Portland Adventist Academy

“I Can See It In Their Eyes”

April 11, 2022, by Stephen Lundquist

My students feel overwhelmed. I can see it in their eyes as I introduce the requirements of the Portland Adventist Academy Senior Project.

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PAA Students Grow Beyond PAA

December 20, 2019, by Liesl Vistaunet

For nearly a decade, students at Portland Adventist Academy in Portland, Ore., have been embarking on annual off-campus adventures at the start of the school year.

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PAA Gospel Choir is a Spiritual Experience

May 23, 2019

Drechelle McCray goes beyond normal expectations for an Adventist academy teacher. Beyond her regular duties at Portland Adventist Academy (PAA), she makes time for an activity that has increasingly attracted a host of students — the PAA Gospel Ch...

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Academies Pursue Rock-Solid Connection

February 08, 2019, by Larry Hiday

For Adventist academies, vespers programs and good connections (also known as networking) are key elements of the school environment. On Nov. 30, 2018, thanks to student leadership, connections and student-led vespers programing came together in B...

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Portland Adventist Academy Holds Pink Out PE

December 24, 2013, by Liesl Vistaunet

Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) girls’ physical education students joined the efforts of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October by holding Pink Out PE.Every October, a bouncing crowd of PAA girls, dressed head-to-toe in pink, walk and wave to a...

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NMSC Honors Two PAA Students

October 29, 2013, by Liesl Vistaunet

Portland Adventist Academy seniors Will Johnson and Keith Zimmerman were named Commended Students by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

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