As we head into Thanksgiving break, we’re celebrating the incredible ways our students filled this week with energy, laughter, leadership, and community. Even in a short week, they made PAA come alive. 🎭 Students Took Center Stage Our Drama students kicked off the week with a fun and thoughtful performance all about gift-giving. Their acting, humor, and creativity had the whole school entertained from start to finish. They made us laugh, made us cheer, and reminded us just h

Wow—what a wonderful night of celebration for our senior class! Our annual Senior Recognition, held at Sunnyside Adventist Church, honored the incredible PAA Class of 2026 with an evening full of meaning, memories, and joy. Students shared their talents and stories with an audience of families, friends, staff, and loved ones. Highlights included Ethan’s original song and performance, a beautiful musical piece by Makayla, Cori, and Kaw, Ricarda’s heartfelt class history, Profe

What a blessing it was to welcome 8th-grade students from across the Portland metro area to our annual PAA Academy Day ! Students joined us for morning worship led by a PAA student praise band and then spent the day exploring what makes PAA so special. They toured classrooms, met teachers, enjoyed lunch, and had plenty of time to play and connect with each other. Our Student Association led the visiting students in fun games, academic departments hosted scholarship contests,

We are grateful for everyone who took the time to complete our Fall Parent Survey! We received responses from 19% of our families , and the feedback is deeply appreciated. This year’s survey included questions about our new PAA App . We appreciated all the helpful suggestions on how to make it even better in addition to the excitement and positive feedback from families who are already finding it so useful! We’re thrilled to share that survey results were overwhelmingly posit

Portland Adventist Academy is proud to have an auto mechanics class as part of the curriculum. Auto mechanics has been one of the diverse offerings PAA has continuously taught since the tech building opened in the 1980s. Learning basic auto mechanic knowledge and skills is something countless students have appreciated. For the past several years, Adam Hinckley, a hospital physical therapist by profession, has generously taken time from his schedule to teach students the funda

We are incredibly grateful to everyone who took part in this week’s Parent-Teacher Conferences. Teachers met with nearly 25% of our families . It’s always a joy to connect and collaborate with families as we work together to help our students grow and succeed. We loved meeting with parents, grandparents, and host families—it’s always a joy to share how students are growing, learning, and thriving. When schools, teachers, and families work together, high school students experi

Today, after starting the day with worship, all of our juniors and seniors  participated in the school-day PSAT and SAT . In the spring, our freshmen and sophomores  will also take the PSAT designed for their grade levels. The PSAT does more than prepare students for the SAT — it opens the door to scholarship opportunities , helps students identify academic strengths , and highlights areas for continued growth . These assessments also provide valuable insight for our teachers

Wednesday night was one of those events that remind us why we love what we do! We started with a School Board Mixer , giving staff and...

This week, the Class of 2029 kicked off their high school journey with Freshmen Adventure , the first of PAA’s grade-level leadership...

This week, PAA hosted the annual Adventist College Fair  for our juniors and seniors, along with students from neighboring Adventist...

Sophomore Excursion is one of PAA’s signature leadership traditions, an annual ropes course adventure built around our core value of...

National Merit Commended Scholar, Sophia Lee We are thrilled to recognize Sophia Lee  as a National Merit Commended Scholar ! Out of the...

Performance and Production At Portland Adventist Academy, music is more than a class — it’s an important part of how students learn,...

We’re only three weeks into the school year, but our students are already settled into their academic rhythm. Classes are buzzing with...

The 2025–26 school year is officially underway at PAA! Our hallways are buzzing, classrooms are alive with energy, and students are...

The school launched a new app that combines mobile access to FACTS Family Portal with other information parents need most often. With our...

At Portland Adventist Academy (PAA), art education is flourishing in ways that prepare students for far more than creative expression. In...

Hey PAA Families!   We hope you’re having a wonderful summer! While classes may be out, campus life at PAA is anything but quiet —...

Summer school  is in full swing, too! World History students are hard at work, and the U.S. History class is taking learning to the next...

Hey PAA Families! We did it — the final bell will soon ring and the school year will be officially wrapped! What an incredible ride it’s...