Shen-Val-Lore The Student Voice of Shenandoah Valley Academy
Shenandoah Valley Academy
May 11, 2022
Volume 91, Edition 4
Upcoming Events MARCH 6
End of 3rd Term
8
Sunday School
11-23
Argentina Music/Mission Tour
12-23
Spring Break
APRIL 2 2-4
Potomac Elementary School Music Festival
5
ACT / Junior-Senior Banquet
30 Hour Famine ELLIE ANDERSON
Lunch on April 1 was, for many students, the last meal they would eat for 30 hours. 30- Hour Famine is a fundraiser that SVA campus ministries does every year to raise money for organizations such as World Vision, ADRA, and AWA that help end hunger around the world. The students asked people to sponsor them when they went without food for 30 hours, and the money was donated to one of the previously mentioned organizations. Once afternoon classes were finished, those participating in the famine registered and then split up into groups to deliver
bags into the community. These bags were dropped off at people’s houses to be filled with non-perishables and then picked up and donated to a local food bank. After a special vespers service and afterglow, Pastor Harley led several games for the students to participate in until it was time to get ready for bed. Bright and early the next morning, students awakened for their breakfast of juice. For Sabbath school, PH led the different teams in tribal games. He gave each team a name from a certain tribe in the continent of Africa and they played games to help them understand what life is
like for many people in the world. These games showed the struggles many people face, such as finding clean water and enough food. Some of the games included drinking water from a straw and then spitting it into another container, searching for pebbles and buttons in the grass, and having students hold two one-gallon water jugs in their hands straight out to the sides of their body for as long as possible. Each of the “tribes’’ competed against each other for points throughout the 30 hours and those in Anisa Phillip’s team won!
After church, there were more games and then the teams picked up the food bags that they had dropped off the day before and transported the food to the church. After 30 hours had passed, PH treated everyone to a feast to break their fast and celebrate the fact that they had made it through!
the community” as they participated in the food drive. He was pleasantly surprised by how much food was donated to help those in need. Everyone I have talked to really appreciated the experience they had at the 30-hour famine. We are definitely blessed to have school that gives us opportunities such as this to broaden our horizons It was a wonderful expe- and help us be a blessing rience for the students. to others. Emily Delong said she appreciated being a part of it because she was “helping people around the world.” Hansen Lee liked the activities, “because they kept his mind off of food.” Alex Cuellar liked “seeing the generosity of
AU Visit
6-10
Week of Prayer
13
Sophmore Field Trip
16
Senior Tree Planting
17-18
Alumni Weekend
19
School Picnic
22-26
Homeleave
30
US History Tour
MAY 1-4
US History Tour
5
AP Calculus Exam
6
AP English Exam
8ROK International Vespers 9 14-15
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 30 Hour Famine 2 Week of Prayer 3 Jr/Sr Banquet
7 Faculty Family
Senior Exams
15
Baptisms
16
Best of Everything
17-20
Senior Class Trip
19-20
Final Exams
22
Consecration
23
Baccalaureate / Class Night
24
Class Night
4 Class Parties 5 Drama Production
Final Music Concerts