More than three decades after feeling called to teach math while a student at Portland Adventist Academy, Bob Palmer returned to PAA, seeing his wilderness years not as a detour, but as preparation.

June 14, 2025, marked a historic milestone for Tualatin Valley Academy (TVA). For the first time in its 110-year history, it graduated a Senior class.

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Late on Saturday night, May 30, the Portland Adventist Academy Boys Varsity Volleyball team made history, winning the first-ever OSAA-sanctioned Boys Volleyball State Championship.

Auto Mechanics has been one of the diverse offerings PAA has continuously taught since the tech building was opened in the 1980s. Learning basic auto mechanic knowledge and skills is something countless students have appreciated.

Fernando Chavez, Portland Adventist Academy vice principal and spiritual life director, recently shared the impact local pastors have on the students of PAA.

Portland Adventist Academy’s world history class made a news program to help bring history alive and make it relevant.

At Portland Adventist Academy, art is so much more than drawing and painting. It is a creative process, a gift and, most importantly, a vehicle for the development of the physical, the mental and the spiritual. Creativity was planted in us by our Creator. 

Amidst all the challenges going on in our world, it’s uplifting to see students and families being impacted for eternity as a result of Adventist Christian Education. Three schools in particular have witnessed spiritual growth this year.

Recently, Oregon Conference educators were immensely blessed by a visit by New York Times bestselling author and speaker, Bob Goff.

In Boring, Oregon, Hood View Adventist School is offering a unique learning environment for young students through a “Forest Kindergarten” program. Rather than spending the school day in a traditional classroom, Lizzie Segoria teaches her eight kindergarten students in a forest classroom behind the school.