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From 1952 to June of 2001 Christiansen Academy was a Missionary Kids boarding school located in Rubio, Venezuela. Christiansen Academy (CA for short) provided quality education for students were living in northern South America and the Caribbean. Besides providing a healthy education, CA has striven to encourage its students to seek a stronger personal relationship with Jesus Christ. (Click here for CA's history)

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While many of the students lived in a dorm, a good number have been "commuters." Approximately 70% of the student population were MKs, while the remainder were the children of businessmen or "Exchange Students" from the US.

The staff was made up of missionaries who came primarily as teachers. Because of the community atmosphere staff could play a huge role in students' lives, not only through dorm jobs and homework assignments, but because they were able to be the students' teachers, confidants, and friends.

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Rubio, where Christiansen Academy was located, is nestled in the lower Andes Mountains of western Venezuela. The school complex grew to encompass two city blocks and was comprised of four dormitories, classroom building, a well stocked library, computer lab, two athletic fields, and two basketball courts.


CA Motto
"That in all things
Christ might have the preeminence."

Col. 1:18

The History Of Christiansen Academy

C.A. was founded in 1952, out of a need to educate the children of TEAM missionaries. John and Almeda Christiansen in particular had been searching for an answer concerning their son David. They thought of sending him to the U.S., attempting correspondence courses, and trying out a Venezuelan school, but all three options had their drawbacks. When Norm and Jeannette Chugg arrived in 1951, they found David Christiansen, nine years old, without any schooling. In cooperation with Jean Hansen, the Chuggs gave him three years of schooling in one focused year. Could not all the M.K.'s study together in a school of their own? Norm and Jeannette Chugg were asked by the mission to take hold and make this a reality.

Only eleven students were enrolled that first year, all children of TEAM missionaries on the Venezuela-Colombia field. Miss Jean Hansen contributed greatly in making C.A. what it is today as the school's first principal and as teacher. C.A.'s first habitation, dorm and classroom combined, was a building constructed in 1925 beside the Evangelical Church of Rubio "Cristo Vive".

By 1956, the school had expanded to 28 students from four mission societies. A new dorm was erected in 1959 which housed all students along the Avenida Las Americas. The building became the girl's dorm when high school was added in 1962. In 1965, 68 other students watched the first C.A. high school graduate, Paul Belch receive his diploma. A persistent climb in enrollment brought students from a variety of countries, Trinidad, the Netherland Antilles, Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela, representing over a dozen missions.

To accomodate the growing student body, the Pinzón mansion was purchased and renovated for $30,000 in 1964 and used as a boys dorm. In 1971, under the leadership of Glenn Felty and the ability of Curt Friebel, a spacious, L-shaped classroom building was dedicated. A two story dorm-dining hall complex was added in 1976, named in honor of Malcom McNaughton. In 1990 the first girls dorm and shop area were torn down and a new girls dorm and guest complex built in its place.

After 49 years of service to the Mission's Community, CA closed it's doors on June 2, 2001. We are grateful to the Lord for the years of service and the lives that have been touched. For more on the closing of CA, click HERE.

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From: La Nacion

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Fecha de Publicación: Domingo 14 de Marzo del 2004

En Rubio, capital del municipio Junín, con aproximadamente 70 mil habitantes, a 21 kilómetros de San Cristóbal, temen que la inseguridad se escape de las manos de los cuerpos policiales. Las muertes violentas registradas en los últimos días --para algunos operación limpieza-- ha hecho que los organismos de seguridad centren acciones en precisar lo que sucede y refuercen operativos. Nadie precisa si se trata de paramilitares, guerrilleros, pandilleros o grupo de exterminio. Sólo afirman que la mayoría de las víctimas registran antecedentes. Nada más. Muchos vecinos están preocupados por la presencia de pandilleros armados que atracan en unidades de transporte urbano y suburbano, alrededores del mercado, calles de la ciudad, locales comerciales y residencias. Este jueves, veinte efectivos de los Comandos Rurales de la Dirección de Seguridad y Orden Público -Dirsop- se incorporaron a los operativos de seguridad e inteligencia desplegados por la comisaría sur-oeste, al mando del comisario Alfredo Castañeda, que abarca los municipios Junín y Rafael Urdaneta. ---La presencia de los Comandos Rurales de la Dirsop, al mando del inspector Omar Enrique Chacón, permitirá reforzar los planes de inteligencia y las medidas de seguridad. Otro grupo está en Delicias, cumpliendo funciones similares, dijo Castañeda. El jefe policial, como la mayoría de habitantes consultados, no precisa quién está detrás de los asesinatos ocurridos en Rubio. Confía en que el trabajo conjunto con el Cuerpo de Investigaciones Científicas, Penales y Criminalísticas; Guardia Nacional, Alcaldía y otros entes que conforman el comando de seguridad ciudadana se logre descubrir lo que está pasando. Luis Valladares, alcalde del municipio, está preocupado y asegura trabajar con los cuerpos policiales para precisar hechos y evitar la operatividad de grupos delictivos. --- Nosotros no tenemos pruebas para afirmar que se trate de determinado grupo, por eso hay que continuar con las investigaciones y es muy importante la colaboración de la ciudadanía para alcanzar la verdad, declaró. Asaltos en unidades de transporte José Heriberto Peña, vicepresidente de la línea urbana Circunvalación Junín, declaró que se han presentado robos a mano armada en varias unidades, viéndose obligados a suspender el servicio por horas en reclamo de mayor seguridad. ---Hay un grupo de delincuentes adolescentes que se han dedicado a atracar en las microbuses. No ocurre todos los días, pero el temor es que los cuerpos policiales no actúen y los tipos malos se acostumbren, declaró. La ruta hacia El Canal es considerada una de las más peligrosas. Pese a esto el servicio se presta entre las 5:15 de la mañana y 10:00 de la noche. Comerciantes preocupados Aura Molina, presidenta de la Cámara de Comercio --agrupa a más de 800 socios-- declaró que los comerciantes y muchas familias del casco central de Rubio pagan a vigilantes privados para que recorran las calles en horas de la noche. Los llaman los serenos y es una medida que ha minimizado casi a cero los hurtos en comercios y residencias, ante la nula acción de la policía. ---La oscuridad se presta para el delito. Una parte de la plaza Bolívar y sus alrededores están a oscuras. Faltan once postes de alumbrado público, es responsabilidad de la Alcaldía reponerlos, para que Cadela instale la electricidad, dijo. En Rubio aún reina la paz. Todos saben cuáles son los barrios de cuidado y toman sus medidas al visitarlos. Disfrutan de sus hermosos parajes naturales, espacios públicos. Es una ciudad visitada por turistas en su afán por conocer la Iglesia Santa Bárbara de Rubio, los cafetales y el Parque Nacional El Tamá.

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Phone: 1-800-343-3144
Fax: (630) 653-1826

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