“Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.”
1 Thessalonians 5:11
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Welcome, Alumni!
To all former students of Heritage Christian Academy, including predecessor Medicine Lake Lutheran Academy, welcome to the page for you.
You enriched my life more than words can adequately express. For a few moments, let’s reminisce together. Beginning in September of 1981, outstanding young people just like you arrived at a newly established school. The rich combination of God’s Word as the foundation, challenging scholarship as the mission, and the promise of lifelong relationships became practical realities for students, families, staff, and teachers year by year. I often described the essence of MLLA as “joyful Christianity in a rich academic environment.”
In the early years, I delighted in knowing each of you as sweet young children beginning your elementary years. Remember the joys we shared? Great Bible stories began our days together, and phonics charts enriched your understanding of letters and sounds. You learned to read, write letters, figure out numbers, grasp the deep understandings of science and history, and write creatively about your experiences. We sang wonderful music, created beautiful art, produced programs, launched forth bravely with choirs, orchestra, and athletic teams. You achieved maturity with 8th grade graduations year after year. Remember the excitement when we bravely added high school grade by grade! Mission trips, practical enrichment classes, yearbook production, science labs… we celebrated our 1st graduation in 2001.
HCA graduates of 23 years are superb examples of the beautiful young women and men who represent Heritage Christian Academy. Many of you have families, and I rejoice with you. I especially glorify God for the 2nd generation of sons and daughters you have enrolled at the Academy. I convey my love to each one of you alumni, and I hope you can say, “I love HCA.” Best of all, together we proclaim that JESUS CHRIST IS LORD. He calls each of us to love Him and serve Him as our best endeavor.
Please visit this alumni page often. Visit Heritage! Tell your friends! Enroll your children! We love to see our alumni return for music, theatre, creative arts, and athletic events. Heritage is on the brink of an exciting expansion and additions! Come and see!
Kindly,
Mrs. Beverly Enderlein, President Emeritus
“Accountability is something I really appreciated at Heritage. You couldn’t slip through the cracks at Heritage. I knew my parents cared, but transferring to Heritage after a large public school experience taught me that ALL teachers cared, and that they cared enough to hold me accountable to what they believed I was capable of.”
HCA Alumni
“Speaking in front of groups of students and larger groups of people while at Heritage and being part of student government prepared me for leadership roles in college and in my career post-college. Confidence was built into me from Kindergarten on at HCA!”
HCA Alumni
“My experience with fine arts and athletics was a game changer! MLLA/HCA Admin and teachers allow students to participate in everything—all at the same time. I remember wondering why my friends at large public schools couldn’t participate in plays and athletics—when I understood that space is actually limited in large programs, I was so grateful that I could do both–and do both really well, carrying my experience into college programs!”
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“Now that I am a parent, my life has changed so radically. This world has been one Of the greatest reasons why I am fully committed to Christian education for my children. I used to appreciate Heritage for sports and the deep relationships I formed while a student–friendships that follow me into my life today. NOW I appreciate Heritage for helping me to THINK–and to filter today’s culture through the lens of biblical principles of truth.”
HCA Alumni
“I so loved the small, intimate environment that allowed me to form such great relationships, not only with other students, but with teachers, too. It was such a tight community that I felt very much at home in.”
HCA Alumni
“My education at MLLA/HCA prepared me to think critically; I am so grateful that my instructors were so dedicated to principles of Truth, and open to the questions I brought to the table as a teen. Thank you, mom and dad, and thank you, faculty!”
HCA Alumni
“Now that I am a parent, there is nowhere else I would want my children to be trained. My time at Heritage prepared me not only with the academic foundation to excel in my post-secondary education, it prepared me to THINK from a Biblical perspective, challenging me And now my kids, to approach life’s issues with clarity and Truth.”
HCA Alumni
“My education at HCA was so great for my faith. I am so thankful to have had the opportunity to have a Christian education where I could ask questions, be steered toward Christ, and be influenced by amazing teachers, coaches, and faculty. It truly built up the foundation of my faith that allowed me to remain rooted throughout my undergraduate studies and beyond! My life has been impacted, and I know that the lives of my peers were impacted as well. I am praying for Heritage.”
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