Starting Off the Soccer Season with a Loss to the Graded Eagles
Caption: Senior Varsity player, Benjamin Hatcher, runs back on defense while playing at Graded. [by…
Starting Off the Soccer Season with a Loss to the Graded Eagles
Caption: Senior Varsity player, Benjamin Hatcher, runs back on defense while playing at Graded. [by Samuel Di Lopes] by Bernardo Regis The PACA Varsity Soccer Teams went to Graded to play their first soccer game of the season on Friday, August 21, which did not bring home any victories but did provide ample opportunity to…
PACA Changes to a New Bell Schedule to Start a New School Year
A group of high school students talk and wait for the bell to ring during the “lanchinho” 9 minute break between second and third period. [by Dr. Cristina Meier] by Micah Greve Pan American Christian Academy (PACA), an international school in São Paulo, Brazil, changed their bell schedule after the first week of school to…
Bringing the Struggle of Finance to the Middle School Classroom
Caption: Middle school students in the finance class discuss a list of salary options as part of a class activity. [by Matheus Kim] by Levi Penha PACA’s new Finance middle school elective, taught by IT staff and secondary teacher, Enoch Bolanta, was an instant success as many middle school students signed up to take the…
Exciting first basketball game from the Varsity Boys’ and Girls’ team
Caption: Senior Player Number 26 seizes the opportunity to score a three pointer in the first minutes of the game. [by Dr. Cristina Meier] by Oliver Hsieh The first varsity basketball game of the season took place on August 18, 2026, in which the PACA Warriors faced the Graded Eagles. As it was a home…
Last Season of Eighth Grade Middle School Connects Begins Now
Caption: Bolanta’s group connections group meeting every Friday during fifth period by the gym tables. [by Nicholas Liu] by Nicholas Liu PACA students in middle school connections group gather for a weekly meeting as part of the traditional spiritual life development program set up by the Pan American Christian Academy chaplain. This group meets every…
Defining PACA’s new JV Hoopers: They know ball
Caption: A JV player sinks a practice shot during the warm up prior to the boys’ basketball game against Graded. [by Arthur Lobato] by Arthur Lobato The ninth and tenth grade athletes who form the newly organized JV team as part of the AASB league in Brazil, played their season opener on the 14th of…
Open House Highlights:A Time for Greeting, Meeting and Eating
Caption: Parents gather in the secondary science room to hear from the homeroom teacher and subject teachers of the middle school seventh grade class. [by Isabella Jikal] by Catarina Hara “Open House,” the annual event that PACA hosts at the beginning of the school year, happened on August 8 with the main purpose for teachers…
The PACA community comes together for the first time this school year for the Open House
Caption: A father receiving his Father’s Day gift from the PACA staff as he leaves the Open House Assembly. [By Dr. Cristina Meier] by Isabella Lázaro Celebrating fathers in Brazil, an important tradition at PACA, was reflected in the Open House schedule on August 8, 2026 when PACA students, teachers, and families gathered together for…
Narrating for Life: Brazilian Actor, Felipe Folgosi, shares his story during PACA chapel
Caption: Middle School Students crowd around Folgosi at the end of middle school chapel in the hopes of asking him a few more questions before moving on to their next class. [Dr. Cristina Meier] by Cristina Meier, Ph.D. August 19 brought an unexpected guest to the Pan American Christian Academy (PACA) campus when Brazilian actor,…
PACA prepares for the upcoming “Outreach Day,” an opportunity to serve the community in a tangible way
Caption: Freshmen Lucas Steinberg and Arthur Lobato clean up trash by the beach at Represa Guaraipiranga for community service hours. [by Dr. Cristina Meier] by Nathanael Agcaoili Every semester, PACA provides community service tasks, for a designated day, so that high school students can serve at a local ministry. The opportunity is called “Outreach Day,”…