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Rift Valley Academy began in 1906 when Charles Hurlburt arranged for Josephine Hope to teach his children in Kenya, leading to the school that would become RVA. In August 1909, President Teddy Roosevelt laid the cornerstone of the Kiambogo building. RVA expanded education through the 12th grade and hosted its first graduating class in 1950. In 1967, under Roy Entwistle's leadership, RVA became the first school in Africa to receive American accreditation. Today RVA serves about 400 students from Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia, and Europe and maintains affiliation with Africa Inland Mission.
RVA fosters a Christ-centered boarding community. Dorm families, discipleship, dorm devotions, Christ-centered classrooms, and a variety of worship experiences form daily life and create opportunities to learn beside and from peers. The school promotes outreach to the Kenyan community through weekly praise chapels, prayer groups, mentorship of younger students, student worship services, hospital outreach, street ministry, and orphan care. Leadership and cultural activities provide additional growth avenues, including National Honor Society, Model United Nations, Student Council, and interim field studies, where eleventh and twelfth graders tackle contemporary African issues during interim trips.
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.
