Greetings!
I believe that a “love for learning” is essential to the success of the student and my goal as an educator is to model a wide-eyed eagerness to learn as many new and wonderful things as possible, within the Christian worldview.
Smiles, Paul Jenks
Students at Palisades are blessed with many opportunities to develop their musical abilities and strengthen their academics!
More and more research confirms the link between music and academic success. The students at Palisades are so fortunate to have regular music starting in kindergarten! Our kids sing and they learn to play recorders, hand bells, and ukuleles… in the early elementary years. Starting in fifth grade, each student is taught how to play a band instrument! Our older kids participate in band, pep band, choir, and praise team.
Want to know more about how much playing music benefits your brain? Below is a short little TEDEd video about the “fireworks” going off in your brain when you are playing an instrument.
When you listen to music, multiple areas of your brain become engaged and active. But when you actually play an instrument, that activity becomes more like a full-body brain workout. What’s going on? Anita Collins explains the fireworks that go off in musicians’ brains when they play, and examines some of the long-term positive effects of this mental workout.
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Bible Curriculum
BIBLE CURRICULUM At PCA we use the Encounter Bible curriculum. This program uses the Bible as the textbook and Jesus as the Guide for transforming students’ relationship with Him. The key goal of the Encounter curriculum is to aid Adventist teachers to bring our children to the feet of Jesus. Our Bible curriculum is designed to provide…
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Bio: Brandon Jansen
Name: Brandon JansenRole: PE Teacher Contact: E-mail Hobbies: Golf…Basketball…Sports, Family, Friends, Sports Documentaries. Hello everyone! My name is Brandon Jansen and I am very excited and blessed to teach Physical Education at PCA. I was born in Smithtown, New York and raised in the Boise area. I attended Gem State Academy in Caldwell, Idaho. That is where I…
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Bio: Denee Rogers
Name: Denee Rogers Role: Grade 2Contact: E-mailCredentials: Degree in Elementary Education and History at Walla Walla University. Greetings! I am both thrilled and honored to have been entrusted with the important task of educating the second graders of Palisades Christian Academy. I look forward to the many adventures that we will have in our classroom this coming school year and…
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Bio: Heather Benado
I am a Walla Walla University graduate with my B.S. in Elementary Education, and a minor in Early Childhood Education. My first teaching position was spent in a multi-grade level classroom of 3-5th graders in the Seattle area from 2000-2002. I moved out of the area to marry my husband and that next year I…
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Bio: Kathy Stratte
Name: Kathy StratteRole: Administrative AssistantContact: E-mail “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it” -Proverbs 22:6 Christian Education is a valuable resource for parents and teachers to work together in raising children for their heavenly home. Palisades Christian Academy offers students a Christ-centered curriculum, teaching…