Liesl Vistaunet Gleaner copy editor Former Portland Adventist Academy communications director and marketing manager By Liesl Vistaunet PAA Students Share Jesus in Cuba Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) students from Portland, Ore., were honored to join Andrews University (AU), located in Berrien Springs, Mich., for evangelistic outreach to Cuba to help continue the growth of the Adventist Church, despite five dec... Read more PAA Students Experience Scripture Through Wisdom Journals “This week has been stressful,” says Ally Anunciado, a Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) senior. “I have a test that is really worrying me. But I’ve been planning a hike with friends and thinking about it reminds me that soon I’ll get to be in God’... Read more PAA Collaborates With McMinnville School for Project-Based Learning “I believe students learn on a deeper level when we are willing to leave the safety of our everyday classrooms,” says Linda Johnson, Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) teacher. Read more PAA Project-Based Learning Aims to Help Solve Water Crisis Portland Adventist Academy teacher Frank Jin has a passion for science and a heart for mission. Read more PAA Scholarship Brings Student to Safety “During the recession, we lost our home,” says Sharon,* mother of a Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) student. “We had to move, and my son Tim* had to attend new schools. It was hard on him. He lost confidence. He was bullied, and he came home disc... Read more PAA Moms Lift School Up in Prayer “I feel a burden to pray for our children,” says Kimberly Shryer, a mother closely connected to Portland Adventist Academy (PAA). Shryer’s burden inspired her to form a weekly mothers’ prayer group that has been meeting at PAA for more than a year. Read more PAA Welcomes New Teachers Portland Adventist Academy welcomed new teachers this fall. Read more PAA Summers Mean Learning, Working Every summer at Portland Adventist Academy (PAA), sports camps, international student immersion courses and the Smart Start program bring more than 160 young people to PAA’s campus while creating work opportunities for current PAA students. Read more PAA Welcomes New Principal From a young age, Portland Adventist Academy’s new principal, Sheldon Parris, knew he was being called into ministry work. But he had never thought of education as a ministry until he experienced its power firsthand. Read more PAA Students Excel at AAPPL Exams, Language Proficiency “I want to change the conversation from grades to proficiency,” says Rita Barrett, Portland Adventist Academy teacher. Read more Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 4 Next page ››
PAA Students Share Jesus in Cuba Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) students from Portland, Ore., were honored to join Andrews University (AU), located in Berrien Springs, Mich., for evangelistic outreach to Cuba to help continue the growth of the Adventist Church, despite five dec... Read more
PAA Students Experience Scripture Through Wisdom Journals “This week has been stressful,” says Ally Anunciado, a Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) senior. “I have a test that is really worrying me. But I’ve been planning a hike with friends and thinking about it reminds me that soon I’ll get to be in God’... Read more
PAA Collaborates With McMinnville School for Project-Based Learning “I believe students learn on a deeper level when we are willing to leave the safety of our everyday classrooms,” says Linda Johnson, Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) teacher. Read more
PAA Project-Based Learning Aims to Help Solve Water Crisis Portland Adventist Academy teacher Frank Jin has a passion for science and a heart for mission. Read more
PAA Scholarship Brings Student to Safety “During the recession, we lost our home,” says Sharon,* mother of a Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) student. “We had to move, and my son Tim* had to attend new schools. It was hard on him. He lost confidence. He was bullied, and he came home disc... Read more
PAA Moms Lift School Up in Prayer “I feel a burden to pray for our children,” says Kimberly Shryer, a mother closely connected to Portland Adventist Academy (PAA). Shryer’s burden inspired her to form a weekly mothers’ prayer group that has been meeting at PAA for more than a year. Read more
PAA Summers Mean Learning, Working Every summer at Portland Adventist Academy (PAA), sports camps, international student immersion courses and the Smart Start program bring more than 160 young people to PAA’s campus while creating work opportunities for current PAA students. Read more
PAA Welcomes New Principal From a young age, Portland Adventist Academy’s new principal, Sheldon Parris, knew he was being called into ministry work. But he had never thought of education as a ministry until he experienced its power firsthand. Read more
PAA Students Excel at AAPPL Exams, Language Proficiency “I want to change the conversation from grades to proficiency,” says Rita Barrett, Portland Adventist Academy teacher. Read more
