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How We’re Keeping Our Community Well
*Beyond washing your hands, there are so many more ways we can keep PAA well! We want you to know all the ways we’re keeping our...
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Mar 3, 20201 min read


Technology Meets Music & Mission at PAA
In the digital media lab at Portland Adventist Academy, students build skills in photography, videography, and graphic design. In the art...
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Jan 28, 20203 min read


How PAA Students are Helping Refugees In Colombia
Practical application of what students are learning is part of PAA’s growth as a Project Based Learning school. Coupled with Mission...
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Nov 5, 20191 min read


Bible Camp Needs YOU!
The Oregon Conference Bible Camp is one of the most powerful events of our school year. But Bible Camp simply cannot happen without some...
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Sep 5, 20191 min read


A Spring Break Transformation Trip
Pastor Mackenzie and Pastor Steve are excited to invite students on a week long “Transformation Trip” with the organization Because...
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Jan 31, 20191 min read


Order Christmas Wreaths By November 18!
Help support PAA’s Class of 2019 by purchasing a wreath made from mixed evergreens. These wreaths are thick and beautiful and come with...
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Nov 5, 20181 min read


Spanish Students Explore Hispanic Culture
Students enrolled in Spanish classes at Portland Adventist Academy celebrated Hispanic Heritage and Cultures (mid-September through mid...
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Nov 1, 20182 min read


Who Doesn’t Love a Surprise?!
During an all school assembly today (October 4), students were formally introduced to someone they’ve already known for a long time. Mrs....
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Oct 4, 20181 min read


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...
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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
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