Dan Patchin PAA GLEANER Correspondent By Dan Patchin A Taste of the Real World Business Education at PAA Twenty-three Portland Adventist Academy students had the opportunity of taking an introduction to business class taught by Monte Knittel, Portland's Adventist Medical Center vice president of marketing and business development. The course provided... Read more PAA Student Holds Revival Meetings For his senior project, Sheldon Parris wanted to do something for his fellow Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) students. In collaboration with Les Zollbrecht, PAA chaplain, Parris prepared and presented a series of three meetings, calling for a rev... Read more A Win-Win Situation Cultural Exchange in PAA's Junior English Class Joan Oksenholt, Portland Adventist Academy English teacher, reports that 15 out of 62 students in her junior English class are from countries such as Argentina, Korea, Japan, Norway, Australia, Mexico, Canada, Borneo, Romania, Germany, the Ukraine... Read more Finnish Power Walker Baptized in the Willamette Student Shares his Zeal for PAA . . . and God Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) rejoices in the baptism of Derek Lange, a Finnish exchange student who attends PAA. Lange’s trip to Portland actually began 20 years ago when his mother, Brigitta Rantanen, traveled from Finland to spend her senior... Read more Adventist Education Leads to Korean Baptism Yeon Ji Kim, a recent graduate of Portland Adventist Academy (PAA), was born in a small town in South Korea to a nominally Christian mother and Buddhist father.When Kim finished the Korean equivalent of grade school, she asked to either go to Seou... Read more PAA Makes Community Connection Through New Church Program Portland Adventist Academy launched an exciting new program this year to help make the Adventist churches in the Portland area better aware of the academy and its programs and to reach out to these churches in a unique way.The Featured Church prog... Read more PAA Senior Studies Robots During JPL Internship Most Americans have had the opportunity of seeing some of the amazing things that can be done with robots, but Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) senior Adam Wall got to see and experience the cutting edge of robotics by doing a summer internship at... Read more PAA Random Acts of Kindness Mission Trip to Portland Twenty-two youth, including 18 Portland Adventist Academy students, participated in a unique mission during spring break 2004 and visited the inner city of Portland to do "random acts of kindness.”In keeping with a mission trip format, they stayed... Read more PAA Student Tests DNA for Senior Project For her senior project at Portland Adventist Academy (PAA), Cassie Lemke did DNA testing on three sets of twins to determine if they were identical or fraternal (non-identical). She found, to the surprise of many, that one set of similar-looking t... Read more PAA Athlete Gives Thanks Even in Defeat Trent Wade, a Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) junior and basketball point guard, was one of the players affected by the Oregon State Board of Education’s recent ruling that it is not necessary for the Oregon Sports Athletic Association (OSAA) to ... Read more Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 2 Next page ››
A Taste of the Real World Business Education at PAA Twenty-three Portland Adventist Academy students had the opportunity of taking an introduction to business class taught by Monte Knittel, Portland's Adventist Medical Center vice president of marketing and business development. The course provided... Read more
PAA Student Holds Revival Meetings For his senior project, Sheldon Parris wanted to do something for his fellow Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) students. In collaboration with Les Zollbrecht, PAA chaplain, Parris prepared and presented a series of three meetings, calling for a rev... Read more
A Win-Win Situation Cultural Exchange in PAA's Junior English Class Joan Oksenholt, Portland Adventist Academy English teacher, reports that 15 out of 62 students in her junior English class are from countries such as Argentina, Korea, Japan, Norway, Australia, Mexico, Canada, Borneo, Romania, Germany, the Ukraine... Read more
Finnish Power Walker Baptized in the Willamette Student Shares his Zeal for PAA . . . and God Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) rejoices in the baptism of Derek Lange, a Finnish exchange student who attends PAA. Lange’s trip to Portland actually began 20 years ago when his mother, Brigitta Rantanen, traveled from Finland to spend her senior... Read more
Adventist Education Leads to Korean Baptism Yeon Ji Kim, a recent graduate of Portland Adventist Academy (PAA), was born in a small town in South Korea to a nominally Christian mother and Buddhist father.When Kim finished the Korean equivalent of grade school, she asked to either go to Seou... Read more
PAA Makes Community Connection Through New Church Program Portland Adventist Academy launched an exciting new program this year to help make the Adventist churches in the Portland area better aware of the academy and its programs and to reach out to these churches in a unique way.The Featured Church prog... Read more
PAA Senior Studies Robots During JPL Internship Most Americans have had the opportunity of seeing some of the amazing things that can be done with robots, but Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) senior Adam Wall got to see and experience the cutting edge of robotics by doing a summer internship at... Read more
PAA Random Acts of Kindness Mission Trip to Portland Twenty-two youth, including 18 Portland Adventist Academy students, participated in a unique mission during spring break 2004 and visited the inner city of Portland to do "random acts of kindness.”In keeping with a mission trip format, they stayed... Read more
PAA Student Tests DNA for Senior Project For her senior project at Portland Adventist Academy (PAA), Cassie Lemke did DNA testing on three sets of twins to determine if they were identical or fraternal (non-identical). She found, to the surprise of many, that one set of similar-looking t... Read more
PAA Athlete Gives Thanks Even in Defeat Trent Wade, a Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) junior and basketball point guard, was one of the players affected by the Oregon State Board of Education’s recent ruling that it is not necessary for the Oregon Sports Athletic Association (OSAA) to ... Read more
