Superintendent’s Message

From Peter Wilson, RVA superintendent:

As a football fan and coach, I’m regularly thinking about lineups or the makeup of a team. If I were to think of Rift Valley Academy as a football team — real football, of course — and what characterizes us or makes us different from the next team, this is how I would define us.

The defense or foundation of our team is that we are unashamedly Christian. Our vision is to educate and disciple students toward their potential in Christ, thus enabling families to serve across the African continent.

We both educate and disciple with a desire to see our students reach their potential in Christ. That’s who we are and what we seek to do at a foundational level. Arguably, my most important role is to remind us as a staff that we need to be absolutely surrendered to Christ in order to reflect Him to our students.

The midfield is where it all happens; it’s where you put your best players. Teachers, dorm parents, chaplains, counselors, and all those working directly with our students have this mission as their priority. While they may teach chemistry or walk alongside students in a dorm, first and foremost they seek to point our students to their potential in Christ.

Then there are the strikers, the forward line, the goal scorers: our students. Our graduate profile clearly outlines what we desire for our students to achieve or look like when they’re finished here. While it’s a perfect list that no one can achieve, we hope it gives our students something to strive for as they grow toward their individual potential in Christ.

So, as you come to RVA, what can you expect? In short, you can expect to be educated and discipled toward your potential in Christ. We hope in turn this allows you as a family to serve wherever you find yourself across the African continent.