Students at Saint Andrew’s School are learning more than typical reading, writing and arithmetic. The school is available to students who live at Wears Valley Ranch because of a difficult family situation. Since 1992, the Ranch has served as a safe haven for kids who have an unstable home-life that is not created by the [...]
This February six Ranch students attended Teenpact at our state capital in Nashville, Tennessee. Teenpact's mission: We seek to inspire youth in their relationship with Christ and train them to understand the political process, value their liberty, defend the Christian faith, and engage the culture at a time in their lives when, typically, they [...]
This January the Ranch community joined with the congregation of Covenant Community Church for our first every Read-Through-The-Bible relay. The week began on Friday evening with an inspired time of worship led by Andrew Wood and Isaiah Haas. Then, beginning with Genesis 1:1 on Saturday morning, one reader after another read aloud for twenty minutes [...]
Students at Saint Andrew’s School of Wears Valley Ranch have a unique opportunity to sign up for elective mini-courses during the weeks between their Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks. Staff and volunteers select topics of expertise to lead courses that provide fun and useful skills. Topics include art, geocaching, physical fitness and more. One course offered [...]
This science class was a BLAST! Literally. Miss Hannah's earth science class learned about the different types of volcanoes. Each student made their own paper mâché replica ... and they erupted at the end of the presentations! Depending on the type of volcano, each one erupted in a different way...a pink smoke bomb, a Coke and Mentos blast, [...]
