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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Apr 28, 20174 min read


Find Out What PAA is All About!
Schedule a TOUR! If you’ve been praying for your children, you’re right where you should be. https://paasda.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/0...
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Mar 27, 20171 min read


Tim Ellis Remembered
Tim Ellis. To continue helping our students with healthy grief, we held a joyful and inspiring chapel service to honor his memory and...
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Mar 17, 20171 min read


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Mar 15, 20170 min read


Cougars in Coos Bay!
Congratulations to our ladies for an outstanding season! Their final game of the championship ended with a 52-43 win! This placed our...
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Mar 2, 20171 min read


PAA Students Bring Project Based Learning to Elementary Students
Mrs. Johnson backs that belief up with action. She has been faithfully leading her A&P students in Project Based Learning outside the...
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Feb 27, 20172 min read


How YOU can support PAA’s Food Revolution
This is my dream for PAA and all of our Adventist schools! I also want to open students’ eyes to how our food is sourced and how to grow...
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Dec 8, 20161 min read


PAA Science Students Help to Solve Water Issues World-Wide
Portland Adventist Academy teacher, Frank Jin has a passion for science and a heart for mission. He wants to see his students’ education...
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Nov 28, 20162 min read


PAASS Provides Miracles
Frequently changing schools was tough on Tim. “During the recession, we lost our home,” says Sharon*, mother of a Portland Adventist...
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Oct 31, 20162 min read
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