Liesl Vistaunet Gleaner copy editor Former Portland Adventist Academy communications director and marketing manager By Liesl Vistaunet PAA Celebrates Portland Marathon Finishers Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) has a long tradition of physical fitness. Today's students and staff continue to demonstrate the importance of fitness by participating in the famous Portland Marathon.The marathon weaves 26.6 miles over forested h... Read more Angels in Blue Jeans Mrs. Waters, a resident in Vernonia, (Ore.) was up to her knees in water when the flood waters came to her small town.Volunteers have been swarming the town since, including more than 125 Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) juniors and seniors.On Dec... Read more PAA Young Alumnus Publishes His Own Translation of First John Early in his senior year at Portland Adventist Academy (PAA), John Moor, a member of the class of 2007, committed to translating the book of First John from its original biblical Greek text to a modern and applicable English text for his senior pr... Read more New Faces at PAA Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) is delighted to introduce two new staff members.Chris Jones is the new vice principal for finance. He comes to us from Meadow Glade Elementary School in Battle Ground, Wash., where he and his wife Julie live with t... Read more PAA Begins Broadcasting Digitally Our Adventist legacy demonstrates a rich relationship with broadcast communications. It is with this in mind that Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) offers a new class in Digital Broadcasting.Mark Kooy, PAA's digital art instructor, heads up the cla... Read more PAA Senior Projects Hone Positive Character Traits "It feels good," says Renee St. Clair, a Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) senior. "Kind of intimidating, but definitively good." St. Clair graduated on June 3, along with 60 other seniors, and faces the future armed with a diploma from PAA.But bef... Read more PAA Students Awarded Nearly $860,000 Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) students received almost $860,000 in scholarship money to continue their educations. The awards were presented on graduation day, June 3.Seniors from the graduating class of 2007 received a total of $856,961 to con... Read more PAA Volunteer in Action Volunteers at Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) make significant contributions through their time, energy and most of all their compassion.One of those volunteers is Alan Kaiser, proud alumnus and stepfather of a graduating senior.For the 18 months... Read more Digital Art Show PAA Students Display Their Work at Local Computer Store Students taking Digital Media and Digital Art courses at Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) had a chance to show off their work at "School Night at the Apple Store" in downtown Portland. The experience gave the students a chance to display and recei... Read more "The Singing Christmas Tree" Performs at PAA Fundraising Banquet Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) featured the famous Portland Singing Christmas Tree (PSCT) choir in a fundraising banquet for the school's scholarship fund. The PSCT is a volunteer choir of 350 members, 70 of which performed at the banquet. "This... Read more Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 13 Next page ››
PAA Celebrates Portland Marathon Finishers Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) has a long tradition of physical fitness. Today's students and staff continue to demonstrate the importance of fitness by participating in the famous Portland Marathon.The marathon weaves 26.6 miles over forested h... Read more
Angels in Blue Jeans Mrs. Waters, a resident in Vernonia, (Ore.) was up to her knees in water when the flood waters came to her small town.Volunteers have been swarming the town since, including more than 125 Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) juniors and seniors.On Dec... Read more
PAA Young Alumnus Publishes His Own Translation of First John Early in his senior year at Portland Adventist Academy (PAA), John Moor, a member of the class of 2007, committed to translating the book of First John from its original biblical Greek text to a modern and applicable English text for his senior pr... Read more
New Faces at PAA Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) is delighted to introduce two new staff members.Chris Jones is the new vice principal for finance. He comes to us from Meadow Glade Elementary School in Battle Ground, Wash., where he and his wife Julie live with t... Read more
PAA Begins Broadcasting Digitally Our Adventist legacy demonstrates a rich relationship with broadcast communications. It is with this in mind that Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) offers a new class in Digital Broadcasting.Mark Kooy, PAA's digital art instructor, heads up the cla... Read more
PAA Senior Projects Hone Positive Character Traits "It feels good," says Renee St. Clair, a Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) senior. "Kind of intimidating, but definitively good." St. Clair graduated on June 3, along with 60 other seniors, and faces the future armed with a diploma from PAA.But bef... Read more
PAA Students Awarded Nearly $860,000 Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) students received almost $860,000 in scholarship money to continue their educations. The awards were presented on graduation day, June 3.Seniors from the graduating class of 2007 received a total of $856,961 to con... Read more
PAA Volunteer in Action Volunteers at Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) make significant contributions through their time, energy and most of all their compassion.One of those volunteers is Alan Kaiser, proud alumnus and stepfather of a graduating senior.For the 18 months... Read more
Digital Art Show PAA Students Display Their Work at Local Computer Store Students taking Digital Media and Digital Art courses at Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) had a chance to show off their work at "School Night at the Apple Store" in downtown Portland. The experience gave the students a chance to display and recei... Read more
"The Singing Christmas Tree" Performs at PAA Fundraising Banquet Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) featured the famous Portland Singing Christmas Tree (PSCT) choir in a fundraising banquet for the school's scholarship fund. The PSCT is a volunteer choir of 350 members, 70 of which performed at the banquet. "This... Read more
