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Kenya, Kijabe
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1. Fill out the Request More Information form. The Admissions office will send you the appropriate application information and forms. 2. Complete and submit the application form along with all supporting documentation. 3. Submit the non-refundable application processing fee. 4. Once RVA receives all required application items, we begin reviewing your child's application for admission. Students are placed on the appropriate waiting list based on the date of the completed application (all items received). Note: Applicants whose parents serve with Africa Inland Mission are given priority until April 1st. After that date, applicants whose parents serve with other mission organizations are considered. If space remains, Kenyan nationals and expatriate applicants may be invited to come for an interview and testing. These applications are reviewed in mid-June. 5. If space is available, RVA will grant provisional acceptance. Please send all enrollment forms at this time, along with the enrollment deposit. The enrollment forms and deposit must be received within 30 days of provisional acceptance for final acceptance to be granted. 6. Once all enrollment forms are received and reviewed, and the enrollment deposit is paid in full, the Admissions office will confirm the final acceptance of the applicant. The school motto is “We must be global Christians with a global vision because our God is a global God.” –John Stott. Please note: -We desire to provide a quality education for children whose parents live in remote areas of Africa, serving the Lord as missionaries, and who have no other schooling options. For these reasons, we are unable to accept children whose families reside on other continents. -All applicants must submit results of a standardized achievement test from within the last two years. -Students whose first language is not English, and who have not attended a school where the curriculum is delivered in English for at least two years, are required to submit the results of an English Proficiency test. -Math and foreign language screening tests are given to new high school students during their first day or two at RVA to ensure placement at the proper level. -New high school students who want to enroll in band and/or choir are required to audition.
The waitlist operates by placing applicants on the appropriate waiting list based on the date the completed application (all items received) is submitted. If space becomes available, provisional acceptance is granted. Enrollment forms and the enrollment deposit must be submitted within 30 days of provisional acceptance for final acceptance.
Rift Valley Academy is a Christian boarding school in Kenya with an American foundation. The high school follows an American curricular core and offers Advanced Placement courses, while also supporting Cambridge IGCSE qualifications for a small number of missionary students. The school awards a College Prep Diploma designed to meet four-year college expectations and a General Education Diploma. The campus sits on 90 acres atop the Rift Valley escarpment and houses an elementary, a junior high, and a senior high, with nineteen dormitories, a chapel, a cafeteria, a gym, a music building, a drama hall, and multiple sports fields. RVA is accredited by the Middle States Association and serves about 400 students from various nationalities; it is affiliated with Africa Inland Mission. The program emphasizes English, Social Studies, Math, Science, Information Technology, Foreign Language, Bible, Physical Education, Fine Arts, Life Skills, plus AP for the College Prep Diploma.
