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Mechelle Peinado Appointed Interim Principal
Last night, the Portland Adventist Academy board voted unanimously to name Mechelle Peinado as interim principal for the 2018-19 school...
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Oct 3, 20181 min read


Postponed! International Food Festival is Coming Spring 2019
The International Food Festival has been posteponed for a future date yet to be determined. ### We’re having an International Food...
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Oct 1, 20182 min read


Three Things to do to Keep PAA Safe
In effort to keep our students safe and our campus secure we need your teamwork! Here are three ways you can help. 1) Join the Chorus of...
PAA Business Office
Aug 15, 20182 min read


Bible Camp Needs YOU!
Amazing! PAA has the opportunity to take 185 students this year to the Oregon Conference Bible Camp this weekend! However, with so many...
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Aug 15, 20181 min read


Fernanda’s World Is Her Mission Field
Fernanda’s world is her mission field. For this, PAA teachers and the NPUC conference affirm her spirit of compassion with a Caring Heart...
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Jul 9, 20182 min read


Students Show Terminal Cancer Patient Love : An Inside Out Service Day Story
‘You’re loved. You’re cared for. You’re valued.’ These words can make all the difference to someone facing a terminal cancer diagnosis,...
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May 31, 20183 min read


Three Ways to Support Inside Out Service Day
Parents, pastors, and church members are a vital resource to this event! We hope YOU will join this awesome effort to show love to our...
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Apr 17, 20181 min read


The 3 Step Plan for a Family Media Fast
especially on snow days), PAA strives to help students form healthy relationships and boundaries with media. That’s why we’re excited...
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Mar 2, 20182 min read


How Education Survives a Snow Storm
Despite a predicted late afternoon snow storm, Portlanders went about their morning, bustling off to work and school. Teachers and...
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Mar 2, 20183 min read


Continuing the Work in 2018
Reaching Beyond PAA, spring-break mission trips have fostered life-changing and empowering experiences for two decades. The communities...
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Dec 12, 20172 min read


PAA Students Lock Up their Screens for a Media Fast
Students were invited to pull out their phones during chapel. They were shown how to look in their settings to conduct a self-audit of...
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Nov 30, 20173 min read


Ring in the Holidays with PAA Music Students
Ring the Christmas season with Portland Adventist Academy on December 8, 7pm with a concert entitled “The Gift of Christmas: Jesus.” This...
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Nov 21, 20171 min read


PAA’s Farm-to-Table Revolution
Tomatoes from the PAA garden are ready to be chopped for the salad bar on the first day of school. It was the first day of school at...
PAA Business Office
Sep 20, 20174 min read


PAA’s Farm-to-Table Goals
Chef Stef came to science class to talk about nutrients in the foods we love to eat. The Farm-to-Table mission has been embraced as a...
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Sep 15, 20173 min read


PAA Students Experience U.S. History Project Based Learning
Some students are calling it the four most intense weeks of school, ever! That’s because they managed to complete a year’s worth of U.S....
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Aug 23, 20171 min read


PAA’s Mission Focused Learning Provides a Tiny House for a Homeless Woman
Four homeless people died in Portland during the record breaking winter. PC: KOIN6 Stories of cold-related deaths scattered the headlines...
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May 25, 20171 min read


Inside Out Service Day 2017
Demolition! These students worked so hard and cheered each other on throughout the dirty job! Inside Out takes PAA students, teachers,...
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May 23, 20171 min read


PAA Takes Home 4th Place Trophy!
Their final 18-hole game was intense as they came just two strokes away from third place. They played through wind, sun, rain, hail, and...
PAA Business Office
May 23, 20171 min read


Mission Report
Our deepest thanks to those who supported our students and staff in prayer and funding. You’ve invested in a meaningful experience for...
PAA Business Office
May 1, 20172 min read


PAA Students Witness Cuba’s Hunger for God
This reality represents Cuba’s long-time hunger for religious freedom. Seventh-day Adventist churches in Cuba have been growing despite...
PAA Business Office
Apr 28, 20174 min read
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