment,
residential construction,
00:31:56.48\00:31:59.85
culinary arts, and so much more.
00:31:59.88\00:32:03.05
This is our greenhouse
for the agriculture program.
00:32:03.08\00:32:06.29
This are baby plants.
00:32:06.32\00:32:08.29
We have some more over here.
00:32:08.32\00:32:10.43
And we take
these out to the garden
00:32:10.46\00:32:11.86
and plant them and it's helpful
00:32:11.89\00:32:13.60
because we grow the
food for the cafeteria
00:32:13.63\00:32:16.10
and for the Milo market
so people can buy the food.
00:32:16.13\00:32:20.47
And this is one of
our baby cucumber plants,
00:32:20.54\00:32:22.94
just about
ready to be harvested.
00:32:22.97\00:32:24.64
Welcome to Milo
Academy horse barn.
00:32:24.67\00:32:26.68
My name is Jeff Miller.
00:32:26.71\00:32:28.04
Hello, my name is Mikaila Frost
00:32:28.08\00:32:29.94
and this is Lucky
00:32:29.98\00:32:31.31
We have
approximately 20 horses here.
00:32:31.35\00:32:33.45
Some of them are privates horses
00:32:33.52\00:32:34.95
that students bring.
00:32:34.98\00:32:36.32
Some of them are big lake horses
00:32:36.35\00:32:37.69
and some of them are
owned by Milo Academy.
00:32:37.72\00:32:39.69
Here at Milo Academy,
00:32:39.72\00:32:41.06
we have a horse boarding program
00:32:41.09\00:32:42.42
where you can
board your own horse.
00:32:42.46\00:32:43.83
Milo Academy students
00:32:43.86\00:32:45.19
built the arena
and also the stalls.
00:32:45.23\00:32:47.50
It gives the students a
chance to get out in nature
00:32:47.53\00:32:50.10
and go for horse rides.
00:32:50.17\00:32:51.70
Hope you come to Milo Academy,
bring your horse when you come.
00:32:51.73\00:32:56.34
Everyone knows
00:32:56.37\00:32:57.71
that Adventist
education is not cheap.
00:32:57.74\00:33:00.58
I can assure you
00:33:00.61\00:33:01.94
that Milo Academy
doesn't have too much money.
00:33:01.98\00:33:04.25
But what I have
seen over and over again
00:33:04.28\00:33:07.22
is that where there's
a will, there's a way.
00:33:07.25\00:33:10.49
One of the things that
breaks my heart the most.
00:33:10.52\00:33:12.39
And I've heard this
on numerous occasions,
00:33:12.42\00:33:15.66
that people just assume
00:33:15.69\00:33:17.23
that it's out of
their reach financially.
00:33:17.26\00:33:20.20
And so they just
don't even connect,
00:33:20.23\00:33:22.20
they don't ask.
00:33:22.23\00:33:23.77
Covering the
cost of Milo Academy
00:33:23.80\00:33:25.73
is absolutely
doable for anybody,
00:33:25.77\00:33:28.07
no matter your income level.
00:33:28.10\00:33:30.41
We may not know all of
the ways to make that happen
00:33:30.44\00:33:34.11
but God does.
00:33:34.18\00:33:35.51
And when He's got a
plan for your child,
00:33:35.54\00:33:37.78
for you to be a
student here at Milo Academy,
00:33:37.81\00:33:41.05
it's going to happen.
00:33:41.08\00:33:42.42
We call it the Milo miracle,
00:33:42.45\00:33:44.29
and I've seen it
work over and over again.
00:33:44.32\00:33:47.66
Maybe you know somebody
who should be here at Milo.
00:33:47.69\00:33:50.83
Give us a call and
let us know who that is
00:33:50.86\00:33:53.16
and we'll follow up.
00:33:53.19\00:33:54.83
We gave away over $750,000
in Student Aid last year.
00:33:54.86\00:34:00.04
Add to that a wide
range of scholarships
00:34:00.07\00:34:02.27
that are available
00:34:02.30\00:34:03.64
and we've got a
winning combination.
00:34:03.71\00:34:05.14
We took a music
tour not long ago,
00:34:08.31\00:34:10.95
and homeschool
kids do great at Milo.
00:34:10.98\00:34:13.42
And after the program,
00:34:13.45\00:34:14.78
a mom came up and they had
homeschooled their whole life
00:34:14.82\00:34:17.75
and never
considered Adventist academy,
00:34:17.79\00:34:20.16
but the heavy equipment program
00:34:20.19\00:34:22.89
just absolutely captivated them
00:34:22.92\00:34:25.26
and they were here
at Milo the next term.
00:34:25.29\00:34:28.96
My name is Charles Sparks.
00:34:29.00\00:34:31.23
I'm involved in a
heavy equipment program.
00:34:31.27\00:34:34.24
We offer opportunity
for young men and women
00:34:34.27\00:34:37.24
to run heavy equipment.
00:34:37.31\00:34:39.31
The machines are
easy learn how to run
00:34:39.34\00:34:41.34
and they exert a lot of
force, safety first above all.
00:34:41.38\00:34:45.48
It's a talent.
00:34:45.51\00:34:46.85
You know it comes
easy to some people
00:34:46.92\00:34:49.12
and those are the
people that enjoy it.
00:34:49.15\00:34:51.12
And some people,
it's, you know what,
00:34:51.15\00:34:54.79
you can't get past
running the machine,
00:34:54.82\00:34:56.83
so it's hard to do the work.
00:34:56.86\00:35:00.43
I really
appreciate about Charles
00:35:00.50\00:35:02.73
is that he is so
patient with the students
00:35:02.76\00:35:07.97
that sometimes have
a hard time learning
00:35:08.00\00:35:10.81
that is really incredible
00:35:10.84\00:35:12.17
to have teachers
like that at Milo.
00:35:12.21\00:35:14.81
Heavy equipment pieces
00:35:14.84\00:35:16.18
that we have, we
have a bulldozer,
00:35:16.21\00:35:18.15
excavator and
front-end loader, dump truck,
00:35:18.18\00:35:21.28
and little excavator.
00:35:21.32\00:35:23.62
So we're always happy to
have machines that are donated.
00:35:23.69\00:35:27.69
We rebuilt a D6 Cat
00:35:27.72\00:35:30.66
from the ground up
right down to the paint.
00:35:30.73\00:35:33.80
We couldn't do Milo Academy
00:35:33.83\00:35:35.50
without the many
partners or the donors
00:35:35.53\00:35:38.73
that help make the
Milo experience possible.
00:35:38.77\00:35:42.04
Whether it's donated
plants, heavy equipment,
00:35:42.07\00:35:45.94
probably the biggest of all,
00:35:45.97\00:35:47.58
the Student Aid funds
00:35:47.61\00:35:49.31
that are so
necessary for kids to be here.
00:35:49.34\00:35:53.65
God has blessed us
with a unique environment
00:35:53.72\00:35:56.15
of international connection
00:35:56.18\00:35:58.12
here with almost
30% of our student body
00:35:58.15\00:36:00.89
coming from all
around the world.
00:36:00.96\00:36:04.66
I'm from Mexico City.
00:36:04.69\00:36:06.43
I'm from Moscow, Russia.
00:36:06.46\00:36:08.03
And we're international students
00:36:08.06\00:36:09.66
here at Milo Adventist Academy
00:36:09.70\00:36:11.80
learning how to do construction.
00:36:11.83\00:36:14.14
We are so, so
grateful for volunteers,
00:36:14.17\00:36:18.21
student missionaries,
00:36:18.24\00:36:19.71
not us going to them
but them coming to us.
00:36:19.74\00:36:23.35
If you've got a special skill,
00:36:23.38\00:36:24.98
special talent, knowledge,
00:36:25.01\00:36:27.12
career expertise
in a particular field,
00:36:27.15\00:36:30.19
we'd love to
have you here to share
00:36:30.22\00:36:32.75
or talk with our
kids and our staff.
00:36:32.79\00:36:35.69
I want to introduce
you to the Milo guy,
00:36:35.72\00:36:39.06
the guy with a
little graduation at,
00:36:39.09\00:36:41.26
and we'd love nothing more
00:36:41.30\00:36:42.83
than to see your student
through the graduation line
00:36:42.86\00:36:46.53
someday here at Milo.
00:36:46.57\00:36:47.90
So you guys have the
broad fork all fixed.
00:36:47.94\00:36:51.17
Not that beautiful but
not bad for my first time.
00:36:51.21\00:36:53.27
Well, why don't
you come to Milo?
00:36:57.15\00:36:58.51
It's a great place to study,
work and fixed the broad fork.
00:36:58.55\00:37:03.62
There are multiple ways for
us to host you here at Milo.
00:37:03.69\00:37:07.26
It's super simple.
00:37:07.29\00:37:08.62
Give us a call 541-825-3200.
00:37:08.66\00:37:13.50
We've got guest
rooms, we've got RV hookups.
00:37:13.53\00:37:16.36
Come be our
guests, 541-825-3200.
00:37:16.40\00:37:21.67
Maybe you know someone
who should be here at Milo.
00:37:21.70\00:37:26.78
Text the word MILO to 313131.
00:37:26.81\00:37:32.25
Text MILO in all caps to 313131.
00:37:32.28\00:37:38.02
We hope to see you here at Milo.
00:37:38.05\00:37:40.26
Hello, I'm Jill Morikone
00:37:59.67\00:38:01.01
and I was watching that video
00:38:01.04\00:38:02.61
and just kind of
sat back and thought,
00:38:02.64\00:38:04.88
I want to go back to school.
00:38:04.91\00:38:06.25
Did that make you
want to go back to school?
00:38:06.28\00:38:07.98
What an incredible program
00:38:08.02\00:38:10.59
they have at Milo
Adventist Academy,
00:38:10.62\00:38:13.22
and it's my privilege
now to introduce to you.
00:38:13.25\00:38:15.59
We're going to have a Skype call
00:38:15.62\00:38:17.26
with the principal of
Milo Adventist Academy.
00:38:17.33\00:38:19.89
That is Mr. Randy Thornton.
00:38:19.93\00:38:22.20
Mr. Randy, are you there?
00:38:22.23\00:38:24.83
I'm here, Jill.
00:38:24.87\00:38:27.17
What an incredible
school you have there.
00:38:27.24\00:38:30.11
Tell me just a
bit about yourself.
00:38:30.14\00:38:32.17
How long have you been at Milo,
00:38:32.21\00:38:33.78
and what is your journey been
00:38:33.81\00:38:35.14
and then we'll
talk about the school?
00:38:35.18\00:38:37.65
Yeah, I've been here at
Milo for nine years now.
00:38:37.68\00:38:40.92
I didn't start with the
idea of education in mind.
00:38:40.95\00:38:44.09
I was a building contractor
for more than 20 years.
00:38:44.12\00:38:47.82
But God called me
to education ministry
00:38:47.86\00:38:51.19
and couldn't find a place
00:38:51.23\00:38:52.69
that I would
rather be than Milo.
00:38:52.73\00:38:54.60
Amen.
00:38:54.63\00:38:55.96
So talk to us about
the mission statement
00:38:56.00\00:38:58.97
of Milo Adventist Academy
00:38:59.00\00:39:00.84
and what the
mission of the school
00:39:00.87\00:39:02.94
really is all about.
00:39:02.97\00:39:05.81
Well,
00:39:05.84\00:39:07.18
our mission statement
00:39:07.21\00:39:08.61
sits on three
important legs of the stool.
00:39:08.64\00:39:13.52
First and foremost,
00:39:13.55\00:39:15.45
of course,
00:39:15.48\00:39:16.82
we want kids to get
to know Jesus better.
00:39:16.89\00:39:20.39
And so we like to
promote every day,
00:39:20.46\00:39:24.26
the best friend
relationship with Jesus.
00:39:24.33\00:39:29.40
And it's done in so
many ways that you know,
00:39:29.43\00:39:34.07
we have the
standard, just, you know,
00:39:34.14\00:39:37.01
a daily experience
talking with Jesus.
00:39:37.04\00:39:39.91
But this COVID
situation showed us as a staff
00:39:39.94\00:39:44.78
how important it
was to come regularly.
00:39:44.81\00:39:48.48
The school day
in an academy level
00:39:48.52\00:39:51.39
doesn't always
start at the same time
00:39:51.42\00:39:53.02
for every teacher
like it does at elementary,
00:39:53.05\00:39:56.22
and we just knew when
everybody had to go home
00:39:56.26\00:39:59.06
and we still had a good
number of students here,
00:39:59.09\00:40:02.50
the International kids
that couldn't get home.
00:40:02.53\00:40:04.80
And we just said we
need to come together
00:40:04.83\00:40:07.24
as a staff as a family
00:40:07.27\00:40:09.37
and every day we came
to pray and read Scripture.
00:40:09.40\00:40:13.07
So really best friend
relationship with Jesus
00:40:13.11\00:40:16.28
is the first and
most critical piece.
00:40:16.31\00:40:19.41
You know, we all aspire
to excellence in academics,
00:40:19.45\00:40:23.49
that's another
one of the pillars
00:40:23.52\00:40:26.32
of our mission
statement and we value.
00:40:26.35\00:40:31.83
It's not always
bigger is better.
00:40:31.86\00:40:34.60
We've had advanced
placement type courses,
00:40:34.63\00:40:38.43
but really just the most sturdy
00:40:38.47\00:40:40.84
and foundational
education possible.
00:40:40.87\00:40:44.11
We're doing some new
and innovative things
00:40:44.14\00:40:46.61
that maybe we'll get to
share a little bit later
00:40:46.68\00:40:49.18
with focusing on the student
00:40:49.21\00:40:52.85
and their
individualized education,
00:40:52.88\00:40:56.25
mastery learning, it's called.
00:40:56.28\00:40:58.65
But one of the
things in the third pillar
00:40:58.69\00:41:01.76
of our mission
is showing the kids,
00:41:01.79\00:41:06.46
giving them an
opportunity to experience
00:41:06.49\00:41:09.76
the joy of service.
00:41:09.80\00:41:11.90
I remember some
time ago, hearing my son,
00:41:11.93\00:41:15.57
tell me while he was in
university at Walla Walla.
00:41:15.60\00:41:20.31
He said, "Hey, I talked
to grandpa the other day,
00:41:20.38\00:41:22.84
and it was the
most fascinating thing
00:41:22.88\00:41:24.61
that he shared with me, "
00:41:24.65\00:41:27.05
that, that the
most important part,
00:41:27.12\00:41:31.15
maybe the exclusive reason
00:41:31.19\00:41:34.19
that God has put us
here on this earth is to,
00:41:34.26\00:41:37.66
to serve each other.
00:41:37.69\00:41:39.36
And that's a fundamental part
00:41:39.39\00:41:40.80
of what we want kids
00:41:40.83\00:41:43.00
first to
experience in their own lives,
00:41:43.03\00:41:45.70
so that they
can feel the passion
00:41:45.73\00:41:48.07
and start living every day
00:41:48.10\00:41:51.01
from now until
the kingdom of heaven,
00:41:51.04\00:41:53.78
serving others is
what it's really all about.
00:41:53.81\00:41:59.18
And we wrap it up with,
00:41:59.21\00:42:00.55
we wrap it up
00:42:00.62\00:42:01.95
with this little
saying in a safe,
00:42:01.98\00:42:03.32
nurturing environment.
00:42:03.35\00:42:05.69
Like I shared in the video,
00:42:05.72\00:42:07.69
it seemed like a
cliché to me at first,
00:42:07.72\00:42:10.86
that here in this beautiful,
00:42:10.93\00:42:14.33
remote location that
it was a physical safety,
00:42:14.36\00:42:16.67
but really no,
it's a soul safety,
00:42:16.70\00:42:21.00
that I'm safe
being me who God made me
00:42:21.04\00:42:24.34
and Milo gives
me that opportunity
00:42:24.37\00:42:27.28
to learn and experience that.
00:42:27.31\00:42:28.68
Amen, I love that,
Mr. Randy, that's great.
00:42:28.71\00:42:31.58
What a wonderful
three-fold, as you called it,
00:42:31.61\00:42:34.65
I like that
00:42:34.68\00:42:36.02
there's Jesus is my best friend,
00:42:36.05\00:42:38.42
excellent academics,
00:42:38.45\00:42:40.46
and then
experience the joy of service.
00:42:40.49\00:42:43.09
I mean, that is what
we're all called to do
00:42:43.12\00:42:45.33
and to be as Christians,
00:42:45.36\00:42:47.63
and what better way than
to train young people in that.
00:42:47.66\00:42:51.80
Talk to us a bit about
the work study program.
00:42:51.83\00:42:55.17
I was really fascinated by that
00:42:55.20\00:42:56.64
when I watched the video,
00:42:56.71\00:42:58.57
and the work study program.
00:42:58.61\00:42:59.94
Talk to us about that?
00:42:59.97\00:43:02.71
You know, some time ago,
00:43:02.74\00:43:05.11
I learned through some reading
in the Spirit of Prophecy,
00:43:05.15\00:43:09.88
that it's so critical,
00:43:09.92\00:43:12.72
again, the importance
of excellence in academics.
00:43:12.75\00:43:17.79
But Sister White shared that,
00:43:17.83\00:43:21.93
that if we were to
only be able to access
00:43:21.96\00:43:26.47
a one-sided education,
00:43:26.50\00:43:28.74
and I'm grateful
that at this time in life,
00:43:28.77\00:43:32.44
have to be
limited by that one thing.
00:43:32.47\00:43:35.38
And whether it
was the book learning,
00:43:35.41\00:43:37.98
or whether practical life skills
00:43:38.01\00:43:40.12
that she talks so much about,
00:43:40.15\00:43:41.95
there's absolutely no question.
00:43:41.98\00:43:44.22
She says we must
unhesitatingly answer,
00:43:44.29\00:43:49.49
that, that it's that
practical life skills
00:43:49.52\00:43:52.96
that are most crucial
to our success in life
00:43:52.99\00:43:59.57
and again serving others.
00:43:59.60\00:44:01.50
So that's what's
really drawn me and my staff
00:44:01.54\00:44:05.64
to really embracing
the practical life skills.
00:44:05.67\00:44:10.85
We have all of the
excellent connections
00:44:10.88\00:44:13.82
with the academic classroom,
00:44:13.85\00:44:15.92
all of the standard things
00:44:15.95\00:44:17.29
that you would
expect to experience,
00:44:17.32\00:44:19.55
but we want to
take it beyond that
00:44:19.59\00:44:22.22
and work when I was
going through academy,
00:44:22.26\00:44:26.29
it was simply a way to help you
00:44:26.33\00:44:28.33
fund your Adventist education.
00:44:28.36\00:44:33.64
But here we want it
to be a core curriculum,
00:44:33.67\00:44:37.94
not just a financial piece.
00:44:37.97\00:44:40.21
So we, it's part of a
required course of study
00:44:40.28\00:44:45.05
here at Milo.
00:44:45.08\00:44:46.41
And we kind of
put the cherry on top
00:44:46.45\00:44:48.48
with these
vocational certificates
00:44:48.52\00:44:51.15
that you saw in the video
and growing them every day
00:44:51.19\00:44:54.32
and a new one.
00:44:54.36\00:44:55.69
We call it the Innovation Lab,
00:44:55.72\00:44:57.53
you know
dealing with 3D printers
00:44:57.56\00:45:00.13
and CNC machines and
some coding, fun stuff.
00:45:00.20\00:45:07.07
A new one, I'm grateful.
00:45:07.14\00:45:10.61
I also again to
mention Walla Walla University
00:45:10.64\00:45:13.68
and a new program
00:45:13.71\00:45:15.04
that they are making
available not just to Milo,
00:45:15.08\00:45:17.48
but an
introduction to engineering
00:45:17.55\00:45:19.95
fits very well into our view
00:45:20.02\00:45:24.65
of this vocational
certificate opportunity.
00:45:24.69\00:45:28.29
So what would be some of
the vocational certificates
00:45:28.32\00:45:30.53
that the students could receive?
00:45:30.56\00:45:34.03
Obviously heavy
equipment might be one,
00:45:34.10\00:45:36.26
because I saw some
of that or construction,
00:45:36.30\00:45:38.40
so talk to us
00:45:38.43\00:45:39.77
some of what those opportunities
00:45:39.80\00:45:41.60
are for the students?
00:45:41.64\00:45:43.44
Yes, so like you
mentioned, the heavy equipment,
00:45:43.51\00:45:47.11
operation and
repair, construction.
00:45:47.18\00:45:52.08
There is another option
that we have culinary arts,
00:45:52.11\00:45:55.92
we have even one student
that came to us last year
00:45:55.95\00:45:59.52
from Russia,
00:45:59.55\00:46:00.89
and she wanted to have
00:46:00.96\00:46:03.86
to get more advanced learning.
00:46:03.93\00:46:05.79
And she's taking a second
year, after she graduated,
00:46:05.83\00:46:09.50
we created an advanced
level of culinary arts.
00:46:09.53\00:46:12.97
And that innovation lab
00:46:13.00\00:46:15.37
that I mentioned, agriculture,
00:46:15.40\00:46:17.81
I don't want to
forget agriculture
00:46:17.84\00:46:20.08
has been a very
integral part of our program,
00:46:20.11\00:46:24.58
both academically but also,
00:46:24.61\00:46:28.12
you know, the
integration with the cafeteria
00:46:28.15\00:46:32.32
and getting
healthy and quality food
00:46:32.35\00:46:35.52
for the kids to
eat, and to learn
00:46:35.56\00:46:38.59
how they could
do this themselves
00:46:38.63\00:46:42.10
when they graduate for life.
00:46:42.13\00:46:44.90
And in our Milo
market is the name,
00:46:44.93\00:46:49.40
we call it that a
lot of our produce
00:46:49.44\00:46:52.57
and other things
go into the market,
00:46:52.61\00:46:55.81
which is a community outreach,
00:46:55.84\00:46:58.25
probably more
than anything for us.
00:46:58.28\00:47:00.72
It's grown as a
financial benefit to the school.
00:47:00.75\00:47:05.95
But I've heard
that some of our staff,
00:47:05.99\00:47:10.33
probably my number
one favorite staff,
00:47:10.36\00:47:12.99
if I can say that my wife...
00:47:13.03\00:47:15.93
That's a good
thing. You can say that.
00:47:15.96\00:47:19.23
She's talked about
00:47:19.27\00:47:21.17
how it's not important
00:47:21.20\00:47:23.27
how much money we
make in the market,
00:47:23.30\00:47:25.94
it's the people that
we draw in to our campus
00:47:25.97\00:47:29.74
and that we can
really, can reach.
00:47:29.78\00:47:31.58
So it's community
building, there as well,
00:47:31.61\00:47:35.08
that we're trying to build
00:47:35.12\00:47:37.39
with our
academic programming too.
00:47:37.42\00:47:40.06
That's really a win-win-win,
00:47:40.09\00:47:41.62
because it's
helping the students
00:47:41.66\00:47:42.99
and it's
teaching them life skills,
00:47:43.02\00:47:44.53
which is amazing.
00:47:44.56\00:47:45.89
It's helping the
school financially
00:47:45.93\00:47:47.50
for the financial
benefits that it would reap.
00:47:47.53\00:47:49.76
And it's the joy of service.
00:47:49.80\00:47:51.63
That was the third I think
of your three-prong approach
00:47:51.67\00:47:54.47
that joy of service and
outreach in the community.
00:47:54.50\00:47:56.91
I love that.
00:47:56.94\00:47:58.47
So let's shift to
the mastery learning.
00:47:58.51\00:48:02.41
What is mastery learning,
00:48:02.44\00:48:04.28
individualized learning
00:48:04.31\00:48:05.65
and more student focused
instead of teacher focused?
00:48:05.68\00:48:08.32
What does that look
like at Milo Academy?
00:48:08.35\00:48:11.25
Well, you know,
00:48:11.29\00:48:12.62
traditionally for
more than 100 years,
00:48:12.65\00:48:14.26
in all forms of education,
Adventist education included,
00:48:14.29\00:48:19.13
it's been the sage on the stage,
00:48:19.16\00:48:21.26
you know, that teacher up front,
00:48:21.30\00:48:23.26
the font of knowledge, and
that's a really good thing.
00:48:23.30\00:48:27.07
But all students,
all people, including us,
00:48:27.14\00:48:32.04
we learn at different rates,
and it just breaks my heart.
00:48:32.07\00:48:35.98
And I see it
every year as a teacher,
00:48:36.01\00:48:38.28
as an administrator.
00:48:38.31\00:48:41.12
Students who need more
time with a particular topic.
00:48:41.15\00:48:45.35
And I see other students
00:48:45.39\00:48:46.76
on the other
end of the spectrum,
00:48:46.79\00:48:48.26
who are, they got it,
00:48:48.29\00:48:50.53
and they're excited and
raring to go to the next level.
00:48:50.56\00:48:54.83
But we have to wait
because we usually, again,
00:48:54.86\00:48:57.57
typically take
whole group at a time,
00:48:57.60\00:49:01.34
but when we can individualize,
00:49:01.37\00:49:04.24
then it gives the
power back to the student
00:49:04.31\00:49:07.58
for their own education.
00:49:07.61\00:49:08.94
So mastery says,
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if I don't quite
get this algebra topic,
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and I need a
little bit more time,
00:49:14.62\00:49:15.95
we're going to
give you that time,
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we're not going to move ahead
00:49:17.92\00:49:19.62
and leave you behind
this or that advanced student.
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We're not going
to hold you back.
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We're going to let you
get off and run with that.
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So mastery learning
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doesn't leave holes in
their academic planning.
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And we're grateful to engage
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in some tools that
have been developed.
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Not super recently,
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but a number of years
ago through Marzano Research,
00:49:44.31\00:49:48.05
and where it gives that
pace of learning to the student.
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Always teacher directed,
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there's still a lot of important
00:49:56.83\00:50:00.60
whole class dialogue,
00:50:00.63\00:50:02.43
Bible would
probably be my best example,
00:50:02.46\00:50:06.00
where we need that time,
00:50:06.03\00:50:07.84
kind of like
Sabbath School class,
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to as a group
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to chew and to
share between each other.
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You know, we've heard about
the old fashioned three R's,
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reading,
writing, and arithmetic.
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But a lot of times now,
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today we're
talking about the four C's.
00:50:22.52\00:50:24.95
And one of those
is collaboration.
00:50:24.99\00:50:27.76
Really, really
important for us, again,
00:50:27.79\00:50:31.06
because it's the way that
we were created for community
00:50:31.09\00:50:33.50
right back from
the Garden of Eden.
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God saw that we
needed each other.
00:50:35.76\00:50:38.60
And so that collaboration
in the learning environment
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is super critical.
00:50:41.77\00:50:43.71
So yeah, mastery learning,
not leaving kids behind,
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and letting them
run at their speed.
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We're all individualized people.
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I mean, that's
how God created us.
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So what a wonderful concept
00:50:54.68\00:50:56.99
to include that and involve that
00:50:57.02\00:50:58.89
in the classroom
instruction and the curriculum
00:50:58.92\00:51:01.72
and what takes
place that is very good.
00:51:01.76\00:51:04.13
We just have a few moments left.
00:51:04.16\00:51:05.76
Let's shift to the
international flavor
00:51:05.79\00:51:08.90
at your school,
00:51:08.93\00:51:10.27
because there's quite a
few international students
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and then talk to us
00:51:12.90\00:51:14.24
about the student
missionaries as well?
00:51:14.27\00:51:17.14
Yeah, you know,
00:51:17.21\00:51:18.54
we know that we live
in a global community
00:51:18.57\00:51:21.34
evermore today than ever before.
00:51:21.38\00:51:24.88
You know, it's not something
00:51:24.91\00:51:26.48
that I or we as
a staff visioned,
00:51:26.51\00:51:30.09
and how often do
we see God's leading
00:51:30.12\00:51:33.56
in our institutions,
00:51:33.59\00:51:34.92
in our own
personal lives that way,
00:51:34.96\00:51:37.73
but it was through
our mission service,
00:51:37.76\00:51:40.50
like, you know,
00:51:40.53\00:51:41.86
virtually every academy
and many other schools do,
00:51:41.90\00:51:45.17
going out and sharing
00:51:45.20\00:51:47.44
and those mission experiences.
00:51:47.47\00:51:50.54
Again, I think
everybody sees this
00:51:50.61\00:51:53.01
as we think we're going out
to do a work for somebody else.
00:51:53.04\00:51:57.55
And surely we accomplish that.
00:51:57.58\00:52:00.02
But the work
that's done in our parts,
00:52:00.05\00:52:02.18
the kids recognize
00:52:02.22\00:52:04.52
that I got more out
of that than I gave.
00:52:04.55\00:52:08.66
And that's why we want
Milo to be a global community
00:52:08.69\00:52:14.76
from those outreach
00:52:14.80\00:52:16.33
if we want to call
them that activities,
00:52:16.36\00:52:19.47
we made
relationships, we go back home,
00:52:19.50\00:52:22.44
and those relationships
00:52:22.47\00:52:24.11
continue to, to build
and nurture and be nourished.
00:52:24.14\00:52:28.78
And some of these friends
00:52:28.81\00:52:30.35
that the kids make
00:52:30.38\00:52:31.71
when they're
somewhere in another continent.
00:52:31.75\00:52:35.45
They say, "I want
to go to Milo too."
00:52:35.48\00:52:38.19
And we say,
00:52:38.22\00:52:39.55
"Sure, we've got
a place for you."
00:52:39.59\00:52:40.99
And that's how we built
our international population.
00:52:41.02\00:52:43.46
Near 35% of our
student body is that.
00:52:43.53\00:52:49.00
I love saying to many
00:52:49.03\00:52:51.50
that's exactly what
heaven is going to look like
00:52:51.53\00:52:54.04
because there aren't going to be
00:52:54.07\00:52:55.60
any Adventists in heaven.
00:52:55.64\00:52:57.44
No Americans in heaven.
00:52:57.51\00:52:59.41
No, you name it,
fill in the blank.
00:52:59.44\00:53:01.61
We're all just going to
be children of God together.
00:53:01.64\00:53:05.35
So we're just grateful for that.
00:53:05.38\00:53:07.55
That that whole
family of God feel
00:53:07.62\00:53:10.59
that we have here at Milo
00:53:10.62\00:53:12.79
Amen.
00:53:12.82\00:53:14.16
Thank you so much,
Principal Thornton,
00:53:14.19\00:53:15.92
for taking time to
share with us today
00:53:15.96\00:53:18.46
what God is doing in and through
00:53:18.49\00:53:20.90
Milo Adventist Academy.
00:53:20.93\00:53:22.50
I want to remind you,
00:53:22.53\00:53:24.17
if you have a young person
00:53:24.20\00:53:25.77
who is interested in
attending an academy.
00:53:25.80\00:53:28.37
If you have,
00:53:28.40\00:53:29.74
want to financially support
00:53:29.77\00:53:31.84
the ministry of
what God is doing
00:53:31.87\00:53:34.48
at Milo Adventist Academy
00:53:34.51\00:53:36.01
or maybe help fund some
of those worthy students,
00:53:36.04\00:53:39.18
you can always contact
them at MiloAcademy.org.
00:53:39.21\00:53:44.59
That's Milo, MiloAcademy.org.
00:53:44.62\00:53:49.02
At 3ABN,
00:53:49.06\00:53:50.43
we stand in support
00:53:50.46\00:53:51.79
of Christian
Seventh-day Adventist education.
00:53:51.83\00:53:54.40
And we're so
grateful for what God is doing
00:53:54.43\00:53:56.23
in and through
Milo Adventist Academy.
00:53:56.26\00:54:00.84
Thank you, praise the Lord.
00:54:00.87\00:54:02.67
Well, there you have it.
00:54:02.70\00:54:04.21
You have heard
about the Indiana Academy
00:54:04.24\00:54:07.21
and the Milo Seventh-day
Adventist Christian Academy,
00:54:07.28\00:54:10.15
two fine academies
00:54:10.18\00:54:11.98
that we would like to
encourage you to consider
00:54:12.01\00:54:14.92
to bring your young people
to continue their education,
00:54:14.95\00:54:18.15
to continue their education
00:54:18.19\00:54:19.55
and prepare them for college
00:54:19.59\00:54:21.86
and prepare them to
face life's difficulties
00:54:21.89\00:54:24.13
with a stronger and
firmer hold on Jesus Christ.
00:54:24.16\00:54:27.73
Because these schools offer
00:54:27.76\00:54:30.30
the teachings of Christ
00:54:30.37\00:54:31.70
in addition to the
regular academic subjects.
00:54:31.73\00:54:34.47
We praise the
Lord for these schools.
00:54:34.50\00:54:36.34
We encourage
you to pray for them
00:54:36.37\00:54:38.27
and we encourage you to
pray for our young people
00:54:38.31\00:54:41.11
that in today's time
00:54:41.14\00:54:42.81
they are facing one of
the most difficult times
00:54:42.84\00:54:45.48
to live in this world
00:54:45.51\00:54:47.25
because we are
living in the last days.
00:54:47.32\00:54:49.75
And I praise the Lord for 3ABN.
00:54:49.78\00:54:51.95
3ABN that God has
entrusted with a mission
00:54:51.99\00:54:54.92
to preach the undiluted
00:54:54.96\00:54:56.59
three angels'
messages to the world.
00:54:56.62\00:54:59.23
I want to thank you
for your support of 3ABN
00:54:59.26\00:55:01.86
and encourage you
to continue supporting
00:55:01.90\00:55:04.40
so that we can
continue preaching
00:55:04.43\00:55:06.53
the everlasting
gospel 24 hours a day,
00:55:06.57\00:55:10.61
reaching the world
00:55:10.64\00:55:11.97
with a message that
the world needs to hear
00:55:12.01\00:55:14.71
during this time.
00:55:14.74\00:55:16.51
As you know,
00:55:16.54\00:55:17.91
things are happening
at such a quick pace,
00:55:17.95\00:55:20.35
that we must do what we can
00:55:20.42\00:55:22.58
to bring the gospel to
as many people as possible
00:55:22.62\00:55:25.22
in the shortest
time as possible.
00:55:25.25\00:55:26.96
And for those of you
00:55:26.99\00:55:28.32
that are
listening to me right now,
00:55:28.36\00:55:30.13
they have not yet given
their lives to Jesus Christ,
00:55:30.16\00:55:33.13
I do have an invitation for you.
00:55:33.16\00:55:36.06
Give your heart to
the Lord Jesus Christ,
00:55:36.10\00:55:38.70
and you will begin to
have peace and happiness
00:55:38.73\00:55:41.60
that begins in this
world and continues forever.
00:55:41.64\00:55:45.91
God bless you.
00:55:45.94\00:55:47.28