PAA Receives WWII Newspaper Collection Linda Usher, a recent Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) board member, donated a newspaper collection to Marc Patchin, PAA history, global studies and German teacher, for student use. The collection is comprised of front pages and headlines publishe... Read more
Sandy Breaks Ground on New Church When Adventist congregations outgrow buildings, they build larger ones. When old churches fall apart, they get replaced.But Sandy, Ore., members have chosen to replace a church building that is neither overcrowded nor falling apart, and on Oct. 12... Read more
Battle Ground Fire Department Announces CAA Senior Officers The traditional announcement of senior class officers is always an exciting proclamation at the beginning of the year for Columbia Adventist Academy. This year's class wasted no time in letting their fellow schoolmates know who they were, and they... Read more
Fourth Grader Delivers Lunch and New Class Project For more than a year, fourth-grader Skyler Null has been helping his grandmother deliver “Meals on Wheels.” As a home school student, scheduling wasn’t any problem. But now that he is attending Portland Adventist Elementary School he was worried a... Read more
Sutherlin School Celebrates Loan Burning A fire was set at the Sutherlin (Ore.) Christian School on Sept. 14. Fortunately the burning was confined to a piece of paper—the loan note representing the indebtedness of the church for the new school building. Thanks to the generosity of dedica... Read more
Oregon Youth Bring VBS To Alaska A team of eight youth and three adults flew to the Siberian Yupik village of Gambell on St. Lawrence Island in June for the 10th annual mission trip sponsored by the Oregon Conference.The group put on a week of Vacation Bible School (VBS) for abou... Read more
Milo Seniors Survive Wilderness Challenges Milo Adventist Academy's senior survival location, purpose and activities remain an annual mystery. But this year's seniors found the answers deep in the Umpqua National Forest where they turned a pile of black plastic, sticks and rope into safe, ... Read more
PAA Students Test Stream Health The Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) biology class spent a recent afternoon ankle deep in Johnson Creek, a small tributary of the Willamette River, to learn how scientists gauge the pollution level of a watershed.The trip was led by Terry Verlo, P... Read more
Columbia Seniors Survive Paradise Columbia Adventist Academy (CAA) seniors headed to a spot of private land known as "Pathfinder Paradise" near Colton, Ore., in October for their senior adventure. What they found were spiders, snakes, outhouses, no showers…you name it. When it beg... Read more
