Liesl Vistaunet Gleaner copy editor Former Portland Adventist Academy communications director and marketing manager By Liesl Vistaunet PAA Joins Community to Mourn Fallen Hero Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) staff and students joined the greater Portland community to mourn a local hero. “It was a sobering sight,” says Linda Neel, PAA teacher. “Flashing lights for as far as you could see, and the procession lasted for a... Read more NMSC Honors Two PAA Students Portland Adventist Academy seniors Will Johnson and Keith Zimmerman were named Commended Students by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Read more PAA Pathfinders Are TLTs in Action More than 10 percent of the Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) student body participates in the Pathfinder Teen Leadership Training (TLT) program. In all, 24 PAA students and TLTs from the Pleasant Valley Church (Happy Valley, Ore.), Sunnyside Churc... Read more PAA Welcomes New Staff Members Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) welcomed two new staff members for the new school year.Mary Sperl is PAA's new part-time librarian. Sperl will help facilitate study hall and tutoring while maintaining library records and a quiet place for student... Read more PAA Serves Greater Portland Area More than 250 Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) students, staff and volunteers joined together for the school's fourth-annual service event, Inside Out. The event further invests in PAA's mission to instill in its students a passion for service.Thi... Read more A Very Special Graduate Gets Diploma at Last Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) opened its doors as the Doremus Union School for the first time in the fall of 1910 in Portland, Ore. Two months later, a child was born to the young Blair family.They named him Orville Blair. When he was ready for... Read more PAA Fiji Mission Trip Participants Become the Hands and Feet of Christ Portland (Ore.) Adventist Academy (PAA) students recently returned from a 16-day building and medical mission trip to the Fijian island of Rabi.The students worked with the Jabez Humanitarian Foundation (JHF) to complete the first phase of a missi... Read more PAA Celebrates Successful Ski Program Portland (Ore.) Adventist Academy (PAA) successfully reintroduced an optional skiing and snowboarding program aimed at encouraging friendship and physical activity among students less interested in team sports."We met our goals, and it was a succe... Read more PAA Offers Advanced Placement Calculus The first Portland (Ore.) Adventist Academy (PAA) Advanced Placement (AP) calculus students will complete their final exams this spring and potentially receive college credit for their work.Calculus is a foundational course for students interested... Read more PAA's International Program Expands Both international and American students at Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) benefit from a new Smart Start Program.Organized by Maria Bibb, international director, Smart Start pairs new international students with American students before the sch... Read more Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 8 Next page ››
PAA Joins Community to Mourn Fallen Hero Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) staff and students joined the greater Portland community to mourn a local hero. “It was a sobering sight,” says Linda Neel, PAA teacher. “Flashing lights for as far as you could see, and the procession lasted for a... Read more
NMSC Honors Two PAA Students Portland Adventist Academy seniors Will Johnson and Keith Zimmerman were named Commended Students by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Read more
PAA Pathfinders Are TLTs in Action More than 10 percent of the Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) student body participates in the Pathfinder Teen Leadership Training (TLT) program. In all, 24 PAA students and TLTs from the Pleasant Valley Church (Happy Valley, Ore.), Sunnyside Churc... Read more
PAA Welcomes New Staff Members Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) welcomed two new staff members for the new school year.Mary Sperl is PAA's new part-time librarian. Sperl will help facilitate study hall and tutoring while maintaining library records and a quiet place for student... Read more
PAA Serves Greater Portland Area More than 250 Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) students, staff and volunteers joined together for the school's fourth-annual service event, Inside Out. The event further invests in PAA's mission to instill in its students a passion for service.Thi... Read more
A Very Special Graduate Gets Diploma at Last Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) opened its doors as the Doremus Union School for the first time in the fall of 1910 in Portland, Ore. Two months later, a child was born to the young Blair family.They named him Orville Blair. When he was ready for... Read more
PAA Fiji Mission Trip Participants Become the Hands and Feet of Christ Portland (Ore.) Adventist Academy (PAA) students recently returned from a 16-day building and medical mission trip to the Fijian island of Rabi.The students worked with the Jabez Humanitarian Foundation (JHF) to complete the first phase of a missi... Read more
PAA Celebrates Successful Ski Program Portland (Ore.) Adventist Academy (PAA) successfully reintroduced an optional skiing and snowboarding program aimed at encouraging friendship and physical activity among students less interested in team sports."We met our goals, and it was a succe... Read more
PAA Offers Advanced Placement Calculus The first Portland (Ore.) Adventist Academy (PAA) Advanced Placement (AP) calculus students will complete their final exams this spring and potentially receive college credit for their work.Calculus is a foundational course for students interested... Read more
PAA's International Program Expands Both international and American students at Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) benefit from a new Smart Start Program.Organized by Maria Bibb, international director, Smart Start pairs new international students with American students before the sch... Read more
